Dpto. Organización de Empresas y 
                                              
       Comercialización e Investigación de Mercados 
                                                                 
                                              
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                    RESEARCH PROPOSAL 
                                        CREATING VALUE THROUGH  
                                                                
                             PROJECT BASED ORGANIZATIONS (PBOs) 
                                                                
                                                                
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                    PRIOR CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE FULFILLING THE QUESTIONNAIRE 
                                                                
                                          
                                         This questionnaire is embedded within a Ph.D dissertation focused 
                                                                 
                   Research              on  value  creation  processes  in  PBOs.  In  order  to  achieve  this 
                  Background             objective  we  rely  on  university-firm  collaboration.  The  research 
                                         team belongs to INSISOC Excellence Research Group 
                                          
                                         Research proposal focuses on the study of the capabilities PBOs 
                   Research              develop,  their  reconfiguration,  and  the  influence  those  capabilities 
                   Objective             have on the value-creation process.  
                                          
                                              
               Who is filling the         Other
                questionnaire?                                                
             (check your box/boxes)                If Project Manager, chek your certification level
                                              
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                                        All information provided will be treated anonymously. 
                                                                
                               Research team assures you that all information will be kept confidential. 
                                                                
                         A report showing research main results will be provided to all companies asking for it. 
                                                                
       
                                                                                                                      
                                   Víctor Hermano Rebolledo                                                        
                                   Business and Marketing Department                                                  
            Research Team          Business School (University of Valladolid)                                         
                contact            Avda. Valle Esgueva 6, 47011 Valladolid (SPAIN)                                 
                                   Phone no. 0034 983 18 4560 / Fax no. 0034 983.423292                                  
                                   vhermano@eco.uva.es 
                                        
              
             I. COMPANY’s GENERAL OVERVIEW 
                           
                 
                                                      01 Agricultural production crops
                Main industry where the company competes ……………………………..…………………………. 
                    nd       -NA-                      rd
                   2  industry ……………………………………….       3  industry ……………………………………….     
                                                                -NA-
                   Other industries ……………………………………….…………………………………………………………. 
                                 -NA-
                Years of activity of the company   <10             10-20             20-50              >50     
                No. of employees in year 2011 (on average)    <10                10-50                 51-250                 >250 
                Age of the employees in years (on average)    <30                 31-40                  41-50                    >50  
                     Tenure of the employees in years (on average)    <1                  1-3                3-5               >5   
                % of employees (2011) with a project management certification (approximately) <5             5-10              >10 
                                                                       0%           0%           0%
                % of employees by certification organization (approximately)  PMI ………...…  IPMA ……...……  Other ……....…… 
                No. of years implementing project management techniques:     <2               2-5              5-10           >10 
                Company has an organizational unit for managing projects, programs and portfolios      Yes                No       
                Do you consider your company a “project-based organization”?    Yes                 No          
                Corporate Group membership   Yes                No             
                Country of the Corporate Group/Company headquarters ………………………………….…………… 
                   No. of countries where the company has subsidiaries  <5               5-15               16-30               >30   
                 
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
                                                              
     II. COMPANY's MAIN FEATURES
                                                                                                                                           1 strongly disagree/never; 5 strongly agree/always 
                                                                                                                                               (leave a blank if the question has no answer)
                                                1   2   3   4   5
      Company's projects represent the primary unit of production organization, innovation 
      and competition
      Company's projects are the primary business mechanism for coordinating and 
      integrating all the main business functions of the firm
      Company's knowledge, capabilities and resources are built up through the execution of 
      major projects
      Project Managers within the company hold senior and /or top management roles and 
      have direct control on business functions, personnel and other resources
      Company creates temporary structures for the performance of projects
      Company's outputs embody application of new knowledge
      Company's outuputs are produced in small batches
      Communication flows mainly between similar hierarchical levels
      Stakeholders' collaboration is usually requested during project life-cycle (initiation, 
      planning, execution, monitoring and closing)
      The production process is organized using temporary teams
      The production process implies the use of high-technologies
      The production process requires a high degree of knowledge creation and combination
      Improvements in the production process are implemented through projects
      Company delivers projects for its business purposes
     III. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS
       Regarding Top Management Involvement                                                              1 strongly disagree/never; 5 strongly agree/always 
                                                                                                                                               (leave a blank if the question has no answer)
                                                1   2   3   4   5
      Company's top managers are aware of the methodology used for managing projects
      Company's top managers decide the projects that have to be developed
      Company's top managers have an active role when defining projects' success criteria
      Company's top managers are responsible for establishing the project management 
      methodology
      Company's top managers are frequently informed about the progress of projects
      Company's top managers are involved in the monitoring and controlling phase of 
      programs and porfolios
      Company's top managers have been trained in project management
     Regarding Project Management Methodology                                                         1 strongly disagree/never; 5 strongly agree/always 
                                                                                                                                                (leave a blank if the question has no answer)
                                                1   2   3   4   5
      Projects, programs, and portfolios are managed by a specialized organizational unit
      Project management processes are well documented and controlled
      Project management processes are standardized and subject to improvements
      Project management processes are adapted to specific project features and measured 
      in terms of quality
      Project management processes are continously updated
      All company projects are managed using the same methodology
      Project managers are requested to adapt the project management methodology to 
      individual project features and environmental conditions
      All projects are using a project management plan
      All projects are using a project management information system
      Information from project activities is routinely collected as the project progress
      Project plan and documents are updated frequently as projects progress
      Project managers are requested to document the impact of change requests
      Organizational culture, structure and processes strongly influence the project 
      management plan
      Project managers are requested to follow organizational processes and procedures 
      such as standardized guidelines, templates, etc.
      Project managers are requested to document lessons learned and apply them to future 
      projects
      Project managers are requested to identify, define, combine and coordinate the various 
      processes within projects taking into account project environment characteristics
      Project managers are requested to mantain, update and change the project organization 
      during the project life-cycle if needed
      Project managers are requested to define a change management policy
      Project managers have to ensure compliance with company's policies and any 
      regulatory requirements
      Project managers have to consider specific structure, culture, and processes of their 
      company