Poster 03 · Tailoring
PMBOK® Guide — 7th Edition · Section 3 structure
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The whole of Section 3 on one page — four questions (why, what, how, keep improving), applied across the performance domains, with diagnostics for when to adjust.
TAILORINGSECTION 3 · PMBOK® GUIDE 7TH ED.
3.2Why Tailor
- Suit org, environment, needs
- Balance competing demands
- No one-size-fits-all
- Direct & indirect benefits
3.3What to Tailor
- Life cycle & dev approach
- Processes
- Engagement
- Tools
- Methods & artifacts
3.4The Process
- Select initial approach
- Tailor for organisation
- Tailor for project
- Ongoing improvement
3.5Performance Domains
- Stakeholders · Team
- Dev approach · Planning
- Project work · Delivery
- Uncertainty · Measurement
3.6Diagnostics
- Retrospectives
- Lessons learned
- Warning signals
- Situation → fix table
Read it as
- Top-down: understand context → choose → adapt → improve.
- Bounded: governance frames every branch.
- Cyclical: the process loops, never ends.
Driven by
- The 12 PM principles
- Organisational values
- Culture & appetite for risk
Feeds into (§4)
- Models — thinking strategies
- Methods — means to outcomes
- Artifacts — templates & docs