PMBOK Five Process Groups and Essence Standard: Perfect Partners?

PMBOK represents an established body of knowledge in project management. Essence Kernel and Language represents an advance on dealing with software systems projects. Essence establishes a kernel that represents principles and practices of both industry and academy, despite none defined aligned with the Knowledge Areas and Processes Groups of PMBOK. This paper presents the relationship among the Essence activity spaces and the PMBOK Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes Groups. The result of this work is a matrix presenting the relationship between the PMBOK Process and the space actives present in Essence, highlighting key alignments and points of concern.