{"id":399,"date":"2013-09-05T05:29:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T05:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/pmblog\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2013-09-05T05:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T05:29:21","slug":"enterprise-environmental-factors-and-their-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/enterprise-environmental-factors-and-their-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Environmental Factors and Their Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Enterprise Environmental Factors<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The enterprise environmental factors are related to the environment internal or external to the performing organizations and can potentially impact the project. They may originate from within the performing organization, from any external organization participating in the project, or from both. These factors may have positive or negative influence on the project, and some of these factors may give rise to constraints for the project.<\/p>\n<p>These factors refer to conditions which are not under the control of the project team and that influence constraints or direct the project. EEF mostly used input in planning process group.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><b>E.E.F<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000080\"> are made of<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandatory Work<\/li>\n<li>Good Practices<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Norms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><b>E.E.F<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b> are of three types<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internal Facts \/Information<\/li>\n<li>External Facts\/Information<\/li>\n<li>Tools &amp; System<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Enterprise\u00a0environmental factors\u00a0include the following:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internal and External Factors that influence the Project\u2019s Success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Organizational Culture and structure&amp; Governance<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The organization may have specific processes in place do certain things in certain ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Geographical distribution of facilities and resources<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Government and industry standards<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulatory agency regulations<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Code of conduct<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Product Standards<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Quality standards<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Workmanship standards<b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Infrastructure and resources<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Existing Facilities<\/li>\n<li>Equipment to do the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Project management information systems<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automated tool<\/li>\n<li>Scheduling software tools for scheduling tasks and meetings<\/li>\n<li>Configuration management system<\/li>\n<li>Information collection and distribution system<\/li>\n<li>Web interfaces to other online automated system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Existing Human Resource<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human resources currently available in the organization, such as skills and expertise.<\/li>\n<li>Personnel administration information, such as guidelines for hiring, lay-offs, and performance reviews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Commercial databases<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standardized cost estimating data<\/li>\n<li>Industry risk study information<\/li>\n<li>Risk databases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Work authorization system of the organization<\/b><\/span>, because the project needs to be authorized.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication channels and tools available in the organization, such as email systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>Internal and external conditions<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Risk tolerances of the project stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Organizational structure &amp; culture<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>H.R Administration<\/li>\n<li>Personnel Skills update<\/li>\n<li>Performance appraisal updates<\/li>\n<li>Marketplace conditions relevant to the project<\/li>\n<li>Political climate<\/li>\n<li>Govt.\/industry standards<\/li>\n<li>Commercial Data bases<\/li>\n<li>Market place conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note<\/b> that the\u00a0environmental factors\u00a0can be internal to the performing organization, such as the organization\u2019s culture, or external to the organization, such as market conditions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Questions &amp; Answers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The difference between organizational process assets and enterprise environmental factors is:\n<ul type=\"A\">\n<li>Organizational process assets restrict and limit the options of project management; environmental factors limit the use of organizational resources in the project.<\/li>\n<li>Organizational process assets provide guidelines and criteria for adapting the organization&#8217;s processes to specific needs of the project; environmental factors may restrict the options for project management<\/li>\n<li>Environmental factors provide project management templates and standards, and organizational process assets provide project management standards and procedures<\/li>\n<li>Environmental factors are related to standards, and organizational process assets are related to the organization infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct Answer: B<\/li>\n<li>Which of the following Enterprise Environmental Factors does not influence the Estimate Activity Durations process?\n<ul type=\"A\">\n<li>Duration Estimating Databases<\/li>\n<li>Project Management Information Systems<\/li>\n<li>Productivity Metrics<\/li>\n<li>Published Commercial Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct Answer: B<\/li>\n<li>Which of the following is NOT the input of Direct and Manage Project Execution process?\n<ul type=\"A\">\n<li>Project Management plan<\/li>\n<li>Approved Change Requests<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise Environmental Factors<\/li>\n<li>Project Charter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct Answer: A<\/li>\n<li>The market conditions are a part of the________.\n<ul type=\"A\">\n<li>Enterprise environmental factors<\/li>\n<li>Project management concerns<\/li>\n<li>Organizational process assets<\/li>\n<li>Project Charter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct Answer: A<\/li>\n<li>Which of the following Enterprise Environmental Factors does not influence the Estimate Activity Durations process?\n<ul type=\"A\">\n<li>Duration Estimating Databases<\/li>\n<li>Project Management Information Systems<\/li>\n<li>Productivity Metrics<\/li>\n<li>Published Commercial Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct Answer: D<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 15px\">Take a Free Demo<b> <\/b>of<b> <\/b>Whizlabs PMP Offerings:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/pmi-project-management-professional\/pmp-mock-exam.html\">PMP Exam Questions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/pmi-project-management-professional\/pmp-online-training.html\">PMP Online Training<\/a> (with full length videos)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/pmi-project-management-professional\/pmp-certification-training.html\">PMP Live Virtual Classroom Training<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprise Environmental Factors The enterprise environmental factors are related to the environment internal or external to the performing organizations and can potentially impact the project. 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