International Standards Activities
PMI volunteers and staff participate in a number of standards activities at the international level in order to promote the project management profession.
ISO/PC236 Project Committee
One of the primary international standards activities for PMI is ISO/PC236 Project Management, which is developing the upcoming ISO Standard 21500 Guide to Project Management. PMI believes that this will be an important standard for the project management profession that all project practitioners should be aware of.
Approved by the Technical Management Board (TMB) of ISO in November 2006, the project committee began in late 2007. The committee has developed a draft of the 21500 standard, which will be released for review and balloting to ISO member countries as a Draft International Standard (DIS) in the second quarter 2011. After approval of the DIS, the next stage is Final Draft International Standard (FDIS). Final approval and publication of the standard is expected in late 2012.
Over 35 countries are participating in the development of this standard. Each of these countries has established mirror committees within their national standards body to work on the development of this standard. If you’re interested in participating in ISO/PC236, you must first join your country’s mirror committee; you can start by contacting your country’s national standards body.
The ISO/PC236 Secretariat is administered by PMI on behalf of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), with Karl Best, a PMI staff member, serving as PC236 Secretary. PC236 is chaired by Mr. Miles Shepherd on behalf of the British Standards Institute (BSI).
For more information on ISO/PC236 and its members, please refer to the ISO/PC236 web page.
For additional questions about ISO/PC236 and ISO 21500, please contact Karl Best, the ISO/PC236 Secretary.
ISO/TC258 Technical Committee
Approved by the Technical Management Board (TMB) of ISO in October 2010, TC258 Project, Programme, and Portfolio Management will extend the work of PC236 to develop additional standards in this area. Where PC236 was chartered to develop a single standard, 21500, TC258 is allowed to create any number of standards in the field.
The first meeting of TC258 has been announced for June 2011. Many of the PC236 member countries have stated an intent to participate in TC258. If you’re interested in participating in ISO/ TC258, you must first join your country’s mirror committee; you can start by contacting your country’s national standards body.
The ISO/TC258 Secretariat is administered by PMI on behalf of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), with Karl Best, a PMI staff member, serving as TC258 Secretary. TC258 is chaired by Mr. Miles Shepherd on behalf of the British Standards Institute (BSI).
For more information on ISO/TC258 and its members, please refer to the ISO/ TC258 web page.
For additional questions about ISO/ TC258, please contact Karl Best, the ISO/PC236 Secretary.
Additional International Activities:
PMI also participates in other international standards activities by sending volunteer or staff representatives to the following committees:
- ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7, Software and Systems Engineering
- ISO/TC223, Societal Security
- ISO TMB WG, Social Responsibility
- ISO/PC250 Sustainability in Event Management
- Upcoming ISO PC for Risk Management
For information about PMI participation in these activities, please contact Karl Best.
