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PMBOK: Change Is Good
A business process expert summarizes the most significant changes in the newly updated PMBOK, and gives high marks for improved clarity and greater depth in many areas, including the process groups, work breakdown structure and quality improvement.
Projects@Work asked Patrick Sepate, PM Solutions' director of business process solutions, to share his thoughts on the PMBOK Guide Third Edition, released by the Project Management Institute in November 2004 (see News), and to document the most significant changes.
First off, is the new PMBOK an overall improvement?
The major improvement is the clarity. It does a much better job in clarifying things that caused some confusion in previous editions. There are a lot of terminology changes; the glossary has improved. It uses more process and workflow maps, and it moves away from the conceptual maps. It gives much more detail in the process flow charts and allows you to drill down to whatever level of information you want. It is much easier to read; better organized; much more comprehensive.
What are some of the most significant changes in content?
Additional information has been added related to the Project Management processes, now named Process Groups. Project Integration Management has been rewritten to include these integration activities across all the Process Groups.
The PMBOK 2004 has also clarified …
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