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Appendix A—The Project Management Institute Standards-Setting Process

needed to incorporate appropriate comments. If the comments are major,
the PMI Standards Program Member Advisory Group may elect to repeat
the exposure draft review process.
■ When the PMI Standards Manager and the PMI Standards Program
Member Advisory Group have approved a proposed PMI Standards Doc-
ument, the Manager will promptly submit the document to the PMI Chief
Executive Officer for final review and approval. The PMI Chief Execu-
tive Officer will verify compliance with procedures and ensure that
member input was sufficient. The PMI Chief Executive Officer will a)
approve the document as submitted; b) reject the document; or c)
request additional review, and will provide explanatory comments in
support of the chosen option.

A.3 ADOPTION OF NON-ORIGINAL WORKS AS STANDARDS
Standards Documents that are the work of other organizations or individ-
uals will be handled as follows:
■ Any person or organization may submit a request to the PMI Standards
Manager to consider a non-PMI publication as a PMI Standard. The
Manager will submit all proposals received to the PMI Standards Pro-
gram Member Advisory Group who, with the Manager, will decide
whether to accept or reject each proposal. If accepted, the Manager will
appoint, subject to review and approval by the PMI Standards Program
Member Advisory Group, at least three knowledgeable individuals to
review and comment on the material.
■ During the review period, the Manager will solicit the formal input of
the Managers of other PMI Programs (e.g., Certification, Education,
Components, and Publishing) that may be affected by the future publi-
cation of the material as a PMI Standard.
■ Based on comments received, the Member Advisory Group, with the
Manager, will decide whether to a) accept the proposal as written as a
PMI Standard, b) accept the proposal with modifications and/or an
addendum as a PMI Standard, c) seek further review and comment on
the proposal (that is, additional reviewers and/or issuance as an expo-
sure draft), or d) reject the proposal. The Manager will inform the sub-
mitter as to the decision and the rationale for the decision.
■ When the PMI Standards Manager and the PMI Standards Program
Member Advisory Group have approved a proposed PMI Standards Doc-
ument, the Manager will promptly submit the document to the PMI Chief
Executive Officer for final review and approval. The Manager will pre-
pare a proposal for the PMI Chief Executive Officer for consideration
of a prospective relationship with the owner(s) of the material.
■ The PMI Chief Executive Officer will verify compliance with procedures
and will ensure that member input was sufficient. The PMI Chief Exec-
utive Officer will a) approve the document as submitted; b) reject the
document; or c) request additional review, and will provide explanatory
comments in support of the chosen option.

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