A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide-Sixth Edition/Agile Practice Guide Bundle

By Project Management Institute

Book Overview

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide(R)) - Sixth Edition and the Agile Practice Guide Bundle will be available while supply lasts. To support the broadening spectrum of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628253827
• ISBN13: 9781628253825
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Project Management Institute
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 4.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Do not panic

For those new to this book, it is pretty much the project manager's bible in the same sense that "The C Programming Language" by Brian W Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie is to programming. That is to say, this is the one to get off the ground with. It is also the basis of the PMP (Project Management Professional) test given by the PMI® (Project Management Institute). It comes in both paper and CD-ROM formats using Adobe Reader. I have seen the paper book, but bought the CD version, which includes a tutorial on how to use CD-ROM media. The media is a matter of preference. There are 425 pages, and it has a good index and references. Be aware that there are earlier versions. At the time of this review, this is the latest version; however, as The Body of Knowledge advances, so will the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide ®). Therefore, it is advisable for people who have read the earlier version to now read this version, as a few terms have changed, and some emphases have shifted. As with any institutional book, this is a good starting place or a solid foundation. However, it may not cover concentrating on the waterfall concept of project management in many instances, such as the Unified method, among others. They also do not take in many external influences as FDA requirements. And it is up to the reader to reconcile the two institutions. Each edition is useful, but Project Management is an ongoing process. For example, some changes from the second edition to the Third Edition: * Differences in the Project life cycle and the product life cycle are better explained. * The number of the process changed from 39 to 44. * A greater emphasis is placed on the importance of Process Groups. * Chapter three, "Project Management Process for a Project," is moved and renamed "The Standard for Project Management of a Project." * The project management processes now show process integration. As you can see 1st edition (1 Jan. 2009)? 3rd edition (1 Nov. 2004) 4th edition (9 Oct. 2010) 5th edition (1 Jan. 2013) 6th edition (22 Sept. 2017) 7th edition (31 Mar. 2021) 8th edition still in the making as of (2025)