Project Management Environment– An
Overview
Project Stakeholders
Project Manager
Customer
Project Team Members
Project Sponsor
Parent Organization
Organizational Influences
Organizational Systems
Organizational Cultures and Style
Organizational Structure
Socio- Economic Influences
Standards and Regulations
Internationalization
Culture
Environmental and Legal Influences
Project Phase and Project Life Cycle
Project Phases
Project Life Cycle
Chapter Summary
Project managers need to be aware of the cultural, organizational and social
environment of the project. To understand this environment involves
identifying the project stakeholders and their ability to affect the outcome
of the project. Once the environment has been understood, project managers
can deal with it to ensure that it has a positive effect on the project.
This chapter discussed some of the internal and external environmental
factors that are to be analyzed by the project manager such as i) the impact
of organizational structure and ii) the impact of socio-economic factors on
the project. This chapter also discussed various aspects of project phases
and project life cycles.
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