1. Project Management and the Organization
Identify Organization Influences
Project Stakeholders and Governance
The Project Team
The Project Life Cycle

2. Organizational Cultures and Styles
Shared visions, missions, values, belief, and expectations
Regulations, policies, methods, and procedures
Motivation and reward systems
Risk tolerance
View of leadership, hierarchy, and authority relationships
Code of conduct, work ethic, and work hours
Operating environments

3. Organizational Communications
Texting
Instant messaging
Social media
Web conferencing

4. Organizational Structures
An enterprise environmental factor
Affects resource availability
Affects how projects are conducted
Main structures include: functional, matrix, or projectized

5. The Functional Organizational Structure
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 22

6. The Projectized Organizational Structure
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 25

7. Matrix Organizational Structures
Weak
Balanced
Strong

8. The Composite Organizational Structure
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 26

9. Organizational Process Assets
Two main types:
Organizational Processes and Procedures
Corporate Knowledge Base

10. Enterprise Environmental Factors
Internal or external conditions that affect project development
Influence, constrain, or direct the project
Support or limit project management

11. Project Stakeholders Individual, group, or organization
May or may not be involved in project work
May have competing interests, needs, priorities, and opinions
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 31

12. Project Stakeholder Types
Sponsors
Customers
Sellers
Business partners
Organizational groups
Functional managers
Other roles that contribute to the project

13. Project Governance Provides oversight of projects and ensures success
Provides structure, processes, decision-making models, and tools
Provides critical support to the project and controls and increases success
The main goal of the PMO

14. Project Success Completion within the constraints of: Scope Time Cost
Quality
Resources
Risk

15. Project Teams Project management staff Project staff
Supporting experts
Users or customers
Sellers
Business partners

16. Project Team Composition
The flavor of the team
How the team members are brought together
How they are combined on the team

17. The Project Life Cycle

18. General Characteristics of the Project Life Cycle
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 39

19. Project Risks and Costs Comparison
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 40

20. Project Phases Produce one or more deliverables
Can be performed sequentially or can overlap
Outputs to one phase are generally inputs to the next phase

21. Phase-to-Phase Relationships
Sequential
Overlapping
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 43

22. Predictive Life Cycles

23. Iterative and Incremental Life Cycles

24. Adaptive Life Cycle

25. Reflective Questions
Why is it important for a project to conform to an organization’s culture?
When thinking about your next project, why is it important to consider the project management concepts presented in this lesson?