Enterprise Environmental Factors Analysis: Ford Motors Case Study

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Enterprise Environmental Factors Analysis: Ford Motors Case Study
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Report.............................................................................................................................2
1. Introduction........................................................................................................................2
2. Discussion..........................................................................................................................2
2.1 Evaluation of Internal and External Factors and Impact on Project Management
Processes................................................................................................................................2
2.2 Development of Strategies for Implementation of Appropriate Actions.........................5
2.3 Drafted Communication Plan and Outcomes to Diverse Stakeholders...........................6
3. Conclusion..........................................................................................................................6
Part 2: Reflection........................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Part 1: Report
1. Introduction
EEF or enterprise environmental factors refer to few conditions that are either internal
or external in any project. These factors can easily influence success of the project. EEFs
mainly include culture, government regulations, market conditions, weather conditions,
political situations and few others (Burke, 2013). There are various policies, procedures,
legislations and practices, which exist both outside and inside of the company, which would
impact on the method for managing project. The most significant examples of EEFs include
quality standards, codes of conduct, organizational culture, infrastructure and processes,
reviews and training records, government standards, organizational communication channels,
staffing guidelines, risk databases and many more. Ford Motors Corporation is one of the
most significant and popular car manufacturing companies in the world (Project Management
Institute. 2013). The following report outlines a detailed discussion on impact analysis of
EEF with proper strategies and outcomes for Ford case study.
2. Discussion
2.1 Evaluation of Internal and External Factors and Impact on Project Management
Processes
The internal factors in this particular case study of Ford Motors are as follows:
i) Organizational Culture, Structure and Governance: This is the fist and the
foremost internal factor for Ford case study is organizational culture, structure and
governance (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). There are full time professional project manager,
who is responsible for staffing the entire office of project management within Electrical/
Electronic System Engineering. The staffing has gradually increased on the basis of their
needs of project. While working with several electrical functional areas in Ford Motors, the

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respective project managers are assigned to corporate and departmental strategic products for
working on the tools, methodologies and processes of project management. The governance
board in Ford Motors is responsible for reviewing the subsequent progress of project for
giving necessary approval and rejection for recommendations.
ii) Infrastructure: The organizational infrastructure refers to existing facilities,
capacity, availability, information technology hardware and organizational
telecommunication channels (Larson & Gray, 2017). The major growth and customer
requirements are easily and promptly met by having an error free infrastructure. Ford Motors
even has upgraded technology and it is responsible for making their business structured and
effective.
iii) Information Technology Software: The next internal factor is IT software. The
major examples of this type of software include web interface to another online automated
system, configuration management system, and scheduling software tool as well as work
authorization system (Walker, 2015). The project scope is being structured and negotiated in
an efficient manner for maintaining consistency in the project management delivery.
iv) Employee Capability: Ford pays extra attention to the employee capability
evaluation (Heagney, 2016). They ensure that only skilled and specialized employees are
being selected in the organization and human resource expertise is kept on top priority.
Although, they have 327,531 employees worldwide, major emphasis is provided to the
capabilities of employees. The aptitude of employees is accessed so that it becomes easy for
them to analyse which employees would be better for the organization.
v) Resource Availability: The availability of resources is yet another important
internal factor that has a major impact on Ford Motors (Mir & Pinnington, 2014). The
contracting and purchasing of constraints, collaboration agreements and approved providers