This pocket guide explains the content and the practical use of ISO
21500 - Guidance on project management, the latest international
standard for project management, and the first of a family of ISO
standards for project, portfolio and program management. ISO 21500 is
meant for senior managers and project sponsors to better understand
project management and to properly support projects, for project
managers and their team members to have a reference for comparing their
projects to others and it can be used as a basis for the development of
national standards. This pocket guide provides a quick introduction as
well as a structured overview of this guidance and deals with the key
issues within project management: - Roles and responsibilities -
Balancing the project constraints - Competencies of project personnel
All ISO 21500 subject groups (themes) are explained: Integration,
Stakeholder, Scope, Resource, Time, Cost, Risk, Quality, Procurement and
Communication. A separate chapter explains the comparison between, ISO
21500 and PMBOK(R) Guide PRINCE2, Agile, Lean, Six Sigma and other
methods, practices and models. Finally, it provides a high level
description of how ISO 21500 can be applied in practice using a generic
project life cycle. Proper application of this new globally accepted
project management guideline will support organizations and individuals
in growing their project management maturity consistently to a
professional level.
