BS 6079:2019

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Project management. Principles and guidance for the management of projects

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BSI	2019	72

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Description

This British Standard sets out principles and guidance for the commissioning, sponsoring, directing and managing of projects. It is relevant to all industry sectors in the public, private and voluntary domains, regardless of the size or type of the organization or project. It is intended that the application of this standard is proportional to the circumstances and needs of the particular organization.

This British Standard provides guidance to senior managers, project practitioners and those who interact with project teams, regardless of project management experience. This includes:

managers in organizations that undertake projects;
project sponsors;
project managers;
team managers and members;
project support staff, including members of project management offices;
business and technical specialists;
educators and trainers; and
those involved in business change and benefits management.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
5	Foreword
7	Introduction Figure 1 — Structure of this British Standard 1 Scope
8	2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions
11	4 Concepts and context 4.1 Projects 4.2 Project management
12	4.3 Project context
14	Figure 2 — Authority relationships in organization structures
15	Figure 3 — Showing projects in different contexts
16	4.4 Project organization 4.5 Project delivery approaches 4.6 Project management activities
17	Figure 4 — Project integration and support activities
18	Figure 5 — The principal information flows between the project integration activities
19	Figure 6 — Project life cycle showing relationship to project integration activities 5 Principles of project management 5.1 Be driven by needs and benefits
20	5.2 Engage stakeholders throughout the project 5.3 Having a single point of accountability is critical throughout the project 5.4 Promote collaborative working 5.5 Governance and management should be appropriate and proportionate
21	5.6 Experience and lessons should be captured, shared and applied 5.7 Define working methods for specialist deliverables and outputs 5.8 Take a gated approach to projects 6 Project governance 6.1 What is project governance?
22	6.2 Aspects of project governance
24	6.3 Factors influencing governance arrangements
28	7 Roles and responsibilities 7.1 Typical roles in a project organization
29	Figure 7 — A simplified project organization structure 7.2 Higher level management 7.3 Project sponsor
30	7.4 Project board 7.5 Project assurance
31	7.6 Project manager 7.7 Project support
32	7.8 Team managers 7.9 Project team members
33	8 Project life cycle 8.1 What is a project life cycle? 8.2 The components of a project life cycle
34	Figure 8 — The components of a project life cycle
36	8.3 The extended project life cycle Figure 9 — Extended project life cycle, including in-life and disposal activities 8.4 Recognizing different project life cycles associated with the same work
37	9 Commissioning a project 9.1 Preparing for a project 9.2 Overseeing a project
38	9.3 Approving a project or phase within a project
40	9.4 Reviewing project outcome and benefits
41	10 Directing a project 11 Initiating, managing and closing a project 11.1 Initiating a project
43	11.2 Managing a project
45	11.3 Closing a project
46	12 Managing delivery 13 Project support activities 13.1 Planning
48	Figure 10 — Planning activities
52	13.2 Control
57	13.3 Quality
59	13.4 Commercial
62	14 Skills and competencies for project management 14.1 General
63	Table 1 — Typical skills and competencies for project management roles 14.2 Relationships between roles and competencies
64	14.3 Typical competency areas
69	Annex A Agile methods and project management
70	Bibliography

Additional information

Status	Under Review
Pages	72
Publication Date	2019-05-21
ISBN	978 0 539 04952 7
Standard Number	BS 6079:2019
Title	Project management. Principles and guidance for the management of projects
Corrects	BS 6079:2019
Replaces	BS 6079-3:2000, BS 6079-1:2010, BS 6079-2:2000, PD 6079-4:2006 (Book)
Descriptors	Purchasing, Management operations, Forecasting, Management techniques, Management, Organization and methods, Personnel, Project management, Budgeting, Organizations, Planning
Publisher	BSI
Committee	MS/2
ICS Codes	03.100.40 - Research and development

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