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2 - ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES AND PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

○ Organizational communication requirements (e.g., specific communication technology available,
authorized communication media, record retention policies, and security requirements);
○ Procedures for prioritizing, approving, and issuing work authorizations;

○ Risk control procedures, including risk categories, risk statement templates, probability and
impact definitions, and probability and impact matrix; and
○ Standardized guidelines, work instructions, proposal evaluation criteria, and performance
measurement criteria.
• Closing:

○ Project closure guidelines or requirements (e.g., lessons learned, final project audits, project
evaluations, product validations, and acceptance criteria).

2.1.4.2 corporate Knowledge Base

The organizational knowledge base for storing and retrieving information includes, but is not limited to:
• Configuration management knowledge bases containing the versions and baselines of all performing
organization standards, policies, procedures, and any project documents;

• Financial databases containing information such as labor hours, incurred costs, budgets, and any project
cost overruns;

• Historical information and lessons learned knowledge bases (e.g., project records and documents,
all project closure information and documentation, information regarding both the results of previous
project selection decisions and previous project performance information, and information from risk
management activities);

• Issue and defect management databases containing issue and defect status, control information, issue
and defect resolution, and action item results;
• Process measurement databases used to collect and make available measurement data on processes
and products; and

• Project files from previous projects (e.g., scope, cost, schedule, and performance measurement baselines,
project calendars, project schedule network diagrams, risk registers, planned response actions, and
defined risk impact).

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