12 PMBOK Principles

Stewards act responsibly to carry out activities with integrity, care, and trustworthiness while maintaining compliance with internal and external guidelines. They demonstrate a broad commitment to financial, social, and environmental impacts of the projects they support.

Project teams are made up of individuals who wield diverse skills, knowledge, and experience. Project teams that work collaboratively can accomplish a shared objective more effectively and efficiently than individuals working on their own.

Engage stakeholders proactively and to the degree needed to contribute to project success and customer satisfaction.

Continually evaluate and adjust project alignment to business objectives and intended benefits and value.

Recognize, evaluate, and respond to the dynamic circumstances within and surrounding the project in a holistic way to positively affect project performance.

Demonstrate and adapt leadership behaviours to support individual and team needs.

Design the project development approach based on the context of the project, its objectives, stakeholders, governance, and the environment using “just enough” process to achieve the desired outcome while maximising value, managing cost, and enhancing speed.

Maintain a focus on quality that produces deliverables that meet project objectives and align to the needs, uses, and acceptance requirements set forth by relevant stakeholders.

Continually evaluate and navigate project complexity so that approaches and plans enable the project team to successfully navigate the project life cycle.

Continually evaluate exposure to risk, both opportunities and threats, to maximise positive impacts and minimise negative impacts to the project and its outcomes.

Build adaptability and resiliency into the organisation’s and project team’s approaches to help the project accommodate change, recover from setbacks, and advance the work of the project.

Prepare those impacted for the adoption and sustainment of new and different behaviours and processes required for the transition from the current state to the intended future state created by the project outcomes.