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By Fahad Usmani 141 Comments
In this blog post, Im going to discuss the enterprise environmental factor

(EEF), organizational process assets (OPA), and the difference between
these two.
Although this is a straight forward concept, I have seen many people have
misunderstanding here.
Enterprise environmental factor (EEF) and organizational process assets

(OPA) are widely discussed in the PMBOK Guide and are input in almost all
processes.
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Please note that you may or may not see a direct question on these topics on
the exam, but having a better understanding about the EEF and OPA will
certainly help you on your PMP Exam.
Enterprise Environmental Factor (EEF)

Before we start discussing the enterprise environment factor, lets understand
the environment.
The environment can be defined as something related to the natural world and
the impact of human activity on its condition, or the culture that an individual
lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact (Wikipedia).
The environment is a condition we live in. It influences our behavior in a

certain way.
For example, in cold weather we need to wear woolen clothes to keep

ourselves warm. Here, the cold weather is the environment which forces us
to cover ourselves with woolen clothes.
This is the impact of a cold environment on us.
Likewise, the enterprise environmental factors influence the organization,

the project, and its outcome. Every organization has to live and work within
the EEF.
The enterprise environment factor can be either internal or external.
Examples of external enterprise environmental factors are as follows:
Government regulation
Market conditions
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External political conditions
The following are a few examples of internal enterprise environmental factors:
Organizational culture
Type of organizational structure
Internal political conditions
Available resources
Organizational Process Assets (OPA)

Before moving on to the OPA, lets talk about assets.
The definition of assets says: It is a useful or valuable thing or property

owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to
meet debts, commitment, or legacies.
Simply put, assets are something that you can own, keep, and make use of.
For example, you can have a car which helps you move around, you can have
a house to live in, a computer to work on, etc. This list is endless. These
things are called assets.
In the same way, organizations also have assets which help them in achieving
their objectives. Here these assets are called organizational process assets
(OPA). These organizational process assets are kept in some central
repository so that they can be used whenever required.
Organization process assets can be divided into two categories.
The first category is for processes and procedures for conducting work, which
includes the following:
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Procedures
Standard template
General guidelines
The second category includes corporate knowledge base for storing and
retrieving information. For example:
Risk register
Lessons learned
Stakeholder register
Past project files
Historical information
These organizational process assets influence the project success, and they
keep growing as the organization becomes larger.
For example, lets say that youre in the identify risks process and are
identifying the risks. You decide to start identifying risks by using a check list.
Are you going to create this checklist from scratch or will you look in any
similar past project records to find it out?
Of course, you will go for the second option and find a risk checklist from
previous records and customize it as per your project requirements. This will
save you a lot of time.
In project management, a very famous saying is why re-invent the wheel,

which means if you have something available to you, you dont have to
remake it.
Organizational process assets are used extensively in project management. It

is the responsibility of the project management team to look for any relevant
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The Difference between Organizational Process

Assets and Enterprise Environmental Factors
You may think that these two serve the same purpose and they are the same;
however, they are not.
Organizational process assets help organizations to continuously improve

their process, help project management teams to learn, and share the best
practices by using a collective knowledge base.
On the other hand, enterprise environmental factors may or may not help your
organizations. These are the conditions in which your organization has to
work. These do not fall under the control of the project management team.
For example, if the government increases taxes, it will hurt your profit;
however, if they decrease taxes, it will increase your profit.
The other difference is that it is not easy to change the enterprise

environmental factors; you have to live with them. While OPA can be
customized according to the suitability, and they make the project
management teams life much easier.
The key point is that organizational process assets always support the project
team, while enterprise environmental factors can sometimes help the project
and other times may hurt it as well.
What are your thoughts on enterprise environmental factor and organizational

process assets? If you have something on your mind, share it through the
comments section.
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Andre says
July 29, 2012 at 7:44 PM
Thanks much! Understood
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Fahad Usmani says

July 30, 2012 at 12:15 AM
You're welcome and thanks for stopping by at PMSC.
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beatrice sida says

June 5, 2014 at 10:49 PM
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Fahad Usmani says

June 5, 2014 at 11:10 PM
Thanks Beatrice for your comment.
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Alejandro says
November 16, 2017 at 9:53 PM
Great explanation!, thank you!
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Fahad Usmani says

November 19, 2017 at 7:40 AM
You are welcome Alejandro.
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gianlucadamico says
August 5, 2012 at 11:44 PM
Same here. Understood !
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kp says
September 19, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Good job .. Well explained.. I have abt 2 weeks to go for my exam. Its great to read
and understand the concepts..
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Fahad Usmani says

September 19, 2012 at 8:07 PM
I am glad that you liked it.
Good luck for your exam preparation.

