Enterprise Environmental Factors

Environment artifact · ← Artifact catalog

What it is

Outside conditions the project has to work within but didn't choose, like rules or the market.

Why it matters

Ignoring these tends to produce a plan that looks good on paper and fails against reality.

What it looks like here

Stored as a short piece of prose attached to the project.

Made by

No process in the catalog produces this artifact.

Used by

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Manage Project Knowledge
• 4.6 Perform Integrated Change Control
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.4 Create WBS
• 6.1 Plan Schedule Management
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 6.3 Sequence Activities
• 6.4 Estimate Activity Durations
• 7.1 Plan Cost Management
• 7.2 Estimate Costs
• 9.1 Plan Resource Management
• 9.3 Acquire Resources
• 10.1 Plan Communications Management
• 10.3 Monitor Communications
• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• 12.1 Plan Procurement Management
• 12.3 Control Procurements
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Engagement

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