Comments on: The ISO Standard “Guidance on Project Management” from a PMBOK Perspective. https://www.projectaccelerator.co.uk/the-iso-standard-guidance-on-project-management-from-a-pmbok-perspective/ The latest project management news, views and project management sites from the around the world Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Patrick Weaver https://www.projectaccelerator.co.uk/the-iso-standard-guidance-on-project-management-from-a-pmbok-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:28:39 +0000 https://projectaccelerator.co.uk/the-iso-standard-guidance-on-project-management-from-a-pmbok-perspective/#comment-140 This is a rather out dated and miss-directed post:

The PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition was published on the 31st December – the 4th Edition is 4 years out of date!

The PMBOK is a Guide to a Body of Knowledge, as is the APM BoK. The PMBOK® guide does contain the ANSI Standard for project management, in the 5th Ed. it is Appendix A1.

ISO 21500 is a Standard (which means by definition it is not a lexicon and it is not a general glossary).

The difference is described quite simply:

A Standard only defines what should be done.

A ‘guide’ provides an introduction to a broad body of knowledge (BOK)

A methodology such as PRINCE2 details precisely who should do what, when and how, usually specifying specific tools.

Comparing a ‘standard’ to a ‘guide’ is about as useful as comparing a normal passenger car with a truck – they are different and designed for completely different purposes.

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