C 783 - Project Management - EEFs Flashcards

Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEFs)

• EEFs are internal and external influences that affect a project's success, impacting project management processes.
• They can enhance or limit options during project planning.

EEFs Internal to the Organization

• Includes organizational culture, structure, governance, and geographic resource distribution.
• Factors like infrastructure, information technology software, resource availability, and employee capabilities play critical roles.

EEFs External to the Organization

• Comprises marketplace conditions, social and cultural influences, legal restrictions, and financial considerations.
• May include academic research, commercial databases, government/industry standards, and physical environmental aspects.

Organizational Process Assets (OPAs)

• Consists of policies, guidelines, processes, procedures, plans, and standards for executing work, especially project-related tasks.
• Contains lessons learned, historical information, and data on completed schedules, risks, and earned value.

Categories of OPAs

• Processes, Policies, and Procedures: Framework guiding organizational activities.
• Organizational Knowledge Bases: Repositories of knowledge, experience, and past project insights.

Organizational Knowledge Repositories

• Systems designed to capture, organize, and systematize an organization's knowledge.
• Types include configuration management, financial data, historical lessons learned, and metrics data repositories.

Organizational Structure

• Defines roles, powers, responsibilities, and management coordination, along with information flow within the organization.

Governance Framework

• Influences organizational objectives, risk management, and performance optimization.

Management Element

• Encompasses key management functions and principles within an organization.

Functional Organization

• Team members are aligned with departments, reporting to functional managers with limited project manager control.

Matrix Organization

• Team members report to both project and functional managers; the structure is complex and costly but often effective.

Organizational Culture

• Represents collective behaviors and values including norms, working language, systems, and symbols shaping the organization.

Project Sponsor

• Typically an executive with authority to allocate resources and enforce project decisions.

Project Stakeholders

• Individuals or organizations involved in, or affected by, the project execution or completion.

Projectized Organization

• Team members are solely dedicated to the project, with both project manager and members working full-time, allowing for stronger project control.

Work Authorization Systems

• Formal procedures that authorize the commencement of work packages or activities, ensuring correct sequencing and timing during project execution.

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