Project Management: A Common Sense Guide to the PMBOK, Part One-Framework and Schedule - Paperbackby James W. Marion (Author) The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge published by the Project Management Institute provides a roadmap of 47 processes designed to support project managers in all phases of project management. The sheer number of processes and their allocation across process groups and knowledge areas may leave project managers in a quandary about where to start and how to apply the many components of project management