# PMI Reference List for PMBOK® 8th Edition

## 1. Core standard

1. Project Management Institute. (2025). *A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Eighth Edition and The Standard for Project Management*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI PMBOK page](https://www.pmi.org/standards/pmbok). [PMBOK8]


## 2. Agile, Disciplined Agile, and ways of working

2. Project Management Institute. (2017). *Agile Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Agile Practice Guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/agile). [APG]

3. Ambler, S. W., & Lines, M. (n.d.). *Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Small Agile Team’s Journey from Scrum to Disciplined DevOps* (2nd ed.). Disciplined Agile, a PMI company. Official release: [PMI Disciplined Agile book page](https://www.pmi.org/disciplined-agile/books/introduction-to-disciplined-agile-delivery). [DAD-Intro]


## 3. AI and GenAI guidance

4. Project Management Institute. (2024). *AI Essentials for Project Professionals*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI AI Essentials](https://www.pmi.org/standards/ai-essentials-for-project-professionals). [AI-Essentials]

5. Project Management Institute. (2025). *Guide to Leading and Managing AI Projects*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI AI projects guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/leading-and-managing-ai-projects-digital-guide). [AI-Projects]

6. Project Management Institute. (2025). *Leading AI Transformation: Organizational Strategies for Project Professionals*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI AI transformation guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/leading-ai-transformation-organizational-strategies-for-project-professionals). [AI-Transformation]

7. Project Management Institute. (2025). *Enabling Project Management Transformation with GenAI: The Need for Organizational Support*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI GenAI thought leadership page](https://www.pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/genai-the-need-for-organizational-support). [GenAI-Transformation]


## 4. Business analysis and requirements

8. Project Management Institute. (2024). *Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide* (2nd ed.). Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Business Analysis for Practitioners](https://www.pmi.org/standards/business-analysis-second-edition). [BAP-2E]

9. Project Management Institute. (2017). *The PMI Guide to Business Analysis*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Guide to Business Analysis](https://www.pmi.org/standards/business-analysis). [PMI-BA]

10. Project Management Institute. (2016). *Requirements Management: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Requirements guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/requirements-management). [Requirements]


## 5. Organizational project management, governance, and PMOs

11. Project Management Institute. (2014). *Implementing Organizational Project Management: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI OPM implementation guide](https://www.pmi.org/shop/p-/book/implementing-organizational-project-management-a-practice-guide/00101500501). [OPM-Implementation]

12. Project Management Institute. (2016). *Governance of Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Governance guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/governance). [GPPP]

13. Project Management Institute. (2018). *The Standard for Organizational Project Management (OPM)*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI OPM standard](https://www.pmi.org/standards/organizational-project-management). [OPM-Standard]

14. Project Management Institute. (2025). *Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI PMO guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/pmo). [PMO-Guide]


## 6. Portfolio, program, and performance standards

15. Project Management Institute. (2017). *The Standard for Portfolio Management* (4th ed.). Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Portfolio standard](https://www.pmi.org/standards/for-portfolio-management). [Portfolio-4E]

16. Project Management Institute. (2024). *The Standard for Program Management* (5th ed.). Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Program standard](https://www.pmi.org/standards/program-management-fifth-edition). [Program-5E]

17. Project Management Institute. (2020). *The Standard for Earned Value Management*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Earned Value Management](https://www.pmi.org/standards/earned-value-management). [EVM]


## 7. Practice standards (scheduling, WBS, process groups)

18. Project Management Institute. (2019). *Practice Standard for Scheduling* (3rd ed.). Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Scheduling standard](https://www.pmi.org/standards/scheduling-third-edition). [Scheduling-3E]

19. Project Management Institute. (2019). *Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures* (3rd ed.). Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI WBS standard](https://www.pmi.org/standards/work-breakdown-structures-third-edition). [WBS-3E]

20. Project Management Institute. (2022). *Process Groups: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Process Groups guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/process-groups). [Process-Groups]


## 8. Change, complexity, and risk

21. Project Management Institute. (2013). *Managing Change in Organizations: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Managing Change](https://www.pmi.org/standards/change). [Change-Guide]

22. Project Management Institute. (2014). *Navigating Complexity: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Navigating Complexity](https://www.pmi.org/standards/complexity). [Complexity]

23. Project Management Institute. (2024). *Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide*. Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Risk management guide](https://www.pmi.org/standards/risk-management-in-portfolios). [Risk-PPP]


## 9. Lexicon and forms

24. Project Management Institute. (2024). *PMI Lexicon of Project Management Terms* (5th ed.). Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Lexicon](https://www.pmi.org/standards/lexicon). [Lexicon]

25. Dionisio, C. S. (2017). *Project Manager's Book of Forms: A Companion to the PMBOK® Guide*. John Wiley & Sons; Project Management Institute. Official release: [PMI Book of Forms page](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). [Forms-Book]