PMI Methodology and Development

PMI Guidelines:

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a collection of processes and knowledge areas generally accepted as best practice within the project management discipline.

PMI Guidelines are categorized into five basic process groups are:
»Initiating
»Planning
»Executing
»Monitoring and Controlling
»Closing

Processes overlap and interact throughout a project or phase. Processes are described in terms of:
»Inputs (documents, plans, designs, etc.)
»Tools and Techniques (mechanisms applied to inputs)
»Outputs (documents, products, etc.)

The guidelines further define nine knowledge areas in which project management activities or processes are further categorized or arranged.
»Project Integration Management
»Project Scope Management
»Project Time Management
»Project Cost Management
»Project Quality Management
»Project Human Resource Management
»Project Communications Management
»Project Risk Management
»Project Procurement Management

Much of PMBOK is unique to project management e.g. critical path and work breakdown structure (WBS). Some areas overlap with other management disciplines. General management also includes planning, organizing, staffing, operations of an organization.