This research study focuses on
project organization structure, multi-tasking, issues, challenges, and
limitations that occur during the project execution for a conventional and
virtual team. This research aims to understand the importance of the technical
labor force in the organization and fill the human resources gap in project
engineering, construction, and management implementation. The project is unique
and must be dealt with highly technical by the project team. Projects might be
the same structure and scale but in different conditions, parameters, and
requirements. In general, dealing with and executing
other projects is challenging. The design guidelines are formatted, although
not entirely the same. The process model uses model-based optimization
to compare the conventional and virtual MSS organizational structures to
optimize, innovate, and multi-tasking project staff, personnel, and direct
technical members. The study will include the importance of global virtual
teams (GVT) and the contribution of software collaboration, including
cloud-based software (CBS). Multi structures-scales (MSS) concept
can be a diversified, optimized, and innovative way to increase team
effectiveness, technical dependence, and utilize existing resources. It uses
organizational productivity and the individual living of project team members.
However, even though the MSS concept seeks to lower the labor cost and reduce
individual participation, the labor issue, technical workforce, challenges,
disputes, and other problems are not inevitable. As a result, in this
implementation, the corporate organization will solidify the project team
structure into multi-project execution even to long-term employment and
operation. The PE/S can perform simultaneously in different stages of the same
type of project. In contrast, a PM can perform additional steps even on other
kinds of projects. Furthermore, in the study, PS and PM can effectively
function if not more than three (3)
projects; otherwise, low-performance evaluation and low-quality product
results occur. In this regard, further study and research related to this topic
for better implementation in the field.
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