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Olga says
December 26, 2016 at 1:58 PM
Thank you for the information. I have a question. Does EEF include
OPA? According to PMBOK organizational culture is one of the
internal EEF. And organizational culture includes policies, process,
procedures, etc. I mean Organizational culture includes Organizational
process assets. Does it mean that OPA is a part of EEF?
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Fahad Usmani says

December 28, 2016 at 8:07 AM
There might be some grey area where a few things may be

common.
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Nguyen Vu Hung says

Thanks, your explaination is very easy to understand.
Our study group has a long debate regarding the difference between EEF and OAP.
Your article made it clear.
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Fahad Usmani says

I am glad that my article helped you.
Thanks for your visit.
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Vandemataram says
You simplify things very well. Wish I knew about this site earlier..
Thank you VERY much. Keep up the good work, I am sure its going to help others
as well.
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Fahad Usmani says

Thanks for visiting and your comment.
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Wajahat Iqbal says

Thanks, You had made things so clear and understandable
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Kupa says
January 10, 2013 at 6:16 PM
Thank you!for explaining this so clearly.
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Fahad Usmani says

January 10, 2013 at 11:39 PM
Youre welcome Kupa.
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Janaka says
January 19, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Fahad, How do I categorize following items whether they are belong to EEF/ OPA
1. PMIS Project Management Information Systems e.g. Project Enterprise

Solutions, Microsoft Project
3. Quality Controlling Systems Defect Tracking, QA tools
4. Environment and Legal Procedures (assumed that also belong EEF)
5. Any other organizational policies which are not directly relating to project
environment.
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Fahad Usmani says

Hello Janaka, as per my understanding, items can be categorized as follow:
PMIS -> Enterprise Environmental Factors

Quality Controlling Systems -> Enterprise
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Environment and Legal Procedures ->Organisational Process Assets
Organisational Policies -> Organisational Process Assets
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Arturo says
February 7, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Hello Usmani,
please, to clarify concepts; can we say for example that:
PMIS -> EEF
but
PMIS Knowledge(as project application experience) -> OPA ??
Thanks
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Fahad Usmani says

Knowledge is always tremendously useful an asset.
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Naveen says
Hi
Can you please exlain PMIS Project Management Information Systems in detail?
Appreciate your helpon this?
Thanks!
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Fahad Usmani says

Hello Naveen,
PMIS or Project Management Information System is nothing but a

organizational wise software or an automated tool which assist you in various
project management related activities.
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Maha says
Hi Fahad,
Can you please explain what is Commercial database in the EEF.

Thanks!
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As per my understanding Commercial
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usually collected and maintained by some company. This database can be
given to the clients for free or with some charge so that client could analyse
the current situation or the market trend without going into lengthy process of
collecting all data on their own.
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Jim says
April 4, 2017 at 2:40 PM
Hello Fahad,
I have three queries.
1. What is difference between Commercial database and Financial

database ?
2. Commercial database is OPA/EEF ?
3. Financial database is OPA/EEF?
It would be great if you can give examples as well.
thanks in advance.
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Fahad Usmani says

April 9, 2017 at 7:22 AM
Commercial database is the data in electronic for that you have

collected for your commercial activities, and financial databases
containing information such as labor hours, incurred costs,
budgets, and any project cost overruns.
Database is usually a part of OPA.
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Maha says
Thank you Fahad- useful as always!
Can you please explain what a project life cycle is and how it related to the 5 process
groups.
Does each project phase ave 5 process groups ?
Thank u again
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Fahad Usmani says

Hello Maha,
You can say that product life cycle is the stages through which the product
passes. Beginning from its idea, design, development, marketing and then
selling to the market.
Project life cycle is a part of the product life cycle. For example, you can say
that design and development of any machine is a project. Once you develop
the machine, project finishes. Now, the rest product cycle starts; i.e.
marketing, selling and customer service etc.
Every project phase has starting and finish; therefore, yes every project phase
has all five process groups.
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Gaurav D Purkayastha says
March 4, 2013 at 6:03 AM
Hello Mr Usmani
I intend to take PMP on PMBOK 4 later this year, and stumbled upon your website,
which has been extremely helpful. I wish I had known about this earlier.
A BIG Thank you for all the material your colleagues and you have put up, and I wish
you the very best.
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Fahad Usmani says

March 4, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Youre welcome Gaurav, and thanks for visiting & liking my blog.
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JP says
March 18, 2013 at 6:56 PM
Great work Mr. Usmani.

