An Alternative Taxonomy of Project Management Structures: Linking Project Management Structures and Project Success (original) (raw)

Q1 5 Index Terms-. 6 I. INTRODUCTION 7 I T IS widely agreed that the choice of management structures 8 used to implement innovative, temporary, cross-functional 9 and complex project endeavors has important implications 10 for project success [2], [11], [67], [69], [74]. The discussion 11 of alternative project management structures dates back to 12 Galbraith's [17] conceptual introduction of the matrix organi-13 zation and its differentiation from functional and product orga-14 nizations. The focus of this discussion was to compare the ad-15 vantages and disadvantages of alternative matrix organization 16 structures. Some authors favored matrix project organization 17 structures for their flexibility, their economical use of resources, 18 and the clear differentiation between project authority and func-19 tional authority [18]. Others criticized matrix project organiza-20 tion structures due to their complexity [12] and lack of unity of 21