WHEN YOU SEE "FUNCTIONAL" ON THE EXAM, THINK "SILO"
THE PROJECT TEAM
MEMBERS ALWAYS REPORT
TO A FUNCTIONAL MANAGER
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
DECISIONS NEED TO BE
CLEARED WITH FUNCTIONAL
MANAGERS
PROJECT MANAGERS SPEND
A LOT OF TIME DOING
ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS AND
OFTEN ONLY WORK AS PMs
PART OF THE TIME
MATRIX ORGANIZATIONS
Annotations:
FOR THE PMP EXAM, MOST QUESTIONS ASSUME THAT YOU WORK IN A MATRIX ORGANIZATION UNLESS THEY SAY OTHERWISE.
WHEN YOU SEE "MATRIX" ON THE EXAM, THINK "TWO BOSSES".
WEAK MATRIX
PMs HAVE SOME
AUTHORITY, BUT THEY
AREN´T IN CHARGE OF
THE RESOURCES ON A
PROJECT
MAJOR DECISIONS
STILL NEED TO BE
MADE WITH THE
FUNCTIONAL
MANAGER'S
COOPERATION OF
APPROVAL
BALANCED MATRIX
PMs SHARE
AUTHORITY WITH
THE FMs
PEOPLE REPORT TO
A PROJECT
MANAGER AND A
FUNCTIONAL
MANAGER EQUALLY
STRONG MATRIX
PM HAVE MORE AUTHORITY THAN
FM BUT THE TEAM STILL REPORTS
TO BOTH MANAGERS
THE TEAM MIGHT BE JUDGED
BASED ON PERFORMANCE ON
THEIR PROJECTS, AS WELL AS ON
THEIR FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE,
DELIVERY THE PROJECT IS MOST
IMPORTANT
PROJECTIZED
Annotations:
WHEN YOU SEE "PROJECTIZED" ON THE EXAM, REMEMBER "NO HOME"
TEAMS ARE ORGANIZED
AROUND PROJECTS.
WHEN A PROJECT IS
DONE, THE TEAM IS
RELEASED AND THE TEAM
MEMBERS MOVE ON TO
ANOTHER PROJECT
PM MAKES ALL OF THE
DECISIONS ABOUT A
PROJECT'S BUDGET,
SCHEDULE, QUALITY AND
RESOURCES
Annotations:
PM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF THE PROJECT