Quality Controlling Systems -> Enterprise Environmental Factors (Since it is a part of
the EEF)
I understand the PMI calls PMIS and QCS Enterprise Environmental Factors but from
a financial accounting definition perspective An asset is a resource controlled by the
enterprise as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are
expected to flow to the enterprise.
Thus, some PMIS and QCS and Infractructure can be considered assets. For
instance, customized software for Accounting/Auditing Information System.
Fahad Usmani says

March 19, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Thank you Mr JP for stopping by and providing the feedback on EEF from a
financial accounting perspective.
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Raul Morote says

March 18, 2015 at 6:27 PM
I dont understand why PMIS > EEF

If its a Software, then (I think) its an Organisational Process Assets.
Please help me to anderstand.
Raul.
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Fahad Usmani says

March 19, 2015 at 8:58 AM
It is not just a software, it is a system build according to organizations

need and you have to work within the system.
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Fahad Usmani says

April 7, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Thank you Nasim for your visits to my blog.
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Matt says
May 17, 2013 at 12:52 AM
Thank you. You have made it very clear to understand. And you are right, sometimes
the best way to understand it is going back to its original definition. Thank you again!!
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Fahad Usmani says

May 18, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Youre welcome Matt!
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Nandhini says
Hi,
I am going through the EEF and OPA concepts. Why do we categorize productivity
metrics and duration of estimating databases as EEF and not OPA?
Fahad Usmani says

Hello Nandini,
Sorry for replying you late.
I also think these two should be included in the OPA.
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Khoa Duong says

Your explanation is verify clear, thanks you and keep posting this blog.
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Fahad Usmani says

Thanks for your comment and your visit.
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Imad alsaeedi says

April 29, 2014 at 8:59 PM
Thank you very much for your simple explanation .
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Fahad Usmani says
April 30, 2014 at 1:55 PM
Youre welcome Imad.
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Abhishek says
May 11, 2014 at 9:25 PM
too good. explained in a very simple way to understand.
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Fahad Usmani says

May 13, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Thanks Abhishek for your visit.
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Ashraf says
July 8, 2014 at 7:27 PM
Wow, something which was so confusing was actually so simple.
Thanks for making it simple for me.
God bless you!
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Fahad Usmani says
July 9, 2014 at 10:45 PM
Youre welcome Ashraf.
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July 9, 2014 at 6:31 PM
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Fahad Usmani says

July 9, 2014 at 10:46 PM
Thanks Amodu for your visit.
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Niq says
October 21, 2014 at 10:47 PM
Clear now! Thanks
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Fahad Usmani says

October 22, 2014 at 8:52 AM
Youre welcome Niq.

Rajashekhar says
Would the quality baseline of an organisation also be included in the organisational

process assets? Why?
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Fahad Usmani says

So that other could benefited from it.
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Amya says
Thanks for the clarification!
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Fahad Usmani says

Youre welcome.
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Ryan says
Excellent
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Fahad Usmani says

Thanks Ryan.
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Bonosus says
Thanks so much, you explanation makes understanding much easier!
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Fahad Usmani says

You are welcome Bonosus.
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Fahad Usmani says

You are welcome Precious.
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Chris says
February 10, 2015 at 3:37 AM
Thank you so much! Exactly what I needed to finally understand the difference
between EEFs and OPAs!
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Fahad Usmani says

You are welcome Chris.
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Mohammed says
March 11, 2015 at 7:05 PM
Thank you so very much for the simple yet very clear way of explaining the concepts
of EEF and OPAs.
Excellent job
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Fahad Usmani says

March 15, 2015 at 9:12 AM
Youre welcome Mohammed.
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M Sood says
April 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM
Why Project Management Information Systems are considered as EEF as these are
more of organization specific and should be considered as OPA?
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Fahad Usmani says

