Exam 4: Organizational Capability: Structure, Culture and Roles

Through shared values,organizational cultures can informally do all the following EXCEPT:​ 

Project planning teams use project life cycle models because various types of projects have differing demands.Which of the following sequences of stages is most appropriate for a life cycle model for research and development (R & D)projects? 

A functional organization is an organization structure in which staff is grouped by areas of specialization,and the project manager has limited authority to assign work and apply resources.

In a projectized organization the project manager has extensive authority for budgets,personnel and other decision-making issues.

Which of the following organizational structures runs contrary to the unity of command principle - that each employee works for a single supervisor?​ 

It is generally neither necessary nor useful to have every single function represented on the core project team,as that would make communications and scheduling meetings more difficult.

A matrix organization is any organization in which the project manager or project team leader actually shares responsibility for the project with a number of individual functional managers.

In agile projects,overall planning is at a high level,and only the near-term work is planned in detail.The project work is conducted in iterations (sprints)that are normally: 

During project execution,the project sponsor's responsibilities include all of these EXCEPT: 

The project sponsor should pick the project manager and core team members (sometimes with the help of the project manager and/or others).