PMI
The Project Management Institute's body of knowledge — home of the PMBOK® Guide (now in its 8th Edition) and the PMI Lexicon of project terms.
OpenPRINCE2
The process-based method (PRINCE2 7, 2023): seven principles, seven practices and seven processes for controlled, stage-gated delivery.
OpenCIOB
The Chartered Institute of Building and its Code of Practice for Project Management — the construction-specific reference, built around the building lifecycle.
OpenRIBA Plan of Work
The eight-stage framework (0–7, Strategic Definition to Use) that sets when façade design, procurement, fabrication and installation actually happen.
OpenProject Controls
Scope, time, cost, risk and quality — the disciplines that keep a façade package measured, baselined and on programme.
OpenContract Management
The contract families that govern façade works — FIDIC (international), NEC4 and JCT 2024 (UK) — plus bespoke and back-to-back subcontracts.
OpenProcurement Routes
How the façade package is bought: design-bid-build, design & build, construction management or specialist subcontract — with novation and early appointment.
OpenBIM / Information Management
Information management to ISO 19650 — the common data environment, BIM execution plan and the model that carries the façade from design to handover.
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