Objective

This lesson shortly introduces and discusses the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK published by PMI) standard. PMBOK processes, process groups and knowledge areas are discussed here.

The section describes the methodology of The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) (C) published by The Project Management Institute (PMI). PMI was founded in 1969 by two individuals, now having 260.000 members. PMBOK is a guide on process based management of projects defining a framework from construction to IT projects.