ORGANIZATION INFLUENCES AND PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

ORGANIZATION CULTURE:

• It will direct influence on the success of the project
• It Includes,
  1. Value
  2. Organization policies and procedure
  3. Authority relationship view
  4. Work ethics
  5. Work hours

Organizations were classified under three common structure;

1. Functional Organization
2. Projective Organization
3. Matrix Organization (Weak/Strong/Balance)

Functional Organization:         “SILO”-Keyword in PMP

• They organize workers and grouped based on their skills and knowledge

Advantage: Communication is simple to functional manager

Disadvantage: Time & Loyalty

Projective Organization:               “No Home”-Keyword in PMP

Advantage: Dedication on time and  Quick decision

Matrix Organization           (no power and only communication roles)

Tight matrix organization – Get together to discuss the project form bring different location in war (meeting) room.

1. Weak Organization:

2. Balanced Matrix Organization:
3. Strong Matrix Organization:

Advantage: Efficient use of resource in all works

Disadvantage: Employee will have difficult to manage two commands

Project Based Organization:

• Temporary systems for carrying out their work
• Success of work is measured by the final result rather that by position/politics.

Project Success:

• Project success should be referred to the last baselines approved by the authorized stakeholders
• Project manager is responsible and accountable for the project success.

Project Life Cycle:

• Series of phases
• Name and Number decided by
  1. Control needs of performing organization
  2. Complexity of the project
  3. Application area
• Can be broken down by :
  • Functional/Objectives, Intermediate deliverable, specific milestones, financial availability.

Project Life Cycle:

1. Predictive Life Cycle o Fully Plan driven,
2. Iteration and incremental life cycle (Ex : Scrum Method) – 4 week to take decision time,
3. Adaptive life cycle or change driven or agile methods (Ex : Agile) – 1 week to take decision time

Enterprise Environmental Factors:

1. Organizational Structure
2. Organizational Culture
3. Governmental /Industry Standards
4. Project Management Information System
5. Existing Human Resources
6. Personnel Administration
7. Organization Work Authorization System
8. Market Place Conditions
9. Stakeholders risk tolerance
10. Infrastructure

Organizational Process Assets:

1. Organizational Process – Standards & Procedures
2. Templates
3. Organizational communications requirements
4. Financial control procedure
5. Issue and Defect Management Procedures
6. Change control procedures
7. Risk Control Procedure
8. Procedures approving and issuing work authorization
9. Organizational Knowledge base
10. Lesson Learned.