Abstract—The development of technology has recognized the importance of time, cost, resources and budget in executive projects. Thus, assessing the management process of these projects is essential in order to determine their weakness and strengths to improve them. On the other hand PMBOK is considered as one of the most essential standards in the project management profession. Therefore assessment of executive projects based on PMBOK indexes is assessed in this paper. In this research according to PMBOK guide indexes a questionnaire was provided and used to assess the Fars Petrochemical Complex as a sample. The scope of this research is to define the project management indexes priorities that are critical in the success of projects. The results show that Project Time Management has the highest influence in the success of the Petrochemical Complex.

Index Terms—project management, time management, risk management, PMBOK, petrochemical complex.

Cite: Bahareh Bannazadeh, Zahra S. Zomorodian, and Mohammad Reza Maghareh, "Assessment of PMBOK Indexes in Executive Projects," Journal of Advanced Management Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 265-268, September 2013. doi: 10.12720/joams.1.3.265-268