1. How will a company maintain informal project management during corporate growth? 2. What can be done to return to the informal approach if the organization continues to focus on formal project management? 3. How do you deal with a situation where a few managers or employees are promoting a more formal approach?

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Cortez Plastics
Cortez Plastics was in even more pain. As the company's business base began to grow, more documents came in through organizations. The culture of "informal" project management, which had worked so well in the past, began to deteriorate and was replaced by a more formal approach to project management. Recognizing the costly consequences of a more formal project management approach, Cortez Plastics' senior management decided to take action.
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1. How will a company maintain informal project management during corporate growth?
2. What can be done to return to the informal approach if the organization continues to focus on formal project management?
3. How do you deal with a situation where a few managers or employees are promoting a more formal approach?

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