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CHAPTER 2

The Project Management Institute and the PMBOK® GUIDE

If you check the phone book, you will find that there is an association for almost every profession, and project management is no exception. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the association for those of us who consider managing projects to be more than just a temporary phase that we are going through on our way to maturity. PMI has experienced almost exponential growth over the past several years, as more people have become aware of the value of a structured approach to managing projects. In 2010, PMI had passed the 500,000-member mark, and it continues to grow at about ...

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