Hi @Charlesanthonylent ,
Could you please remove the images? Unfortunately, we cannot allow posting of paid content, including AHPP screenshots. We can definitely quote & cite the AHPP though! For those reading this after the images are removed, they were the horizontal and vertical organization charts form page 611 of the AHPP.
This is one of those questions where you need to select the most correct answer. There a few clues given in the scenario. The first is that this firm is a startup that has recently grown large enough to form teams. This means we are talking about a small to midsized firm. Per page 610 of the AHPP, “Most [small] offices use the vertical or matrix model”. So we know right away that it is unlikely that this is a horizontal organization.
In addition, we can glean what organization they are using by looking at the number of projects each team is working on. In vertical organization, a select team works with project through all phases, from SD to CD to CA. In vertical organization it is likely that teams are working on one primary project and then maybe have one or two secondary projects. In horizontal organization, a select team works on a single phase (or group of phases) only. Then, the project is passed on to a separate team. It is likely that each team is only working on a singular project at one time but turning it over to the next team in rapid succession - the AHPP describes it like an assembly line.
In all of the organization types the projects are (ideally) managed by a singular project manager.
Hope this helps!
-Darion