- Team members need to report to only one superior
- Easier management of specialists
- Enduring organisational structure
- Clearly defined career paths in areas of work specialisation
- Similar resources are centralised, companies are grouped by specialities
Disadvantages
- Project Managers role is part-time and he may be known as Project coordinator or project leader and has little power.
- Project team is part-time
- No career path in project management
- People place more emphasis on their functional specialty and this may be detrimental to the project.