ISO 21502:2020

Project, programme and portfolio management — Guidance on project management

Publication date:   Dec 22, 2020

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90.60   Close of review   Mar 5, 2026

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ISO/TC 258 Project, programme and portfolio management

International Standard

03.100.40   Research and development

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Scope

This document gives guidelines for project management. It is applicable to any organization, including public, private and charitable, as well as to any type of project, regardless of purpose, delivery approaches, life cycle model used, complexity, size, cost or duration.
NOTE Delivery approach can be any method or process suited to the type of outputs, such as predictive, incremental, iterative, adaptive or hybrid, including agile approaches.
This document provides high-level descriptions of practices that are considered to work well and produce good results within the context of project management. This document does not provide guidance on the management of programmes or portfolios. Topics relating to general management are addressed only within the context of project management.

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ISO 21500:2012

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ISO 21502:2020
90.60 Close of review
Mar 5, 2026