Government Extension to the PMBOK® Guide Third Edition

Chapter 1

Introduction

PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Third Edition describes the Project Management Body of Knowledge as “the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management” that resides with practitioners and academics who apply and advance it. While the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition provides a generic foundation for managing projects in the public and private sectors, this document addresses the specific practices found in public sector projects. This document supersedes the previous edition of the Government Extension, entitled Government Extension to the PMBOK® Guide—2000 Edition.

This extension to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition provides an overview of key attributes of project governance that apply ...