Chapter 2 - The Project Environment (1.0)

Question 1

What is an EEF?
Where do they originate?

Answer 1

Enterprise Environmental Factors
EEFs originate from the environment outside of the project, and often outside of the enterprise.

Question 2

What are OPAs?
Where do they originate?

Answer 2

Organizational Process Assets
These may arise from the organization itself, a portfolio,
a program, another project, or a combination of these.

Question 3

What refer to conditions, not under the control of the
project team, that influence, constrain, or direct the project?

Answer 3

EEFs

Question 4

Name 6 examples of internal Enterprise Environmental Factors?
(O, G, I, S, R, HR)

Answer 4

1. Organizational culture, structure, and governance
2. Geographic distribution of facilities and resources
3. Infrastructure / Hardware
4. Software
5. Resource availability
6. Human Resources / Employee capability

Question 5

Name 8 examples of external Enterprise Environmental Factors?
(MC, SCI, L, CD, AR, GIS, F, PE)

Answer 5

1. Marketplace conditions - competitors, market share, brand rec
2. Social & Cultural influences - political climate
3. Legal restrictions - county, local lawas
4. Commercial databases - available information
5. Academic research - studies
6. Government or Industry Standards - regulatory
7. Financial considerations - currency exchange, interest rates
8. Physical environment - weather, working conditions

Question 6

What are the plans, processes, documents, templates, and knowledge repositories specific to and used by the performing organization called?

Answer 6

Organizational process assets (OPAs)
These assets influence the management of the project.

Question 7

What are 2 categories of OPA’s?

Answer 7

1. Plans, processes, and documents - These assets can be updated only by following the appropriate organizational policies, usually set by the PMO.
2. Organizational knowledge repositories - These assets are updated throughout the project with project information.

Question 8

Name 4 examples of organizational knowledge repositories?

Answer 8

1. financial performance
2. lessons learned
3. performance metrics and issues
4. defects

Question 9

Name 4 examples of plans, processes or documents associated with Initiating and Planning?

Answer 9

1. Guidelins for tailoring processes and procedures
2. Product and project life cycles, methods and procedures
3. Templates (plans, registers, templates)
4. Preapproved supplier lists and other contractual agreements

Question 10

Name 9 examples of plans, processes or documents associated with Executing, Monitoring and Controlling?
(CC, TM, ID, RM, CM, WA, T, SG, PV)

Answer 10

1. Change control procedures
2. Traceability matrices
3. Issue and defect management processes
4. Resource management
5. Communication management
6. Work authorizations
7. Templates (risk register, issue log, change log)
8. Standardized guidelines for work
9. Product validation process