Thursday, August 22, 2013

Which Project Organisation is Best suited for an engineering project, Matrix or Projectized and Why?

In my humble opinion a "projectized" organization is the most goal-oriented in engineering/construction projects. Project manager can control and engage necessary resources upon the project plan. Nevertheless, a good PM should always remember that he is the only "boss" controlling the project in projectized organization. 

Human resources are involved into the construction based on the needs upon the project plan. They cannot be shared among other projects as it might happen in matrix organizations. Since engineering/construction project's budgets are big enough the sponsor/product owner is interested in timely delivery most of all. That is why the project team should be considered to work within this single project concentrating their efforts on sponsor needs. 

Yes, the team and PM will have "no home" after the project's closure. However, what else would they expect after the construction has been finished and put to use?

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