projectized

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adjective

Having an organizational structure based around project teams rather than functional groups.

Scrabble 32

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of projectize
adjectiveprojectized (comparative more projectized, superlative most projectized)

comparative more projectized · superlative most projectized

  1. Having an organizational structure based around project teams rather than functional groups.

    Projectized organizations are nearly the opposite of functional organizations, focusing on the project itself, and therefore developing loyalties to the project and not to a functional manager.

    2009, Kim Heldman, Vanina Mangano, PMP Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide, →ISBN, page 12
    2 more examples

    Each projectized team's life span is temporary (Eom & Lee, 1999; Kharbanda & Stallworthy; Porter & Lilly), and the team works towards the solution for a specific problem or a new product for a client, again similar to a project team or a^([sic]) even a task force team (Eom & Lee).

    2002, Luiz Antonio Joia, IT-Based Management: Challenges and Solutions, →ISBN

    The project managers are happy campers in a projectized organization. A functional organization and a projectized organization are on the opposite ends of the spectrum of a project manager's authority.

    2008, Paul Sanghera, Fundamentals of Effective Program Management, →ISBN
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