A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 7th Edition PDF

While the Sixth Edition of the PMBOK® Guide was under development and throughout development of this Seventh Edition, PMI has actively engaged with a broad range of global stakeholders on their experiences with using The standard for Project Management and the PMBOK® Guide.

These engagements have included:

• Online surveys to representative samples of PMI stakeholders;
• Focus groups with PMO leaders, project managers, agile practitioners, project team members, and educators and trainers; and
• Interactive workshops with practitioners at various PMI events around the globe.

The feedback and inputs collectively emphasized four key points:

• Maintain and enhance the credibility and relevance of the PMBOK® Guide.
• Improve the readability and usefulness of the PMBOK® Guide while avoiding overstuffing it with new content.
• Sense stakeholder information and content needs and provide vetted supplemental content supporting the practical application.
• Recognize that there is continued value for some stakeholders in the structure and content of previous editions so that and shifts enhance without negating that value.

(A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management, Project Management Institute, Preface)