PMI has three types of standards 1- Foundational Standards, 2- Practice Standards, and 3- Extensions. PMI conducts exam for 8 credentials PMP, CAPM, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA. How these 14 standards of PMI are used for different PMI credential exams are mentioned in the table below.
Sno
Standard
Certificate/Credentials
Foundational Standards
1
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition
PMP, CAPM
2
The Standard for Program Management—Third Edition
PgMP
3
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®)—Second Edition
OPM3
4
The Standard for Portfolio Management—Third Edition
PfMP
Practice Standard and Frameworks
Practice standards describe the use of a tool, technique or process identified in the PMBOK® Guide or other foundational standards.
5
Practice Standard for Project Risk Management
PMI-RMP
6
Practice Standard for Earned Value Management—Second Edition
7
Practice Standard for Project Configuration Management
8
Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition
9
Practice Standard for Scheduling—Second Edition
PMI-SP
10
Practice Standard for Project Estimating
11
Project Manager Competency Development Framework—Second Edition
PMI Standard Extension
12
Construction Extension to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition
13
Government Extension to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition
14
Software Extension To The PMBOK® Guide (2013)
Misc
15
11 Books Recommended by PMI for PMI-ACP Exam
PMI-ACP
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