PMBOK Guide

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project management standard reference manual

The PMBOK Guide is a globally recognized standard and reference manual published by the Project Management Institute that outlines best practices, processes, and terminology for professional project management.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge	1
PMBOK Guide canonical	1
PMBOK Guide – Fifth Edition	1
PMBOK Guide – First Edition	1
PMBOK Guide – Fourth Edition	1
PMBOK Guide – Second Edition	1
PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition	1
PMBOK Guide – Sixth Edition	1
PMBOK Guide – Third Edition	1
Project Management Body of Knowledge	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T868699 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PMBOK Guide
Context triple: [ISO 21500, isRelatedTo, PMBOK Guide]

A. ISO 21500
ISO 21500 is an international standard that provides high-level guidance and principles for effective project management applicable to organizations of all types and sizes.
B. ISO 31000
ISO 31000 is an international standard that provides principles and guidelines for effective risk management applicable to organizations of all types and sizes.
C. ISO/IEC 12207
ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive framework and set of processes for the life cycle management of software systems.
D. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
E. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PMBOK Guide
Target entity description: The PMBOK Guide is a globally recognized standard and reference manual published by the Project Management Institute that outlines best practices, processes, and terminology for professional project management.

A. ISO 21500
ISO 21500 is an international standard that provides high-level guidance and principles for effective project management applicable to organizations of all types and sizes.
B. ISO 31000
ISO 31000 is an international standard that provides principles and guidelines for effective risk management applicable to organizations of all types and sizes.
C. ISO/IEC 12207
ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive framework and set of processes for the life cycle management of software systems.
D. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
E. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	project management standard ⓘ reference manual ⓘ
abbreviationFor	PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
associatedWith	Certified Associate in Project Management ⓘ Project Management Professional certification ⓘ
basedOn	PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Project Management Body of Knowledge
category	management handbook ⓘ professional standard ⓘ
defines	portfolio ⓘ program ⓘ project ⓘ project management ⓘ stakeholder ⓘ
edition	PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – Fifth Edition PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – First Edition PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – Fourth Edition PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – Second Edition PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – Sixth Edition PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PMBOK Guide – Third Edition
field	project management ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationYear	1996 ⓘ
geographicUse	worldwide ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
organization	Project Management Institute ⓘ
publisher	Project Management Institute ⓘ
purpose	to outline generally recognized good practices in project management ⓘ to provide a common lexicon for project management ⓘ
recognizedAs	globally recognized standard ⓘ
scope	best practices in project management ⓘ project management processes ⓘ project management terminology ⓘ
standardBody	American National Standards Institute ⓘ
standardType	ANSI standard ⓘ
structure	process groups and knowledge areas ⓘ
targetAudience	project management professionals ⓘ project managers ⓘ
topic	communications management ⓘ cost management ⓘ procurement management ⓘ project integration management ⓘ project life cycle ⓘ quality management ⓘ resource management ⓘ risk management ⓘ schedule management ⓘ scope management ⓘ stakeholder management ⓘ
use	organizational project management standards development ⓘ project management certification preparation ⓘ project management training ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO 21500 → isRelatedTo → PMBOK Guide ⓘ

PMBOK Guide → abbreviationFor → PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMBOK Guide → basedOn → PMBOK Guide self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Project Management Body of Knowledge