Use a project management body of knowledge (PMBOK).
This course provides an introduction to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), a set of guidelines, best practices, and processes for managing projects. It covers the five process groups of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing, as well as the nine knowledge areas
A body of knowledge is the complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional domain, as defined by the relevant learned society or professional association. It is a type of knowledge representation by any knowledge organization. Several definitions of BOK have been developed, for example:"Structured knowledge that is used by members of a discipline to guide their practice or work." "The prescribed aggregation of knowledge in a particular area an individual is expected to have mastered to be considered or certified as a practitioner." (BOK-def). The systematic collection of activities and outcomes in terms of their values, constructs, models, principles and instantiations, which arises from continuous discovery and validation work by members of the profession and enables self-reflective growth and reproduction of the profession. A set of accepted and agreed upon standards and nomenclatures pertaining to a field or profession. A set of knowledge within a profession or subject area which is generally agreed as both essential and generally known.