Lindkvist, Lars: Project organization – Exploring its adaptation properties, in: International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 26 (2008), No. 1, pp. 13-20.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.08.011
Linkdkvist describes in this EURAM 2007 paper the cultural characteristics of the classical functional organisation and the characteristics of the project based firm. Furthermore he outlines 5 critical success factors for changing a functional organization into a project based organisation.
- Individual learning: Trial-and-Error-Learning on the project level
- Team learning: Critical inquiry and reflection
- Firm-wide learning: Strategic learning inspired by individual and team learning
- Time boundedness: Focus on time-related concepts (plans, milestones, reviews etc.)
- Reciprocity: Project-level process must be nested in firm-level processes