April 24, 2015 at 5:13 PM
As per my understanding, since the PMIS is enterprize level software, and

you have work within it, it is considered as an enterprize environmental factor.
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Fahad Usmani says

May 26, 2015 at 1:55 PM
Thanks Cj for visiting and leaving your comment.
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Anton says
June 3, 2015 at 1:10 PM
What does the enterprise environmental factors include?
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Fahad Usmani says

June 5, 2015 at 12:41 PM
Hello Anton,
I have already given answer for this question in this blog post. Please read it
again.
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Fahad Usmani says

July 5, 2015 at 11:52 PM
Because these are not always helpful, and you have work within their boundaries.
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July 7, 2015 at 6:53 PM
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Fahad Usmani says

July 11, 2015 at 11:56 AM
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July 11, 2015 at 11:57 AM
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Kiran says
Wow explained in a way that cannot be forgotten, thanks a lot Fahad
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Fahad Usmani says

You are welcome Kiran.
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Fahad Usmani says

October 13, 2015 at 11:01 AM
Thanks Dana for liking my blog.
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Fahad Usmani says

October 13, 2015 at 11:02 AM
I had the search bar but no body was using it there it was removed. Now, as
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Fahad Usmani says

October 31, 2015 at 11:27 AM
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Amit says
Why human resource policies is OPA? We cannot change it, it should be EEF.
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Fahad Usmani says

As per my understanding, it may change depends on the project

requirements, so it comes under OPA.
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Amit says
I am scoring 85% average on mock test. Will I pass? My exam is in 10 days.
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Fahad Usmani says
85% is a good score. Hopefully you will pass the exam.
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Learner Hassan says

Thanks so much Fahad for this explanation. Very helpful and your examples really
helped me clear majority of my confusions regarding OPA and EEF. However couple
of them still remains, respecting all your efforts and knowledge.
For the purpose of clarification please bear with me.
1. You have mentioned that OPA can be customized according to the suitability,
and they make the project management teams life much easier. Policies,
procedures, plans and knowledge bases are OPAs. Here I am little bit confused, my
understanding of policies and procedures is that they are assets owned by the
organization and applied across all project and operational activities, which are not
individually customized for a particular project activity. For example, my current
project follows the Health and Safety Policy (OPA) of our organization which cannot
be customized for my project and hence a constraint, rather than a support.
2. Organization structure I really need some help here how would the org.
structure an EEF? Please help.
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Fahad Usmani says

If you find any new best practice, procedure can be update. Likewise policy
can also be changed.
Organizational structure is environment
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if you working in weak matrix organization, you may have to approach the
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ahmed says
January 21, 2016 at 10:19 PM
very nice one thanks

but can risk register by with processes and procedures category in planning phase
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Fahad Usmani says

Sorry Ahmed, I did not understand your question.
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Adil ALi says

Hello
Very nice and interesting blogs. many thanks Fahad Usmani..
Could we say that, organization structure is an EEF. ok, but the documents that
describe the framework of organizaton is an OPA?
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Fahad Usmani says

Likewise you can say that though the government policy is an EEF but the
document describing it is OPA.
It is about the content not the paper or storage type.
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Mahesh Rawal says

March 5, 2016 at 7:55 AM
Hi Fahad,
Thanks for explaining such complex terms so simple and convincing way.
I felt like I am in a classroom
Can I bother you,if I have any questions or doubt ?
Thanks again,
Mahesh
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Fahad Usmani says

March 8, 2016 at 8:15 AM
No problem Mahesh, you can post your doubt at anytime, I will try my best to
answer you.
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Mike says
March 10, 2016 at 11:19 PM
Wow this really helped me.
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Fahad Usmani says

March 14, 2016 at 7:45 AM
Im glad it helped you. Thanks for visiting Mike.
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Salahuddin says
May 6, 2016 at 6:42 PM
Hi Fahad,
Thanks for the clarification
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Fahad Usmani says

May 10, 2016 at 6:49 PM
You are welcome Salahuddin.
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elaborate more or relate it to the article definition for my better understanding?
Thanks lot!
Quality Controlling Systems -> Enterprise Environmental Factors
Environment and Legal Procedures ->Organisational Process Assets
Organisational Policies -> Organisational Process Assets
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sanjay says
June 13, 2016 at 2:14 PM
excellent Stuff, first time I have understood. Thanks keep sharing your thoughts and
Experience.
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Fahad Usmani says

