A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) and the Standard for project management

PMBOK Guide is the go-to resource for project management practitioners. The project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches, and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management, and the PMBOK Guide Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains.

This edition is designed to address practitioners' current and future needs and to help them be more proactive, innovative, and nimble in enabling desired project outcomes.

This edition of the PMBOK Guide:

• Reflects the full range of development approaches (predictive, adaptive, hybrid, etc.);
• Provides an entire section devoted to tailoring the development approach and processes;
• Includes an expanded list of models, methods, and artifacts;
• Focuses on not just delivering project outputs but also enabling outcomes; and
• Integrates with PMIstandards+ for information and standards application content based on project type, development approach, and industry sector.