Project management as we know it would not exist without the automotive field. Henry Ford developed many of the organization concepts that were later used in PM and Systems Engineering to develop large complex projects. PM and SE are so tightly related that the SEBoK might be considered the companion reference to the PMBoK. Saving Changes...
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When I read PMP y think on professional project management and PMI related certification. Sorry if I am wrong. But, if you as asking about project/program/portfolio management in general I can say that I was in charge to define all related to Project/Program/Portfolio Management in Ford, Toyota and PSA Peugeot/Citroen. Saving Changes...
Neither the PMP nor the PMBOK are a methodology. The PMBOK provides a set of tools which organizations can use to construct frameworks or methods which fit the nature of their projects and this could be applied in ANY field including automotive design and manufacturing.