From this week’s lecture we learned about three types of project organizations. Which were functional, project-based, and matrix organizations. Talk about your first hand experiences with any of these three organizational types that you’ve been a part of from a previous internship, working full-time, school, etc. Did you like the way the project was handled based on the organization type, or did you see room for improvement? List some pros and cons.

From my own experience, the company I work for has a functional organization type. Every department has their own agenda and work towards making sure their responsibilities are complete. Like Dr. Simon’s lecture mentioned, coordinating between departments could be difficult at times which is something I’ve experienced firsthand. Sometimes I would need information that the Procurement team had access to but trying to get it out of them would take a while which hindered my team’s progress on the project. It was never extreme to a point where deadlines were missed, just unnecessary time lost.Other times getting the info was quick and simple, so it goes both ways. Communicating with other engineering teams in my department was as simple as can be, and never presented any challenges. So transparency between departments is very beneficial which this structure at times has issues with. Overall it’s a good structure that my company is using, and when it works it works well with projects being complete on time with minimal issues.