Maybe first we should ask the reader if we know the difference between the PMBOK and the PMBOK Guide?
Second, the guide is only a guide. It is not the holy book.
So,
Why many PMP and PMI students feel like the answers to every question lies in the PMBOK Guide? What trigger this post is another post when we mentioned firing someone. The response was "it does not align with the PMBOK Guide". Although this is what triggered this post, there are many situations like this.
For example, before 6th edition, the guide did not talk about benefits management - so does that mean managing projects should not consider this topic?
Also before the latest edition, the guide did not talk about stage gates, does not mean we do not need gates on projects?
The guide does not offer a clear project life cycle, does it mean we do not need life cycles? Or it is ok to confuse the process groups as project phases and the project life cycle? Saving Changes...