June 15, 2016 at 6:49 PM
Thank you Sanjay for visiting and leaving your comment.
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My understanding:
EEF Condition (internal and external) under which you have to work. You have not
choice. You cannot change it, it affects everybody (Cold weather, the law, harsh
governmental policies, high altitude, unfriendly co-worker/work culture, functional
matrix org, projectized org, etc)
OPA (Internal only) Tools, techniques, information or knowledge that affect the
actual doing of the work they can help or guide you do your work (guidelines,
procedures, historical information from past projects, lessons learned).
My question: What does company policy fall under?

On one hand, I cannot control company policy and must abide by it, making it an EEF
On the other hand, I need to know the policies in order to know how to do the work,
making it an OPA
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Fahad Usmani says

July 10, 2016 at 7:49 AM
You understanding is correct.
Policies are OPA as they are designed by your organization to help you
successfully complete the project.
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Manoj k says
July 21, 2016 at 4:11 PM
Hi Fahad, thanks for your patience to answer all questions. Here i have a confusion
and seek your help.
While the project is still running
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If this data is stored through PMIS (EEF) as a front end, is it stored in some
knowledge base like Corporate Knowledge base (OPA) as a backend?
Or does it data remain in EEF till the project completes and then is submitted to OPA
through lessons learned?
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Fahad Usmani says

July 22, 2016 at 3:34 PM
If it is in soft format, it will be stored in computer servers. Otherwise as long as

the project is active the project manger will keep it with him and later it can be
transferred to some archiving store.
Location is not important, important is its storage.
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Manoj says
July 22, 2016 at 9:50 PM
If it is in soft format then what kind of database is it stored in? Does it

come under OPA or EEF? The scenario is about project data before
the project is closed. TIA.
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Fahad Usmani says

July 22, 2016 at 11:53 PM
It may be stored in PMIS.
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Lisa Taylor says

July 22, 2016 at 1:14 AM
Thank you so much for your insight into PMBOK. Its helping my lightbulbs turn on.
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Fahad Usmani says

July 22, 2016 at 3:34 PM
You are welcome Lisa.
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Mridula Thyagarajan says

Hi Fahad,
Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation and also crystal clear clarity on some of the
topics mentioned.
1. Digressing to a different level, am confused about the term Discretionary

dependency and why we need to eliminate discretionary dependencies during fast-
tracking to control the schedule?
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
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Fahad Usmani says
Discretionary dependency are recommended dependency which some times

take extra time.
Since these are not mandatory, during fast tracking you look on these
dependencies to cut the time.
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Jasmeen says
Hi,
I have one confusion. I came across 1 question which is on kick off meeting.
Question: if you are pm and you need clarification on business needs then who will
present in kick off meeting
Will it be pm or sponsor.
Because i know pm always represents kick off meetings. But confusion here is if pm
need clarification then who will present?
Please if you help me with this question
Thanks
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Fahad Usmani says

What was the complete questions and options.
If the project manager needs clarification on business need he can refer to the
project charter or project statement of work which has detailed information on
business need of the project.
Punit says
I am beginner and learning the things from basics. Can you please guide me how can
I find good examples and tutorials like you explained this topic in a pretty good
manner.
Thanks,
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Fahad Usmani says

Read all blog posts published on this blog and FAQs, you will get all info you
need to prepare and pass the PMP exam.
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Naveed Akbar says

Dear Fahad!
I really love your style of explanation. Very helpful for beginners.
Pl keep it up
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Fahad Usmani says

Thanks Naveed for your comment.
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katy says
I like your writing style. Writing in short, simple sentences that each focus on a
concept makes the info easy to understand. I recommend you place this box at the
top of the comments instead of the very bottom and youll get even more positive
feedback.
Thanks for the explanation!
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Fahad Usmani says

Thanks Katy for your comment. Which box are you talking about?
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Carmen says
March 19, 2017 at 12:25 AM
thanks for the clarification. at least i have a basic understanding now.
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Fahad Usmani says

March 27, 2017 at 2:25 PM
You are welcome Carmen.
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Raymund says
May 16, 2017 at 12:40 PM
Thank you! Very informative! Simple yet clear.
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Fahad Usmani says

