What are Enterprise Environmental Factors?

The enterprise environmental factors are related to the environment internal or external to the performing organizations and can potentially impact the project. They may originate from within the performing organization, from any external organization participating in the project, or from both. These factors may have positive or negative influence on the project, and some of these factors may give rise to constraints for the project.

Organizational environmental factors include the following:

Culture and structure

1. These refer to the culture and type of structure of the performing organization.

Processes and standards:

1. The organization may have specific processes in place do certain things in certain ways.

2. There may be government and industry standards to follow, such as legal requirements, product standards, and quality standards relevant to the project.

3. Personnel administration information, such as guidelines for hiring, firing, and performance reviews.

Infrastructure and resources:

1. Facilities and equipment to do the project

2. Project management information systems, such as software tools for scheduling tasks and meetings

3. Human resources currently available in the organization, such as skills and expertise

4. Commercial databases, such as standardized cost estimating data and risk databases

5. Work authorization system of the organization, because the project needs to be authorized

6. Communication channels and tools available in the organization, such as email systems

Internal and external conditions:

1. Risk tolerances of the project stakeholders

2. Marketplace conditions relevant to the project

3. Political climate

Note that the environmental factors can be internal to the performing organization, such as the organization's culture, or external to the organization, such as market conditions