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Organizations undertaking projects of any type · International project-management guidance

Project, programme and portfolio management — Guidance on project management

ISO 21502 provides guidance on project-management concepts and practices across organizational settings and delivery approaches.

Published international standardVoluntary guidance unless adopted through policy or contract

What the authority record establishes

ISO 21502 provides guidance on project-management concepts and practices across organizational settings and delivery approaches.

Voluntary guidance unless adopted through policy or contract

The exact official title, issuing body, jurisdiction, version or application record, and linked source define the scope of this page. Readers should not transfer the authority's status to a commercial product or infer transaction-, patient-, system-, site-, or organization-specific applicability from this summary.

Why it matters to this market

It broadens system evaluation beyond task tracking to governance, justification, plans, benefits, scope, resources, schedule, cost, risk, change, information, procurement, and stakeholder responsibilities.

Affected operating stages

  • Initiation
  • Planning
  • Delivery
  • Control
  • Transition
  • Closure

Capabilities to examine

Project Record And Portfolio Hierarchy

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for project record and portfolio hierarchy.

Budget Cost-Code And Original-Contract Control

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for budget cost-code and original-contract control.

Potential Change Event And Change-Order Control

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for potential change event and change-order control.

Cost-To-Complete Forecast And Variance Analysis

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for cost-to-complete forecast and variance analysis.

CPM Schedule Planning And Update Workflow

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for CPM schedule planning and update workflow.

Program Portfolio And Executive Reporting

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for program portfolio and executive reporting.

Project Risk Issue Contingency And Exposure Analysis

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for project risk issue contingency and exposure analysis.

Contract Correspondence Notice And Obligation Records

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for contract correspondence notice and obligation records.

Cross-Project Analytics And Benchmark Reporting

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for cross-project analytics and benchmark reporting.

Affected buyer audiences

  • project sponsors
  • project managers
  • program leaders
  • delivery teams

Implementation questions

  • Which entities, products, populations, transactions, systems, sites, or jurisdictions are actually within scope?
  • What is binding, what is guidance, and what is a technical or consensus standard?
  • Which publication, adoption, effective, application, transition, and enforcement dates differ?
  • Who owns legal, clinical, quality, regulatory, policy, or operational interpretation?
  • How will a source revision affect open work and historical decisions?

Interpretation boundary

The guidance does not prescribe a project method, certify software, or establish project success, professional duty, or contract compliance.