May 19, 2017 at 9:57 AM
You are welcome Raymund.
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Reddy says
May 23, 2017 at 4:55 PM
It was good information, most of the time was confusing these terms. Much helpful.
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Fahad Usmani says

May 25, 2017 at 11:12 AM
Thanks Reddy for your comment.
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Chi Ho says
May 28, 2017 at 5:25 PM
PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition, page 75 says The organizational process assets
include : standardized guidelines, work instructions, proposal evaluation criteria,
change control procedures, project files from previous projects, configuration
management knowledge base, etc. PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition, page 75
For me, change control procedures is nothing related to lesson learned, historical
data or knowledge base. Therefore, it it better in EEF. What do you think Fahad?
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Chi Ho says
May 28, 2017 at 6:08 PM
To make more confusion, in Rita Mulcahy 8th page128, the definition of Change
Control System is Many organizations have a change control system as part of their
PMIS. This system includes procedures and software to track control changes. It is
part of an organizations EEF.
Look, according to Rita, the Change Control Procedures is included in the PMIS, and
PMIS is part of EEF. Hence the change control procedures must be part of EEF. But
PMBOK page 147 defines that OPA includes Change Control Procedures.
What is your comment Fahad
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Fahad Usmani says

May 31, 2017 at 9:15 AM
Change control procedure and change control system are different.
Policies and procedures are part of organizational process so the change

control procedure will also be a part of OPA.
Shamsideen Lawal says

August 12, 2017 at 2:52 AM
This is a great article that simply explains EEF and OPA and points at the
differencies.
Kudos to you for the great explanation. Thanks.
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Fahad Usmani says

August 13, 2017 at 7:24 AM
You are welcome Shamsideen.
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Ahmed Taha says

really it is the best explanation I have seen to define the EEF & OPA. but I have a
little confuse regarding to the quality control system that you specified as EEF
but I can see it as company can change the system if their is another better
practice will improve the projects- so it should be under OPA.can you please
explain me why it goes under EEF and not under OPA?
your time and help is really appreciated and thanks in advance.
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Fahad Usmani says

Yes, company can change the system, Government can change the
regulation, market condition can also change, and political environment can
also change.
A better regulation can come, and a favorable political environment can

happen as well.
But these change do not make them organizational process assets.
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ellie na says
Thanks for the helpful info! I understand the difference between OPAs and EEFs but
since they are an input to or output of most of the processes, is there a handy list of
processes where OPAs and/or EEFs are NOT an input or output? This would just
make it easier in terms of trying to manage all the ITTOs and focus one the ones that
are process or knowledge area specific,
Thanks!
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Fahad Usmani says

You can assume it is input to always all processes. Cannot think of any
process which will have them as an input.
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Enterprise Environmental Factors &

In this blog post, Im going to discuss the enterprise environmental factor

Enterprise environmental factor (EEF) and organizational process assets

Enterprise Environmental Factor (EEF)

The environment is a condition we live in. It influences our behavior in a

For example, in cold weather we need to wear woolen clothes to keep

This is the impact of a cold environment on us.

Likewise, the enterprise environmental factors influence the organization,

The enterprise environment factor can be either internal or external.

Examples of external enterprise environmental factors are as follows:

External political conditions

The following are a few examples of internal enterprise environmental factors:

Organizational Process Assets (OPA)

The definition of assets says: It is a useful or valuable thing or property

Organization process assets can be divided into two categories.

In project management, a very famous saying is why re-invent the wheel,

Organizational process assets are used extensively in project management. It

The Difference between Organizational Process

Organizational process assets help organizations to continuously improve

The other difference is that it is not easy to change the enterprise

What are your thoughts on enterprise environmental factor and organizational

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Thank you!for explaining this so clearly.

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1. PMIS Project Management Information Systems e.g. Project Enterprise

Fahad Usmani says

Hello Janaka, as per my understanding, items can be categorized as follow:

PMIS -> Enterprise Environmental Factors

Environment and Legal Procedures ->Organisational Process Assets

Organisational Policies -> Organisational Process Assets

please, to clarify concepts; can we say for example that:

PMIS -> EEF

PMIS Knowledge(as project application experience) -> OPA ??

Fahad Usmani says

Knowledge is always tremendously useful an asset.

Fahad Usmani says

PMIS or Project Management Information System is nothing but a

Can you please explain what is Commercial database in the EEF.