PMBOK
The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) is a document resulting from work overseen by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Project management processes fall into five groups:
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring and Controlling
- Closing
Project management knowledge draws on ten areas:
- Integration
- Scope
- Time
- Cost
- Quality
- Procurement
- Human resources
- Communications
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
| Process Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Areas | A. Initiating Process | B. Planning Process | C. Executing Process | D. Monitoring & Controlling Process | E. Closing Process |
| 1. Integration Management | A1 | B1 | C1 | D1 | E1 |
| 2. Scope Management | B2 | D2 | |||
| 3. Time Management | B3 | D3 | |||
| 4. Cost Management | B4 | D4 | |||
| 5. Quality Management | B5 | C5 | D5 | ||
| 6. Human Resource Management | B6 | C6 | |||
| 7. Communications Management | B7 | C7 | D7 | ||
| 8. Risk Management | B8 | D8 | |||
| 9. Procurement Management | B9 | C9 | D9 | E9 | |
| 10. Stakeholder Management | A10 | B10 | C10 | D10 | |
- Snippet from Wikipedia: Project Management Body of Knowledge
The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a set of standard terminology and guidelines (a body of knowledge) for project management. The body of knowledge evolves over time and is presented in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), a book whose seventh edition was released in 2021. This document results from work overseen by the Project Management Institute (PMI), which offers the CAPM and PMP certifications.
Much of the PMBOK Guide is unique to project management such as critical path method and work breakdown structure (WBS). The PMBOK Guide also overlaps with general management regarding planning, organising, staffing, executing and controlling the operations of an organisation. Other management disciplines which overlap with the PMBOK Guide include financial forecasting, organisational behaviour, management science, budgeting and other planning methods.
PMBOK vs Agile (Software)
| PMBOK Knowledge Areas | Agile Practices |
|---|---|
| 1. Integration Management | Methods: Scrum |
| 2. Scope Management | Backlog Management |
| 3. Time Management | Fixed: Iteration (time) |
| 4. Cost Management | Fixed: Iteration (budget) |
| 5. Quality Management | DevOps |
| 6. Human Resource Management | Team, Retrospective |
| 7. Communications Management | Scrum Master |
| 8. Risk Management | Minimum viable product (MVP) |
| 9. Procurement Management | |
| 10. Stakeholder Management | Product Ownership |