Organizational Structures - An Introduction to Software Project Management

Organizational

Structures

Organizational Structures

? An organizational structure defines

�C Where responsibility and accountability are

�C How information flows

�C How conflicts are solved

? An appropriate organizational structure can simplify

communication, keep stakeholders engaged, ensure

decisions are taken where it is most appropriate

(technically, managerially), and make work more efficient

? Two points of ��view��:

�C The organizational structure the project lives in

�C The organizational structure chosen for the project

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Goals of the Unit

? Goal of this unit:

�C Learn about the most common organizational structures

�C Understand how these structure can positively or negatively affect a

project

�C See the influence a project manager can exert, given a project

organizational structure

�C See the influence the organizational structure of the performing

organization can exert in a project

? We will look at the following organizational structures:

�C Functional/Hierarchical

�C Matricial

�C RACI

�C Agile

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Organizational

Structures

An overview of the most common organization

structures

Hierarchical

General

Direction

Marketing

Admin. &

Finance

Production

Plant A

Director

Sales

Functions

Personnel

Services

Plant B

Director

Plant A

Director

Plant B

Director

O?ces

Sections

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