ISO 10006:1997, Quality management; Guidelines to quality in project management, is an international standard developed by ISO. ISO has many meanings: Iso is the stem of the Latin transliteration of the Greek word ίσος (ísos, meaning equal). The iso- prefix in English derives from this and means equality or similarity. ... Standards are produced by many organizations, some for internal usage only, others for use by a groups of people, groups of companies, or a subsection of an industry. ... ISO has many meanings: Iso is the stem of the Latin transliteration of the Greek word ίσος (ísos, meaning equal). The iso- prefix in English derives from this and means equality or similarity. ...

It is not as popular or widely accepted as the PMBOK. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a project management standard developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI). ...

See also

• project management

Project management is the discipline of defining and achieving targets while optimizing the use of resources (time, money, people, space, etc). ...

External links

• Overview and discussion of the ISO 10006 Standard
• Comparison of ISO 10006 and PMBOK
• Download source of ISO 10006 from BSI
• Scope of the ISO 10006 Standard