PMBOK (The Project Management Body of Knowledge)
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The American project management association (PMI) lectures, the standard framework for project management (knowledge system: Body of knowledge) the case where the - - namely project is executed those which collected and procedure basic thought. It has become in fact international standard.

It is utilized as the guideline in order eight management items below, manages that integrated to be constituted, to manage project integrated at nine knowledge areas of "integrated management".

1. Scope (object and the range of development)
2. Time schedule
3. Cost management
4. Quality control
5. Management of the human resource (the customer, the development side including)
6. Communication (method of communication and decision of application scene)
7. Risk management
8. Management of supply

While the feature of PMBOK, while "integration (integration)" doing these eight items and management do, by the fact that & it keeps formulation of plan executing, not to be "to do each territory securely", taking balance, it points the fact that you guarantee QCD (quality, cost and delivery). In advance you recognize the risk which can happen in time schedule and quality something the case where problem happens by the fact that plan and coping method etc. of communication are decided in advance, without making trouble, it is completed, that you say.

By the fact that PMBOK is applied to the consecutive process which reaches to appraisal from proposition stage of project, it reaches the point where it can execute from project effectively.

As for first PMBOK 1983, being something which is published as the report in the Project Management Journal magazine, the knowledge area consisted of 6, but integrated project management, supply management and risk management were added in 1986, became constitution of present condition. Revision is repeated, 4 - 5 years from now on, "PMBOK guide 3rd edition" is issued in 2004 (as for indian edition 2005).

The PMCD framework of 2002issue, with OPM3 of 2003issue, 3 main columns of PMI standard are formed.

Furthermore, PMBOK is the registered trade mark of the United States PMI