Project Managers and Organization
Project Managers (PM) Responsible for Implementing and Completing Project. Initial Tasks: Preliminary Budget, Schedule, Personnel, Know Client, Ensure Resources Available, Take Care of Details Needed for Project. Later Refines Plans and Schedules Reallocation of Resources. Meets with Those Affected by Project. Unlike Functional Manager, PM is More Generalist than Specialist; is Skilled in Synthesis. PM is Facilitator: Facilitates Cooperation.
PM Detailed Responsibilities Acquiring Adequate Resources Acquiring and Motivating Personnel Dealing with Obstacles Making Tradeoffs Dealing with Risk of Failure Communication Negotiation
Project Teams Should Include Project Manager Engineer Manufacturing / Production Manager Field Manager Contract Administrator Controller / Accountant Support Services Staff
Management Styles that Work Theory Z (W. Ouchi) vs. Theory X and Theory Y Management by Objectives (P. Drucker)
Organizational Problems How to Tie Project to Parent Firm How to Organize Project Itself
Organizational Approaches 1. Project as Functional Division – Project is Part (Appendix) of Functional Divisions. PM Normally Does Not Have Full Responsibility for Projects. 2. Project Organization – Project is Self-Contained. PM Has Full Line Authority
Functional Organization
Functional Organization
Project Organization
Organizational Approaches 3. Matrix Organization – Combination of Functional and Project Organizations. Activities are Responsibility of PM and Line Managers. 4. Mixed Organization – Combination of 1,2,and 3.
Matrix Organization
Mixed Organization