TABLE OF CONTENTS The purpose of this appendix is to give a detailed explanation of the detailed changes made to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 2000 Edition to create the PMBOK Guide Third Edition.
One of the most pronounced changes to the Third Edition of the PMBOK Guide is the structure. The Third Edition is structured to emphasize the importance of the Process Groups as described in Table 1, which displays a side-by-side comparison of the changes. Chapter 3 is renamed Project Management Processes for a Project and has been moved from Section I to a new Section II, which is now called The Standard for Project Management of a Project. As part of this change, Chapter 3 has been extensively revised to clearly indicate that the processes, inputs, and outputs called out in the chapter are the basis of the standard for project management of a single project.
| 2000 Edition Sections | Third Edition Sections |
| Section I - The Project Management Framework Chapters 1, 2, and... |
