---
ref_id: REF-24
ref_type: Companion
ref_index: 24
shortcode: Forms-Book
name: Project Manager's Book of Forms — A Companion to the PMBOK Guide
status: Active
version: "1.0.0"
file_path: "reference/companion-references/REF-24.md"
pmbok8_source: "PMBOK8 Guide — All Performance Domains · All Artifact Areas"
last_updated: "2026-06-03"
---

# REF-24 — Project Manager's Book of Forms
**Shortcode:** Forms-Book  
**Publisher:** John Wiley & Sons; Project Management Institute, 2017  
**Authority:** PMBOK8 Companion — Artifact Templates and Forms Library  
**Version:** 1.0.0 · **Status:** Active

## Full Bibliographic Citation
Dionisio, C. S. (2017). *Project Manager's Book of Forms: A Companion to the PMBOK® Guide*. John Wiley & Sons; Project Management Institute. Official release: https://www.pmi.org/shop/p-/book/a-project-manager's-book-of-forms---third-edition-(a-companion-to-the-pmbok-guide---sixth-edition)/00101606401

## What This Reference Adds Beyond PMBOK 8
The Book of Forms provides a complete library of pre-built project management document templates aligned to PMI standards. While PMOSkills provides its own artifact templates optimized for PMBOK 8, the Book of Forms serves as a cross-reference validation source — confirming what fields, sections, and governance elements should appear in standard PM documents. It is particularly useful for practitioners who need to align PMOSkills artifacts with widely-recognized template conventions.

## PMBOK 8 Domain and Principle Coverage

| PMBOK 8 Element | Forms-Book Contribution |
|---|---|
| All Performance Domains | Provides document templates for artifacts across all domains |
| P3 — Embed Quality | Template standards establish the minimum quality threshold for PM documentation |
| P4 — Be an Accountable Leader | Governance fields, approval signatures, and authority documentation in templates |

## PMOSkills Artifact and Skill Connections

| Item | Connection |
|---|---|
| All artifacts/ templates | Forms-Book serves as a cross-reference validation for artifact field completeness |
| reference/GLOSSARY.md | Forms-Book field definitions supplement the PMOSkills Glossary for documentation terminology |

## Practitioner Usage Notes
- Note: The Book of Forms was published as a companion to PMBOK 6. Field structures are still broadly applicable but some governance terminology reflects PMBOK 6 knowledge area framing. Cross-reference with PMBOK 8 when terminology differs.
- Use Forms-Book as a secondary validation source, not as a primary authority.

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*Authority: Dionisio (2017) Book of Forms · PMBOK8 All Domains · Secondary reference*  
*Repository: https://github.com/fakhruldeen/PMOSkills*
