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"The Project Management Method: a Tutorial on Project Planning, Leadership and Control"

Established in 1969 and headquartered outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. The Project Management Institute was founded in 1969 by five volunteers. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania USA issued Articles of Incorporation for PMI which signified the official inception of the organization. During that same year, the first PMI Seminars & Symposium was held in Atlanta, Georgia USA and had an attendance of 83 people. With nearly 100,000 members worldwide, PMI is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management.

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The "Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK) Third Edition
The PMI Body of Knowledge is an inclusive term that describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. This full body of knowledge includes knowledge of proven, traditional practices, which are widely applied, as well as knowledge of innovative and advanced practices, which may have seen more limited use. The full body of knowledge concerning project management is that which resides with the practitioners and academics that apply and advance it.

Please contact the Project Management Institute to purchase either a print or CD of The Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide.

The Government Extension to the PMIbok Guide - 2000 Edition is PMI's continuing commitment to define the body of knowledge supporting the project management profession, and to develop standards for its application. The dedicated volunteers who worked on PMI's Ethics, Standards and Accreditation (ESA) Project first distilled the project management body of knowledge in 1983. Building on that work, PMI published The Revised PMBOK in 1987. The publication of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) in 1996 and the PMBOK Guide - 2000 Edition continued the evolution. Today the PMBOK Guide - Third Edition is an American National Standard and the de facto global standard for project management.

Please contact the Project Management Institute to purchase either a print or CD of The Government Extension to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide.

It has been the Project Management Institutes (PMI¬) intent for many years to supplement the information in the PMBOK Guide by providing both industry-specific extensions, and practice standards that guide the practice of the profession through more in-depth information on the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs. This first PMI practice standard does in fact live up to that intent by complementing and elaborating on the information contained in PMIs premier project management standard, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) - 2000 Edition, which has become the de facto global standard for the profession. This new PMI practice standard provides guidance and universal principles for the initial generation, subsequent development, and application of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Please contact the Project Management Institute to purchase either a print or CD of The Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures.