PMBOK Chapter 2 Flashcards
“Two major categories of influences are
enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) and organizational process assets (OPAs).”
“___________ originate from the environment outside of the project and often outside of the enterprise. ”
EEFs (enterprise environmental factors )
“__________ are internal to the organization. These may arise from the organization itself, a portfolio, a program, another project, or a combination of these.”
OPAs (organizational process assets)
“___________ refer to conditions, not under the control of the project team, that influence, constrain, or direct the project. These conditions can be internal and/or external to the organization.”
Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs)
_____________are considered as inputs to many project management processes, specifically for most planning processes. These factors may enhance or constrain project management options.”
“EEFs
“The following EEFs are internal to the organization:”
Organizational culture, structure, and governance.
Geographic distribution of facilities and resources.
Infrastructure.
Information technology software.
Resource availability.
Employee capability.
“The following EEFs are external to the organization.”
Marketplace conditions. Social and cultural influences and issues. Legal restrictions. Commercial databases. Academic research. Government or industry standards Financial considerations. Physical environmental elements.
_________ are the plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization. These assets influence the management of the project.
“Organizational process assets (OPAs)
“The ________ also include the organization’s lessons learned from previous projects and historical information.
OPAs
_______ may include completed schedules, risk data, and earned value data.
OPAs
OPA’S may be grouped into two categories:
“Processes, policies, and procedures; and
Organizational knowledge bases.”
“The organization’s processes and procedures for conducting project work include but are not limited to:”
Initiating and Planning:
Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling:
Closing.
“The organizational knowledge repositories for storing and retrieving information include but are not limited to:”
“Configuration management knowledge repositories containing the versions of software and hardware components and baselines of all performing organization standards, policies, procedures, and any project documents;”
“Financial data repositories containing information such as labor hours, incurred costs, budgets, and any project cost overruns;”
“Historical information and lessons learned knowledge repositories (e.g., project records and documents, all project closure information and documentation, information regarding both the results of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance information, and information from risk management activities);”
“Issue and defect management data repositories containing issue and defect status, control information, issue and defect resolution and action item results;”
“Data repositories for metrics used to collect and make available measurement data on processes and products; and
“Project files from previous projects (e.g., scope, cost, schedule, and performance measurement baselines, project calendars, project schedule network diagrams, risk registers, risk reports, and stakeholder registers).”
“A __________ is a collection of various components that together can produce results not obtainable by the individual components alone.”
system
“There are several principles regarding systems:”
Systems are dynamic,
Systems can be optimized,
System components can be optimized,
Systems and their components cannot be optimized at the same time, and
Systems are nonlinear in responsiveness (a change in the input does not produce a predictable change in the output).