Enterprise Environmental Factors

Enterprise Environmental Factors

Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF) are constraints imposed by the project’s environment on the project. The project environment may be related to vendors, customers any other partners, or a project management company. Constraints imposed restricts the options to be exercised by the project team to make decisions or do the project work in a specific way. It may negatively or positively influence a project. A project manager must thoroughly constraints all the consider and plan accordingly because in project management “ignorance is not bliss”. Ignoring or not being aware of some constraints can lead to a big loss/chaos/conflit to the project. Some examples of Enterprise Environmental Factors are as below.

• Political climate
• Marketplace conditions
• Stakeholder risk tolerances
• Company work authorization systems
• Organization culture, Structure, and governance
• Geographic distribution of facilities and resources;
• Infrastructure (existing capital equipment, facilities)
• An organization’s established communications channels
• Commercials database (industry risk study information, risk database, standardized cost estimating data)
• Existing human resource (skills, disciplines, knowledge of design, development, legal, contracting, purchasing)
• Personnel Administration (staffing and retention guidelines, employee performance reviews, reward and overtime policy and time tracking)
• Government or industry standards (regulatory agency regulations, code of conduct, product standards, quality standards, workmanship standards)
• PMIS (automated tools, scheduling software, configuration management systems, information collection and distribution system, web interfaces to other online automated systems)

Facts about EEF

• Initiating Processes: EEF is a must for all.
• Planning processes: Except Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Determine Budget, Plan-Risk-Response all processes need EEF
• Executing Processes: Only Direct and Manage Project Work, Acquire Resources, Manage Communications needs EEF
• Monitoring & Controlling : Except Monitor and Control Project Work & Perform Integrated Change Control no process need EEF
• Closing Processes: Does not need EEF in any process
• No EEF is required for 20 Processes
• By reading this analysis you come to know the importance of EEF in any project. You ignore it because of any reason and be ready for any major risk which can spoil your team’s many nights together.