The author of the book is the head of "PM Expert" — one of the leading Russian consulting companies in the field of project management. He gives a detailed information about the most known American standard on projects management PMBOK○ (the fifth and last edition). The book contains valuable author's comments and recommendations essentially supplementing and enriching its basic contents. The Russian-English glossary on project management is included. The book will be useful to project managers, top managers of companies, heads of functional divisions, students, post-graduate students and teachers of higher schools.