Organization Structure Type and Work Groups PM’s PM’s Role Budget?

Admin
Authority
Simple or Organic. Little to Part-time may not be owner Not likely or
 Very small organizations think startup or family business none designated few.
 Flexible. People work alongside each other. One person may do several roles.
Functional Organization also called Centralized) organization. Little to Part-time may also be Functional Part-time
 Clear divisions on Lines of Business. Projects tend to stay with a division. none doing operations Manager
 People in the project are typically from the same division. activity
Multidivisional. Little to Part-time role Functional Part-time
 May replicate division within departments. none Manager
 Same as Functional except for replication =>you can group people based on
something else than just function. eg. have location-based offices … have
department with IT division encompassed in department.
Matrix. Low Part-time; does other Functional Part-time
 People work under a functional manager and report to a project manager activities Manager
when working on projects. Low to Part-time: embedded Mixed Part-time
 Team comes from different divisions. Authority of PM vs. FM changes. Moderate as a skill in function
Weak Matrix (Strongest FM) Moderate Full time – but may Project Part-time
Balanced Matrix to High not be designated Manager
Strong Matrix (strongest PM)
Project-oriented High to Fulltime – designated Project Full-time
almost total role. Manager
Virtual - also known as virtual society, empty organization Low to Full-time / Part-time Mixed Full-time/
 central organization is connected to external companies (such as vendors, moderate Part-time
customers, associates) with a network connection (single points of contact)
 organization maintains its core business, while the rest of the processes are
outsourced.
Hybrid Mixed Mixed Mixed Mixed
PMO, Portfolio, Program office High to Fulltime – designated Project Full-time
 mixed type of organizational structure, almost total role. Manager
 project manager has the highest authority. Similar to project-oriented