At the pinnacle of project management structures is the projectized structure. These organizational types group employees, collocated or not, by activities on a particular project. The project manager in a projectized structure may have complete, or very close to complete, power over the project team. Project managers in a projectized structure enjoy a high level of autonomy over their projects, but also have a higher level of responsibility regarding the project’s success. Project managers in a projectized structure have the following attributes: High to complete authority over the project team Works full-time on the project with his team (though there […]

Organizational Influences on Project Management: Your approach on project management may vary based on the type of Organizational that you are working for. Organizations may be structured in a traditional or functional manner or a Projectized structure. Your project manager authority and resource availability will depend on type of organization. Organization culture, style, and structure influence how projects are performed. An organizations degree of project maturity and its project management systems can also influence the project. As a project manager you should know under what type of organization you are working. It is very imperative for a project manager to

Organizational Influences on Project Management: Your approach on project management may vary based on the type of Organization you working for. Organizations may be structured in a traditional or functional manner or in a Projectized structure. Your project manager authority and resource availability will depend on the given type of organization. Organization culture, style, and structure influence how projects are performed. An organizations degree of project maturity and its project management systems can also influence the project. As a project manager you should know under what type of organization you are working. It is very imperative for a project manager

Business Needs & Value realization It is the basic quality required with every PM, which he should first understand why a project is being undertaken and performed, what is expected from the project? How the value is realized after project completion? …etc., without having such understanding, a PM cannot guide or direct project teams. This article will give you a start to think in those terms and better execute the project. Projects are initiated due to internal Business needs or external influences. These needs or influences often trigger the creation of needs analysis, feasibility study, business case, or description of

Project Management is a bridging role between the requesting organization, performing organization and also the society. As there will be influences and interests from requesting organization, there will be demands and influences from society also. In fact society is the user of majority of the project outcomes in the world. This article will give information on what are such social and political influences a PM should be aware of. Most project managers in their early years ignore politics surrounding their projects with high cost. Why is understanding politics, influence, and conflict management a critical skill for today’s project manager?Now a

It is very important to every project manager in fact to every person across industries to know about all the possible roles in project management that exist in their respective organizational hierarchy. With the role comes the responsibility. There are tons of responsibilities to execute, things to accomplish and be accountable for. One should have fair knowledge and exposure to all the project manager roles in the organization irrespective of their level and responsibilities. This helps them to understand the different people’s interest in the organization, their scope of authority and power line. Preparing to become a Certified Project Management

What is a Project? Scenario: Suppose your boss comes to you in morning and said “There is some issue in the system, can you check what is wrong with this and fix it?”  Is this is a project? No, because if you don’t know what has to be done, if you don’t know what is wrong then how can you fix it. To know what the project is you have to see the characteristics of a project. A TEMPORARY Endeavor Created a UNIQUE product or service or result. UNIQUE means deliverables are different in nature and may be tangible or

“Leaders are born, not made”, is a statement what every one of us would have heard or used at least once. Those were the days when so called leadership traits, skills were rarely seen and in fact a few are seen in a century. Is that because the rest of the people don’t possess those qualities or because they have not exhibited them inspite of having those qualities? Of course that is not our area of interest, but leadership traits, certainly yes. Leader and Manager are two terms when used are understood as synonyms. Whatever the industry we are in,