Moloy ChakrabortyPrincipal Project Manager| WSP UK LTDHigh Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Which of the following are an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Identify
Risks process?
A. Work performance reports
B. Assumptions logs
C. Network diagrams
D. Academic studies Saving Changes...
Vivek BhatiaPrincipal| The Bhatia GroupOakland, Ca, United States
I don't understand the question. Are you asking which of those can influence your risk management process? Maybe A, but none of the others. Assumption logs is just a written list of assumptions, you don't increase or decrease risk based on that, it's the opposite: To manage a risk you make an assumption. A network diagram is a techie thing, although I guess you could analyze it and see something risky. But then you'd want to add literally every other type of code you have. Academic studies has nothing to do with risk mgmt.
Although maybe that's your point, if this is a question you asked, yeah i'ts not a good question :-) Saving Changes...
Are the first 3 really "enterprise environmental factors"? I would say D, because that is more along the lines of EEF's, and not OPA's. Saving Changes...
Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
I assume the question is "Which of the following are an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Risks process?" I'm guessing the word 'Identify' shouldn't be in there. I choose 'D', since the other choices are artifacts or deliverables, and can hardly be considered environmental factors. A wide disparity in the education levels within on organization could be a hindrance when discussing risks with people, as this could cause erroneous assumptions to be made or misunderstandings to occur when discussing complex concepts. Saving Changes...
D - Academic studies.
Work performance reports, assumptions logs, network diagrams are part of Organizational Process Assets(OPA). Whereas Academics studies cannot be really considered as OPA, it would rather influence a project as an external Enterprise Environmental Factor(EEF). Saving Changes...
Hi Moloy,
A - Work performance reports Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Well, just look at page 413 of the PMBoK guide, the only option mentioned as a enterprise environmental factor is D.
Also, the others are outputs (and inputs) of other processes, project documents/artifacts.
It is a typical question of many PMP mock exams, exactly testing PMBoK content. As such I think it is not a good question, which would test a scenario and application of PMBoK knowledge. Saving Changes...
Moloy ChakrabortyPrincipal Project Manager| WSP UK LTDHigh Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
The Answer is D Academic studies,
EEP also includes: benchmarking, industry studies and commercial databases. published information, including commercial databases, Published checklists, Benchmarking, Industry studies, and Risk Attitudes Saving Changes...
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