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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) is a book which presents a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management. The Fourth Edition (2008) was recognized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard (ANSI/PMI 99-001-2008) and by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 1490-2011.[1]

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)

Contents
1 History 2 Contents 3 See also 4 References 5 External links
Genre(s) Business Project Management Institute 2008

History

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A Guide to the Project Management Body of ISBN 9781933890517 Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) was rst published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a white paper in 1987 in an attempt to document and standardize generally accepted project management information and practices. The rst edition was published in 1996 followed by the second edition in 2000.[2] In 2004, the PMBOK Guide Third Edition was published with major changes from the rst edition. The latest English-language PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition was released on December 31, 2008.

Contents
The PMBOK Guide is process-based, meaning it describes work as being accomplished by processes. This approach is consistent with other management standards such as ISO 9000 and the Software Engineering Institute's CMMI. Processes overlap and interact throughout a project or its various phases. Processes are described in terms of:

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Inputs (documents, plans, designs, etc.) Tools and Techniques (mechanisms applied to inputs) Outputs (documents, products, etc.) The Guide recognizes 42 processes that fall into ve basic process groups and nine knowledge areas that are typical of almost all projects. The ve process groups are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring and Controlling Closing The nine knowledge areas are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Project Time Management Project Cost Management Project Quality Management Project Human Resource Management Project Communications Management Project Risk Management Project Procurement Management

Each of the nine knowledge areas contains the processes that need to be accomplished within its discipline in order to achieve an effective project management program. Each of these processes also falls into one of the ve basic process groups, creating a matrix structure such that every process can be related to one knowledge area and one process group. The PMBOK Guide is meant to offer a general guide to manage most projects most of the time. There are currently two extensions to the PMBOK Guide: the Construction Extension to the PMBOK Guide applies to construction projects, while the Government Extension to the PMBOK Guide applies to government projects.

See also
Association for Project Management UK Professional Body for Project Professionals. Producer of APM BoK PMP Project Management certication based in part on the PMBOK Guide. PRINCE2 Alternative project management methodology. ITIL Concepts and techniques for managing IT infrastructure, development, and operations

References
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1. ^ IEEE (2011), IEEE Guide--Adoption of the Project Management Institute (PMI(R)) Standard A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide)--Fourth Edition (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org /servlet/opac?punumber=6086683) , http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=6086683 2. ^ A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, copyright page, edition 2 ISBN 1-880410-12-5 (free .pdf edition), and edition 3 2004 ISBN 1-930699-45-8, and edition 4 2008 ISBN 1933890517

External links
Library of PMI Global Standards: Projects (http://www.pmi.org/PMBOK-Guideand-Standards/Standards-Library-of-PMI-Global-Standards.aspx) Project Management Resources (http://www.tks.buffalo.edu/pm/) (includes link to PMBOK 1996) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org /w/index.php?title=A_Guide_to_the_Project_Management_Body_of_Knowledge&oldid=472405958" Categories: 1987 works 1996 books Project management Bodies of Knowledge This page was last modied on 21 January 2012 at 10:03. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-prot organization.

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