Organizational Influences & Project Life Cycle Flashcards
(15 cards)
Organizational culture includes
Values Business model Policies, methods, and processes View of authority Work ethic and work hours
Org stuctures
Projectized: team is dedicated to a single project
Matrix structure: team members come from across org, and have other duties
Strong matrix: PM has strong authority
Balanced matrix: PM’s authority is balanced with functional managers
Weak matrix: PM has less authority than functional managers
Functional: PM has least authority. Team comes from within one department/unit
Organizational process assets (OPA)
Process and procedure (historical)
Or
Corporate knowledge base (prepared)
Corporate knowledge base document types
Configuration management knowledge Financial databases Historical information and lessons learned Issues and defect management Project files from previous projects
Enterprise environmental factors (EEF)
Rules that you have to abide by:
Org policies Industry standards and regulations Processes that must be followed Geographic distribution of facilities Marketplace conditions
Project stakeholders
Anyone with a vested interest in your project
Anyone affected by project or who can affect project
Team
Customers
Management
PM
Can be positive (allies), neutral, or negative (enemies)
Force field analysis
Graphical analysis of the strength of forces for and against the project
Longer lines equal stronger force
Project life cycle
Describes phases a project moves though; sum of all phases.
Unique to each project
Duration of the project
Phase
Phases result in key deliverables (milestones)
Describe the work being done in each phase
Product life cycle
Life of the product / how long it will be in existence
Last phase is retirement
MACD
A project will typically do one of these things:
Moving
Adding
Changing
Deleting
Project phase relationships
Sequential relationship (a must happen before b)
Overlapping relationship (a and b can happen at same time)
Iterative relationship (same thing happens over and over)
Predictive life cycle
Plan driven
Waterfall approach
Predicts the project life cycle
Changes to scope are tightly controlled
Iterative and incremental life cycles
Phases repeat through iterations
Iterations create deliverables
Detailed scope is elaborated for each iteration
Changed to project scope are expected
Adaptive life cycle
Change driven Agile project management Rapid iterations or project work Backlog of requirements Changed to the project scope are expected
