A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – 2000 Edition

Project Management Institute

The Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) PMBOK® Guide has become the essential sourcebook for the project management profession and its de facto global standard, with over 900,000 copies in circulation worldwide. It has been designated an American National Standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is one of the major references used by candidates to study for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Examination. This new edition incorporates numerous recommendations and changes to the 1996 edition, including: progressive elaboration is given more emphasis; the role of the project office is acknowledged; the treatment of earned value is expanded in three chapters; the linkage between organizational strategy and project management is strengthened throughout; and the chapter on risk management has been rewritten with six processes instead of four. Newly added processes, tools, and techniques are aligned with the five project management processes and nine knowledge areas.