promotion.Conjointly, the structure did not set procedure on how an engineer becomes a project manager. The process was purely out of director of engineering discretion. The structure also does not specify what employees will be doing. Therefore, an employee can be called out of the project even if it is not completed and assigned a new task. Lack of clear framework made it very difficult for projects to be done within schedule. Another problem is hierarchical. We find that Gary was subjected to different superiors, including director of engineering, director of program management and project and space technology industry representative. Answering to many people always bring challenges such as different requirements. For example, Sarah needed Gary to focus on an administrative task while Henry wanted him to get research and development ready and on time. Excess requirements of different people made Gary have too much work thus contributed to the failure to meet deadlines.
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On culture, project management body of knowledge suggests that there should be cultural understanding. For example, the manager of the project should understand how new projects affects the organization and how the organization affects the project. The understanding of such factors is important since it will determine the employees that will be included in the new project plus the resources need to make it a success (Indelicato,
On culture, project management body of knowledge suggests that there should be cultural understanding. For example, the manager of the project should understand how new projects affects the organization and how the organization affects the project. The understanding of such factors is important since it will determine the employees that will be included in the new project plus the resources need to make it a success (Indelicato,