Winning through Structure: Project Structure Determines Project Success

Author: Mu Er Zhang Xiuya Dailing
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: New organizational forms are constantly emerging—from cooperative organizations to virtual teams, covering everything. This increasingly calls for us to carefully consider the structure of project organizations. What sets this book apart from other project management books is its greater focus on the risks and challenges faced when designing various related structures for project management. The book examines multiple influencing factors that need to be considered when determining new project structures and overall frameworks. It also provides a detailed examination of the adjustments required for structures to adapt to environmental changes during the project lifecycle. The authors enrich knowledge in this field with a very practical and easily implementable style, offering project managers effective tools in the following aspects: Examining the standards used for structural design within organizations, identifying the relevant influencing factors for developing initial project structures, and evaluating the importance of each factor in project operations.