Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

2 The Organizational Context

Strategy, Structure, and Culture

Chapter Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

1. 2.1 Understand how effective project management contributes to achieving strategic objectives.

2. 2.2 Recognize three components of the corporate strategy model: formulation, implementation, and evaluation.

3. 2.3 See the importance of identifying critical project stakeholders and managing them within the context of project development.

4. 2.4 Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of three basic forms of organizational structure and their implications for managing projects.

5. 2.5 Identify the characteristics of three forms of a project management office (PMO).

6. 2.6 Understand key concepts of corporate culture and how cultures ...