Organizational process assets are the plans,
processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases specific to and used by
the performing organization. They include any artifact, practice, or knowledge
from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that can be used
to perform or govern the project. These process assets include formal and
informal plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases, specific
to and used by the performing organization.
The
process assets also include the organization’s knowledge bases such as lessons
learned and historical information. Organizational process assets may include
completed schedules, risk data, and earned value data. Organizational process
assets are inputs to most planning processes. Throughout the project,the
project team members may update and add to the organizational process assets as
necessary.
Enterprise
Environmental Factors :
Enterprise
environmental factors refer to conditions, not under the control of the project
team, that influence, constrain, or direct the project. Enterprise
environmental factors are considered inputs to most planning processes, may
enhance or constrain project management options, and may have a positive or
negative influence on the outcome.
Enterprise
environmental factors vary widely in type or nature. Enterprise environmental
factors include:
-Organizational culture,
structure, and governance
-Geographic
distribution of facilities and resources;
-Government or industry standards (e.g.,
regulatory agency regulations, codes of conduct, product standards, quality
standards, and workmanship standards);
-infrastructure (e.g., existing
facilities and capital equipment);
-Existing human resources (e.g., skills,
disciplines, and knowledge, such as design, development, legal, contracting,
and purchasing)
-Personnel administration (e.g., staffing and
retention guidelines, employee performance reviews and training records, reward
and overtime policy, and time tracking);
-Company work authorization systems;
-Project management information system (e.g., an
automated tool, such as a scheduling software tool, a configuration management
system, an information collection and distribution system, or web interfaces to
other online automated systems).