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Which category of processes specifies and creates the project's product?
In the plan-do-check-act cycle, which phase involves monitoring and controlling?
Which process group defines or authorizes the project?
Which individual is associated with the plan-do-check-act cycle?
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Which process group integrates people in the project?
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What is the main responsibility of a project sponsor?
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In a matrix organization, what is a characteristic of a weak matrix structure?
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What does a project-based organization primarily consist of?
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How can the maturity of an organization's project management system influence a project?
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What distinguishes a functional organization from a projectized organization?
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What does the term 'Organizational Influences' refer to in project management?
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Study Notes
Project Management Team and Organization
- A project management team includes a project sponsor who provides financial resources.
- Influencers can be direct or indirect and may include the PMO (Project Management Office).
- The organizational influences on a project include the maturity of the organization's project management system.
Organizational Structure
- Project-based organizations consist primarily of projects.
- Non-project-based organizations lack a management system.
- Organizational culture and style include shared values, policies, and work ethics.
- Organizational structure affects the availability of resources.
Types of Organizations
- Functional organization: a hierarchy with each employee having one clear superior.
- Projectized organization: team members are often collocated.
- Departmental organization: an organizational unit.
- Weak matrix organization: a coordinator/expeditor role rather than a manager.
- Matrix organization: a blend of functional and projectized organizations.
- Strong matrix organization: many projectized characteristics.
- Balanced matrix organization: recognizes the need for a project manager.
Project Management System
- A project management system includes tools, techniques, methodologies, resources, and procedures used to manage a project.
Project Development Chapter 3
- The tailoring process is a consideration in managing a project.
- A process is a set of interrelated actions performed to achieve a pre-specified set of products or results/services.
- There are two major categories of processes: project management processes and product-oriented processes.
Project Management Process Groups
- Initiating process group: defines and authorizes a project.
- Planning process group: defines and refines project objectives.
- Executing process group: integrates people and resources.
- Monitoring and controlling process group: tracks and adjusts project progress.
- Closing process group: formalizes the end of a project.
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Test your knowledge on project management team members, project sponsors, organizational influences, and project-based organizations. Explore the roles and responsibilities within a project-based organization and how organizational influences can impact a project.
