The original version of this paper was presented at the Project Management Institute's 28th Annual Seminar & Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 1997. It was subsequently updated and reproduced on this web site in November 2000.

Republished here April 2023.

Introduction | We are Not Alone | What Basis? | Models | Concept Mapping
PMKS Theme | Objectives | Assumptions | Exclusion | Starting Point | Conclusions
Appendix A | Appendix B

Appendix B
Knowledge Structure - Areas of Project Management Application

AREAS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATION (APMA) [Peer: Affects Client Environment; Determines Project Integration] & [Has sub-types...]

Tangible-Craft [Peer: Projects whose products are tangible and the result of craft work] & [Has as examples...]

Building, Engineering Works, Infrastructure Works, Construction generally [Has sub-parts...]

Impacts, limitations and risks of this technology

Regulatory and safety requirements, etc.

Industry-specific life-cycle phases [Has sub-parts...]

Project-specific stages

Tangible-Intellect [Peer: Projects whose products are tangible and the result of intellect work. The product is tangible but the main effort is intellectual] & [Has as examples...]

Development of new products in manufacturing [Has sub-parts...]

Impacts, limitations and risks of this technology

Economics, safety, competition

Industry-specific life-cycle phases [Has sub-parts...]

Project-specific stages

Intangible-Craft [Peer: Projects whose products are intangible and the result of craft work. The main value of the product is intangible but the effort to accomplish it is effectively routine "craft" work] & [Has as examples...]

Plant maintenance shutdown, Updating of a procedures manual [Has sub-parts...]

Impacts, limitations and risks of this technology

Urgency, safety

Industry-specific life-cycle phases [Has sub-parts...]

Project-specific stages

Intangible-Intellect [Peer: Projects whose products are intangible and the result of intellect work. The main value of the product is in its intangible content and which is the result of intensive intellectual work] & [Has as examples...]

Research work, Developing a new theory, Writing new software, Writing a book [Has sub-parts...]

Impacts, limitations and risks of this technology

Opportunity, competition and copyright

Industry-specific life-cycle phases [Has sub-parts...]

Project-specific stages

  Appendix A

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