Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
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Non-notable book; all sourcing is self-published and primary sources. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  15:00, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
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am 22:54, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep (and probably move to "Project Management Body of Knowledge". I'm surprised actually.  I went to the article expecting it to be about just some random textbook, but it's not.  The PMBOK, as it is called, is to project managers, what the accounting standards codification, i.e. set of GAAP accounting rules, are to an accountant or financial analyst.  It is the compendium of all "knowledge" accepted by the Project Management Institute (PMI), and is the basis for testing for PMI's certifications.  Should it be part of the PMI article?  Actually no, I looked, it is appropriate to split this out.  But, the focus and the title should be modified slightly to clarify this is about the PMBOK (which links there), not the 5th edition printed book.  Note, much/most of the article is narrated as if the article is about the body of knowledge, not about the guidebook to it.  Like, there are many editions and collections of GAAP rules, too, and each publication doesn't get a separate article.  So it should be moved, IMHO.  I don't think this needs a lot of eyeballs reviewing it, either. , since no one else has commented, if you agree you could speedily close this AFD and make the move. -- do  ncr
 * Keep and move to "Project Management Body of Knowledge" per User:doncram. . See also WorldCat. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 00:12, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to "Project Management Body of Knowledge", for the exact reasons above. Clearly notable, but the title is currently too long. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:02, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: per above. - Ret.Prof (talk) 15:20, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
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