The standard for project management

Resource requirements. 

Described in Section 9.2.3.1. Resource requirements identify which resources need 

to be acquired.

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Stakeholder register. 

Described in Section 13.1.3.1. The stakeholder register may reveal stakeholders’ needs 

or expectations for specific resources to be used on the project that need to be considered in the Acquire 

Resources process.

9.3.1.3 ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

The enterprise environmental factors that can influence the Acquire Resources process include but are not limited to:

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Existing information on organizational resources including availability, competence levels, and prior experience 

for team resources and resource costs;

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Marketplace conditions;

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Organizational structure; and

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Geographic locations.

9.3.1.4 ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS ASSETS

The organizational process assets that can influence the Acquire Resources process include but are not limited to:

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Policies and procedures for acquiring, allocating, and assigning resources to the project; and

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Historical information and lessons learned repository.

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9.3.2 ACQUIRE RESOURCES: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

9.3.2.1 DECISION MAKING

Described in Section 5.2.2.4. Decision-making techniques that can be used in the Acquire Resources process include 

but are not limited to multicriteria decision analysis, as described in Section 8.1.2.4. Selection criteria are often used to 

select physical project resources, or the project team. Using a multicriteria decision analysis tool, criteria are developed 

and used to rate or score potential resources (for example, choosing between internal and external team resources). The 

criteria are weighted according to their relative importance and values can be changed for different types of resources. 

Some examples of selection criteria that can be used are:

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