This pocket guide is based on the PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition and provides a quick introduction as well as a structured overview of this method for project management. It deals with the key issues and themes within project management such as: What are the key project management processes?, the essentials of the Project Lifecycle and Organization. It also explores the activities of PMI Inc., The organization and its standards: PMBOK, Standard for Project Portfolio Management, Standard for Program Management, OPM3. Main target Group for this pocket guide is anyone who wants to get to know the method PMBOK or a methodical approach for project management. The book is also very useful for members of a project management team on a project using the PMBOK method.