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1 Department of Defense Extension to: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) First Edition Version June 2003 PUBLISHED BY THE Defense ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY PRESS FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-5565 ii WARNING While the public may freely reproduce the DoD Extension, any new work which is derivative of the underlying PMBOK Guide and any publication of excerpts from the PMBOK Guide contained in the DoD Extension in a manner which is separate from or otherwise independent of the reproduction of the DoD Extension, may violate PMI s copyrights and should not be undertaken.

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6 Only after those changes in the revised DoD Extension have been approved through the PMI Standards Setting Policy and Procedure will the revised DoD Extension be labeled and identified as a PMI Standard. PMI reserves the right to make the sole determination of whether to designate any future editions or revised versions of the DoD Extension as a PMI Standard in accordance with its established policy and procedures. iv v Contents Publication Process .. iii List of Figures .. viii Preface to First Edition, 2003 .. ix Section I The Project Management Framework.

7 1 Chapter 1 Introduction .. 3 Background .. 4 DoD Program Management Environment .. 5 Chapter 2 The Project Management Context .. 7 Technological Opportunities and User Needs .. 8 Phases and Milestones .. 8 Program Acquisition Strategy .. 11 Key Activities .. 11 Chapter 3 Project Management Processes .. 12 Section II The Project Management Knowledge Areas .. 13 Chapter 4 Project Integration Management .. 15 Program Plan Development.

8 16 Program Plan Execution .. 20 Integrated Change Control .. 23 Chapter 5 Project Scope Management .. 31 Initiation .. 32 Scope Planning .. 39 Scope Definition .. 41 Scope Verification .. 41 Scope Change Control .. 43 Chapter 6 Project Time Management .. 47 Activity Definition .. 51 Activity Sequencing .. 54 Activity Duration Estimating.

9 55 Schedule Development .. 56 Schedule Control .. 60 Chapter 7 Project Cost Management .. 63 DoD Staff Participants in Resource 66 Resource Planning .. 68 Cost Estimating .. 75 Cost Budgeting .. 82 Cost Control .. 87 Setting Objectives .. 91 DoD Program Budget Execution/Funds Management .. 94 vi Chapter 8 Project Quality Management.

10 99 Quality Planning .. 100 Quality Assurance .. 103 Quality Control .. 105 Chapter 9 Project Human Resource Management .. 109 Organizational Planning .. 109 Staff Acquisition .. 114 Team Development .. 115 Chapter 10 Project Communications Management .. 120 Communications Planning .. 121 Information Distribution .. 121 Performance Reporting .. 124 Administrative Closure.