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Advantages
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Easier Management of Specialists
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Team members report to only one supervisor
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Similar resources are centralized and company is
grouped by specialties
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Clearly defined career paths in the area of work
specialization
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Ø
Highly visible project objectives
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Improved project manager control over resources
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More support from functional organizations
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Maximum utilization of scarce resource
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Better coordination
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Better horizontal and vertical dissemination of
Information than functional.
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Team member maintain a home
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Efficient project organization
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Loyalty to the project
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More effective communication than functional.
Ø
Team members do maintain home while they are on
project.
Ø Most
appropriate when the project size is large and technology is new
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Disadvantages
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v Team
members place more emphasis on their functional specialty to the detriment of
the project.
v No
career path in project management.
v Project
Manager has little of no authority.
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v
Extra Administration required (Admin Staff
required)
v
More than one boss for project team
v
More complex to monitor and control
v
Tougher problems with resource allocation.
v
Need extensive policies and procedures
v
Functional managers have different priorities than
project managers
v
More potential to conflict.
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v
No “Home” when project is completed.
v
Lack of professionalism in discipline
v
Duplication of facilities and job functions
v
Less efficient use of resources.
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