Project Management Office For The Government - 1041 Words

Since the dawn of civilization, projects have been understood as an endeavor to obtain a specific result. Wysocki (2011) defines a project as â€Å"A sequence of unique, complex, and connected activities that have one goal or purpose and that must be completed by a specific time, within budget, and according to specification†. Through the centuries, the projects have become more complex, with more variables. The mid-twentieth century was marked as a significant transition regarding the way we build projects. The 60s brought us the term software crisis, which drives us to develop better techniques in software engineering and project management. Even being product of the private sector, the Project Management also became important to the public†¦show more content†¦The public sector has some constraints inherent to his structure and purpose. Besner Hobbs (2011) classify the public sector as being a functional structure, they also comment that the public organizations a re generally less mature in project management, thus that they are poor project performers. This classification leads to a deeper analysis that will be performed thereafter. Constraints According to Kerzner (2013) maturity in project management is the implementation of a standard methodology and accompanying processes such that there exists a high likelihood of repeated success. Nieto-Rodriguez and Evrard (2004) state that we need take account four core elements to assess the organization’s maturity: processes, structure, people and systems. The foregoing statements point out the main differences between private and public sector. Laws and policies bound the processes in the public sector; the structure as mentioned earlier is mostly functional, while there many and different stakeholders whose the project need attend their needs and respond to. As Crawford Helm (2009) state, â€Å"there are many levels of accountability, including accountability to parliament, to taxpayers, to the community, and to business†. The press is also an important stakeholder of the project, in addition, is difficult to define the project sponsor with the functional structu re of the public