PM VAULT
PM Vault Field Guide — Essentials
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READ ME FIRST

Thank you for choosing PM Vault — a premium, standards-grounded instrument for
working project managers and PMOs, built on synthesised public best practice and
the current edition of the profession's guidance.

WHAT'S IN THIS BUNDLE
   - PM_Vault_Field_Guide_Essentials_v2.pdf   (print-ready PDF)
   - PM_Vault_Field_Guide_Essentials.docx   (Word, page-for-page copy of the PDF)
   - Sources_and_Citations.txt
   - LICENSE_EULA.txt
   - CHANGELOG.txt
   - Policies_and_Copyright.txt
   - The_Instrument_Line_pmvault.org.txt

HOW TO USE IT
Read it in order over your first weeks, or jump to the chapter that matches
the job in front of you. Copy the filled examples straight into your own tools.

ALIGNED TO PMBOK(R) 8TH-EDITION CONCEPTS
Standards are cited as authority and never reproduced. Every factual claim maps to
a real, year-labelled source — see Sources_and_Citations.

YOUR LICENCE
See LICENSE_EULA. Single-User and Team licences available. Use anything you PRODUCE
with it freely; do not resell or redistribute the files themselves.

WHAT'S NEXT — THE INSTRUMENT LINE
When you outgrow doing this by hand, PM Vault builds the offline instruments that run
the method for you. See The_Instrument_Line_pmvault.org — or visit pmvault.org.

Version 1.0 · 2026 · Free updates through the 8th-Edition cycle.
PM Vault is independent. Not affiliated with or endorsed by PMI, PeopleCert, ISO, or Scrum.org.
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