Chapter 4 Project management fundamentals and core concepts

DOI: 10.4324/9781003462378-4

4.1 Introduction

Before delving into the fundamentals of project management, we believe it’s important to understand the spirit, history, and architecture of the main PMI books on which the new CAPM® exam is based. This is a first overview, which will be the subject of numerous developments and details throughout this book.

The PMBOK® Guide actually contains two books: one on the project management standard (ANSI standard) and the other to guide the reader through the application of the project management body of knowledge.

Before its 7th edition, the PMBOK® Guide considered the project management standard to be based on processes or more precisely on ...

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