Dr.

Ahmed AbdelHady - PMP Preparation Course (6th Edition)

Chapter 2 – Projects Environment

Pages (37 – 50) / PMBOK 6th Edition

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 Chapter 2 – Projects Environment
Project Influences

1- Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF) ‫ظروف المشروع والشركة‬

2- Organizational Process Assets (OPA) ‫أصول الشركة‬

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Internal EEF External EEF

1- Organizational culture, structure 1- Marketplace conditions

2- Geographic distribution 2- Commercial databases
3- Infrastructure 3- Financial considerations
4- Software 4- Legal restrictions
5- Resource availability 5- Academic research
6- Employee capability 6- Government or industry standards
7- KPI (If needed) (Key Performance Indictors) 7- Environmental elements (Weather)

OPA

1- Processes
2- Polices
3- Procedures
4- Standard Templates (WBS, Project Documents)
5- Lessons Learned
6- Historical Information
7- Knowledge Base

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Organizational Structure Types

1- Organic / Simple
- People working Side by Side
- Owner is the manager of budget
- PM authority is none

2- Functional / Centralized
- Functional Manager is the Responsible about everything including the budget
- Team is Reporting to Functional Manager
- PM authority is none (Expeditor)

Note: Functional Manager means department

Manager as HR manager or Purchasing manager

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Organizational Structure Types

3- Projectized / Project - Oriented

- PM is the Responsible about everything including the budget
- Team is Reporting to PM
- PM authority is HIGH
- After Finishing, NO HOME

Note: Hire & Fire & No Home

Tight Matrix means the team is

Located in one place

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Organizational Structure Types

4- Matrix
- Weak Matrix (FM is Higher) (PM is Coordinator)
- Balanced Matrix (FM & PM are Equal) (Sharing in Everything, PM responsible in Reports)
- Strong Matrix (PM is Higher) (Like Projectized)

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Organizational Structure Types

5- Project Management Office PMO

Organizational structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates
the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques.
:‫ وله عدة انواع‬.‫ وتسهيل تقاسم الموارد بالمشروعات‬،‫هو احد انظمة هيكلة ادارة المشروعات والخاصة بتوحيد عمليات الحوكمة‬

1- Supportive (Low control) 2- Controlling (Moderate control) 3- Directive (High control)

- Consultative role - As Supportive type plus: - Manage Directly the project
- Templates - Required Compliance - PM is Reporting to PMO
- Best Practices ‫تقديم االلتزام المطلوب‬ - Mandatory & Enforces
- Training ‫إلزام وإرغام‬
- Access to Information
- Lessons Learned

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NOTES:

1- Systems are NOT Linear in Responses.

2- Systems and Its Components CAN NOT be Optimized at the same time.

3- Project Governance is the framework, functions, processes that guide project management
activities to create the unique project.

4- Multidivisional Organization Structure is a workgroup arranged by the Customer type, (Functional

Manager is the responsible about the Budget).

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Chapter Pages – PMBOK 6th Edition Status
1- Introduction 1 - 36 Done
2- Projects Environment 37 - 50 Done
3- PM Roles 51 - 68 Not Yet
4- Integration 69 - 128 Not Yet
5- Scope 129 - 172 Not Yet
6- Schedule 173 - 230 Not Yet
7- Cost 231 - 270 Not Yet
8- Quality 271 - 306 Not Yet
9- Resource 307 - 358 Not Yet
10- Communication 359- 394 Not Yet
11- Risk 395- 458 Not Yet
12- Procurement 459- 502 Not Yet
13- Stakeholder 503 - 536 Not Yet
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