A GUIDE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

PMI Standards Committee William R. Duncan, Director of Standards Project Management Institute 130 South State Road Upper Darby, PA 19082 USA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

I. The Project Management Framework Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - The Project Management Context Chapter 3 - Project Management Processes II. The Project Management Knowledge Areas Chapter 4 - Project Integration Management Chapter 5 - Project Scope Management Chapter 7 - Project Cost Management Chapter 8 - Project Quality Management Chapter 9 - Project Human Resource Management Chapter 10 - Project Communications Management Chapter 11 - Project Risk Management Chapter 12 - Project Procurement Management III. Appendices Appendix A - The Project Management Institute Standards-Setting Process Appendix B - Evolution of PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Appendix C - Contributors and Reviewers Appendix D - Notes Appendix E - Application Area Extensions Appendix F - Additional Sources of Information on Project Management Appendix G - Summary of Project Management Knowledge Areas IV. Glossary 1 - Inclusions and Exclusions 2 - Common Acronyms 3 - Definitions

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A guide to the project management body of knowledge. p. cm. "1996 ed."—Pref. "This ... supersedes PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) document that was published in 1987"—Pref. Includes index. ISBN: 1-880410-12-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN: 1-880410-13-3 (hdbk) 1. Industrial project management. I. Project Management Institute. II. Project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) HD69.P75G845 1996 658.4’04—dc20 95-39934

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Reprinted from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge March 1996 with permission of the Project Management Institute 130 South State Road Upper Darby, PA 19082 USA a worldwide organization of advancing the state-of-the-art in project management. Phone: 1-610-734-3330 Fax: 1-610-734-3266