Project Management Organization

Abstract

This chapter introduces to important organizational issues concerning the Project Management practice. First, it presents the main organizational structures from functional through project-oriented forms. Second, the chapter focuses on some of the details of organizing Project Management Offices and Project Teams, describing the various tasks of the project staff. Then, the role of the project manager is discussed together with cultural and human problems that people face while working as a team. Finally, we make the point on the emerging trends of Agile Project Management methodologies applied to facility construction projects and the practices of managing agile teams.