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The organizational structure of construction project determines quality of construction and efficiency of management. This paper combined virtual organizational theory with modern construction project management, and established virtual organization of construction project (VOCP) based on project life cycle. The organizational structure of VOCP is a characteristic horizontal organization, which has only two managerial levels, project management team (PMT) and project team (PT). The management of VOCP is a complex and integrated process, which includes: communication management, cost management, schedule management and quality management. The work process was designed in the consideration of the complexity and interaction of VOCP based on project life cycle.
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Jiang, L., Chen, X., Zhang, X. (2011). Virtual Organization of Construction Project Based on Project Life Cycle. In: Zhou, Q. (eds) Advances in Applied Economics, Business and Development. ISAEBD 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 209. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23020-2_7
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