Enterprise Management

Definition

Enterprise management is the management subactivity consisting of the cohesive collection of all tasks that are primarily performed to manage an entire enterprise in order to fulfill its mission and to achieve its objectives.

Goals

The typical goals of the enterprise management subactivity are to ensure that the enterprise’s:

• Stakeholder’s relevant needs and expectations are met or exceeded.
• Mission, objectives, and requirements are met.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the enterprise management subactivity are to ensure that the enterprise’s:

• Stages, producers, work units, and work products are properly planned.
• Scope is properly managed.
• Schedule is properly managed.
• Resources, both human and physical, are properly managed (e.g., adequately staffed with trained personnel).
• Costs are properly managed.
• Communication is properly managed (e.g., the enterprise’s status is reported to its stakeholders).
• Relationships between organizations are properly managed.
• Work products are properly delivered.

Examples

Typical examples of the enterprise management subactivity vinclude:

• Management of an entire business enterprise (e.g., an entire corporation).
• Management of a profit and loss (P&L) center.
• Management of an individual business unit.

Preconditions

The enterprise management subactivity typically may begin when the following conditions hold:

• The enterprise is started.
• The enterprise management team is:
  • Initially staffed.
  • Adequately trained in enterprise management.

Completion Criteria

The enterprise management subactivity is typically complete when the following conditions hold:

• All programs comprising the enterprise are completed.

Tasks

The enterprise management subactivity typically consists of the following teams performing the following tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Enterprise Management Team, which performs:
  • Communications Management
  • Cost Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Management Planning
  • Personnel Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Resource Management
  • Schedule Management
  • Scope Management
• Metrics Team, which performs aspects of:
  • Schedule Management (productivity and size estimation, time and effort estimation)
  • Communications Management (metrics communication)

Environments

The enterprise management subactivity is typically performed using the following environment(s) and associated tools:

• Management Environment:
  • Management Tools
  • Documentation Tools
  • Configuration Management Tools

Work Products

The enterprise management subactivity typically results in the production of all or part of the following work products in the management work product set:

• Enterprise Contract
• Enterprise Statement of Work
• Enterprise Management Plan
• Enterprise Documentation Plan
• Enterprise Work Breakdown Structure
• Enterprise Organization Chart
• Enterprise Job Description
• Enterprise Team Schedule
• Enterprise Master Schedule
• Enterprise Management Team Schedule
• Enterprise Budget
• Enterprise Status Report

Phases

The enterprise management subactivity tasks are typically performed during the following phases:

Guidelines

• The enterprise management subactivity is documented using the typical configuration for large enterprises. It is intended to be configured (i.e., instantiated, extended, and tailored) to meet the needs of specific projects.
• The preconditions of this activity should be the union of the preconditions of its constituent tasks.
• The completion criteria for this activity should be the union of the postconditions of its constituent tasks.