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The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK Guide) is a book which presents a set of standard terminology and guidelines (a body of knowledge) for project management. The PMBoK Guide is provided and published by the Project Management Institute.

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Difference between Project Phase and Sub Project (PMBOK)

Reading the PMBOK I noticed that they almost never use the term Sub Project. Using the PMBOK terminology is a project phase the same as a sub project?
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Currently taking a PM class based around PMBOK, doesn't it seem quite inefficient?

It seems terribly obscure, long winded, over complicated, and wreaks of unnecessary overhead. Is this stuff really in use? If so, there has GOT to be a better way to get things done. This PMBOK stuff could cause a lot of waste in terms of both time…
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Among 42 processes as outlined by the PMBOK, which process is important for SMEs?

PMBOK has defined 42 management processes. Yet, not all the processes are relevant or some are less important according to the organization's size. I am doing a survey which objective in mind is to identify which process is important for Small…
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I don't understand how the initiating process group works [example given]

I am wondering which initiating group processes are occurring in the example given here [IT PM 9E] "Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project. For example, in the close-out phase, initiating processes are used to ensure that…
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Example of change management approach in PMBOK

I'm reading the book OnHome - A Project Manager book of Forms, which provide forms of document in PMBOK. But I'm stuck at understanding this part called Change management approach. It said "Describe the degree of change control and how change…
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In PMBoK, what do we do when we understand that a project can't be completed on time?

Let's consider a software development project. Let's further suppose that in the middle of the project it becomes clear that it can't be completed on time due to an extra work that couldn't be predicted at the beginning. What do we do? Which PMBoK…
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How can a given project have SPI lower than 1 and still be on schedule?

According to PMBOK, SPI>1 means ahead of schedule, SPI=1 means on schedule, and SPI<1 means behind schedule. But I was looking on some projects on the Internet and they were indeed on schedule, but their SPI was lower than 1. How is that…
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Which frameworks can be used with PMBoK?

Which frameworks can be used with PMBoK? Which frameworks are related with PMBoK?
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