Company
Date Published
Author
José Machicao
Word count
840
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Standard, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), is a well-known compilation of project management best practices. The standard has evolved over time and now includes interdependencies between processes and elements, which can be visualized as a graph database. This allows for more accurate and structured definitions of inputs and outputs, and enables practitioners to track the flow of concepts throughout the project lifecycle. By organizing the PMBOK Standard in this way, it becomes easier to understand how project management concepts relate to each other, and to identify potential areas for improvement. The author has successfully loaded the PMBOK data into Neo4j and demonstrated its potential for query and analysis, including identifying the quantity of inputs for time management processes and tracing the flow of elements through different processes. Future work includes exploring these opportunities further with developers and experts, and making the tools more accessible to a wider audience.