Cost plus incentive fee
With this structure, the buyer and the seller agree to cover the sellers costs, but beyond that, they will share any cost overruns and under runs according to an agreed upon formula. This might be used when two companies are not familiar with each other, they need to work together to complete the project, and neither is certain that the other has a strong focus on enabling the completion. Perhaps this would be used in the case of a network move, which accompanies a corporate relocation to a new...
Matrix Organization
From Keith Faradale's Comprehensive Project Management From Keith Faradale's Comprehensive Project Management In the other extreme, the primary accountability of the project team members is to the project, with the role of the functional manager focused on support and career development of his employees. The team member's performance review, while usually officially within the framework of the functional department, is usually driven mainly by input from the PM. Most companies operate with a...