Chapter 2

Question 1

What are two major categories of Project influence?

Answer 1

Enterprise Environment Factors (EEF’s)

Organizational Process Assets (OPA’s)

Question 2

The environment from which EEF’s originate?

Answer 2

Outside of the project

Outside of the Enterprise

Question 3

The environment from which OPA’s originate?

Answer 3

Internal to the organization

Question 4

Define EEF’s (Enterprise Environment Factors)

Answer 4

refers to conditions, not under control of the project team, that influence, constrain or direct the project.

the conditions can be internal or external to the organization.

Question 5

Are EEF’s considered Input or Outputs to many projects management processes, specifically for most planning processes?

Answer 5

Inputs

Question 6

List of EEF’s INTERNAL to the Organization

Answer 6

Org culture, Structure, and governance 
Geographic distribution of facilities and resources 
Infrastructure 
Information Tech Software
Resource Availability 
Employee capability

Question 7

List of EEF’s EXTERNAL to the Organization

Answer 7

Marketplace conditions 
Social and cultural influences and issues 
Legal restrictions
Commercial databases
Academic databases 
Government or industry standards
Financial considerations 
Physical environment elements

Question 8

Define Organizational Process Assets

Answer 8

The plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization.

Question 9

What is included in OPA’s?

Answer 9

Any artifact, practice, or knowledge from any or all of the performing organizations involved in the project that can be used to execute or govern the project.

Question 10

Can OPA’s by updated throughout the project? If so, Why?

Answer 10

Yes, OPA’s can be updated throughout the project as they are internal to the organization. Project team members may be able to update and add to the org process assets.

Question 11

What do OPA’s include?

Answer 11

Lessons learned from previous projects and historical information

Completed schedules, risk data, and earned value data.

Question 12

Are OPA’s Inputs or Outputs to the many project management processes?

Answer 12

Inputs

Question 13

What two categories can OPA’s be grouped into?

Answer 13

Processes, policies and procedures

Organizational knowledge bases

Question 14

Who usually establishes Policies, processes, and procedures?

Answer 14

PMO (Project Management Office

Question 15

When are the updates in the Organizational knowledge bases usually completed?

Answer 15

these are updated throughout the project with project information

Question 16

What are the org’s processes and procedures for conducting project work?

Answer 16

Initiating and Planning
Executing, Monitoring and Controlling
Closing

Question 17

What are the organizational knowledge repositories for storing and retrieving information?

Answer 17

Configuration management knowledge 
Financial data 
Historical information and lessons learned
Issue and Defect Management data 
Data 
Project files from previous projects

Question 18

Organizational System Factors

Answer 18

Management Elements
Governance Frameworks
Organizational Structure types

Question 19

Define a system

Answer 19

a collection of various components that together can product results not obtainable by the individual components alone

Question 20

Define a component

Answer 20

an identifiable element within the project or organization that provides a particular function or group of related functions

Question 21

List the principles regarding systems

Answer 21

Systems are ….

Dynamic.
can be optimized.
components can be optimized.
and their components CANNOT be optimized at the same time.
are nonlinear in responsiveness (a change in the input does not produce a predictable change in the output)

Question 22

Who usually has the responsibility of systems?

Answer 22

the organization’s management

Question 23

Governance refers to …..?

Answer 23

organizational or structural arrangements at all levels of an organization designed to determine and influence the behavior of the organization’s members.

Question 24

What is Governance

Answer 24

the framework within which authority is exercised in organizations.

Question 25

What does Governance framework include?

Answer 25

Rules, policies, procedures, norms, relationships, systems and processes

Question 26

What does the Governance framework influence?

Answer 26

How objectives of the org are set and achieved
How risk is monitored and assessed
How performance is optimized