Project Management Basics - The Environment in Which Projects Operate

What is a collection of various components that produce results not obtainable by the individual components alone?

A system

What is the purpose of organizational systems?

Determined the power, influence, interests, competence, and political capabilities of the people within it

What are uncontrollable conditions that influence, constrain, or direct the project?

Enterprise environmental factors

What are enterprise environmental factors?

Enterprise environmental factors are internal and external factors that influence the circumstances around a project. They often provide constraints to project management. Examples include: - Marketplace conditions - Stakeholder risk tolerances - Existing human resources - Organisational structure - Industry standards - Political climate - Infrastructure - e.g. existing facilities or capital equipment

What are the three factors that influence a system?

Governance frameworks, management elements, organizational structure types

What are an examples of internal and external enterprise environmental factors?

Information technology software and marketplace conditions

What are the components that dictate the principles and functions of management in an organization?

Management elements

What are examples of external EEFs?

Marketplace conditions, social and cultural influences, legal restrictions

What are examples of internal EEFs?

Organizational culture, structure, and governance, geographic distribution of facilities and resources, infrastructure

Configuration management and issue defect management data are examples of what?

Organizational knowledge repositories

What are the plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization?

Organizational process assets

What are organizational process assets?

Plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases that are specific to and used by the performing organization.