Explain what the following terms mean: (i) a traditional or functional organizational structure, (ii) matrix organization, (iii) pure projectized organizational structure.

Please answer each question with four to five snetances

1. For which types of projects are concurrent engineering likely to be useful and why?

2. Project life cycle might contain several distinct stages. Which of these stages is
likely to be most resource-intensive (i.e., at which of these stages do you expend
most resources)? And, given a “resource profile,” where would you want to have a
stage-gate (i.e., should you set up a stage-gate before or after a resource intensive
stage), and why?

3. Stage-gates are often designed as threshold barriers (i.e., “must-meet”
requirements) where projects are allowed to go through only if they meet a specific
number of criteria. These criteria could be factors such as minimum market-size
addressed, maximum resource requirement etc.
Many projects have to deal with uncertainty where the criteria that are achievable
is unclear at the beginning. Given this uncertainty, should the thresholds/criteria at
the stage-gates (decision-points) be up for re-negotiation after it has been decided
once? What are the pros and cons for “flexible” vs “hard and fast” criteria?

4. Explain what the following terms mean: (i) a traditional or functional organizational
structure, (ii) matrix organization, (iii) pure projectized organizational structure.

5. Who has authority in each of the three structures given above? What about
accountability for the project success?

6. The two key dimensions of trust are goodwill and competency. Still business
partnerships rarely rely only on trust, and often employ more concrete formal
contracts. How do you think trust dimensions are affected by formal contracts?
Specifically, does trust between partners diminish/grow if formal contracts are
signed between partners? Why or why not?

7. Construct the activity-on-node diagram for the following project which comprises
of the tasks A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
a) A, B, and C, the first activities of the project can be started simultaneously.
b) Activity D can start immediately after tasks A and B are completed.
c) Activity E succeeds task C
d) Activity F cannot be started until task A is completed.
e) Activity E precedes tasks G and H
f) Activity D precedes task G

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