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#* How does it affect your environment? How would the other structures affect where you work?
#* How does it affect your environment? How would the other structures affect where you work?
#* Write a summary of the affects and your opinion on the best suited structure for your organization.
#* Write a summary of the affects and your opinion on the best suited structure for your organization.
# Review [http://www.tutorialspoint.com/management_concepts/decision_making_process.htm Tuorialspoint: Decision Making Process]. Follow the steps given of decision making process for your organization.


== Lesson Summary ==
== Lesson Summary ==

Revision as of 01:05, 19 November 2015

Organization

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the organization portion of Project+ certification include:[1]

  • Explain the different types of organizational structures
    • Functional
    • Weak matrix
    • Matrix
    • Strong matrix
    • Projectized
  • Recognize the purpose and influence of organizational governance on a project’s execution
    • Standards compliance
      • Local, state, federal, ISO
    • Internal process compliance
      • Audit trails, retention, version control
    • Decision oversight
      • Change Control Board, committee consulting
    • Phase gate approval
      • Tollgate approval, project phase transition

Readings

  1. Read Wikipedia: Organization.
  2. Read Wikipedia: Organizational structure.
  3. Read Wikipedia: Organizational chart.
  4. Read Wikipedia: Organizational culture.
  5. Read Wikipedia: Corporate governance.
  6. Read Wikipedia: International Organization for Standardization.

Multimedia

  1. Watch YouTube: Functional Organization vs Projectized Organization.
  2. Watch YouTube: What is Project Management Organizational Structure? Its Types and Charts.
  3. Watch YouTube: Project Organizational Structure.
  4. Watch YouTube: Reframing Organizations 3.
  5. Watch YouTube: PMP Organizational Influences & Project Life Cycle.
  6. Watch YouTube: Phase Gate Process Defined.
  7. Watch YouTube: What is ISO International Organization for Standardization?.

Activities

  1. Create an organizational chart:
  2. Review three organizational structures http://continuingprofessionaldevelopment.org/how-do-organizational-structures-affect-projects/. Consider which kind of organizational structure you are associated with.
    • How does it affect your environment? How would the other structures affect where you work?
    • Write a summary of the affects and your opinion on the best suited structure for your organization.
  3. Review Tuorialspoint: Decision Making Process. Follow the steps given of decision making process for your organization.

Lesson Summary

Key Terms

Functional Organization
Governance
ISO (International Standards Organization)
Matrix Organization
Organization
Organizational Structure
Organizational Chart
Projectized Organization

See Also

References

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