PMBOK 7 — The 8 Performance Domains
A system of interacting groups of activities. They run concurrently throughout delivery — progress in one shifts the others. Tailor them to your context.
Stakeholders
Identify, understand and engage stakeholders; build productive working relationships.
Team
Build culture, shared ownership and leadership so the team performs and grows.
Development Approach & Life Cycle
Choose predictive, adaptive or hybrid; define phases that fit the deliverables.
Planning
Organise and coordinate the work — scope, schedule, cost, resources — progressively.
Project Work
Run processes, manage resources & procurement, and keep the team focused.
Delivery
Meet requirements, scope and quality to produce the intended outcomes & value.
Measurement
Assess performance & take action — useful metrics, leading indicators, dashboards.
Uncertainty
Navigate risk, ambiguity, complexity and volatility across the whole project.
How they connect
The eight domains are not phases and not sequential. Stakeholders and Team shape how everything else is done; Planning, Project Work and Delivery form the build–deliver core; Measurement and Uncertainty run continuously to keep the system on course. Guided by the 12 Principles and adjusted through tailoring, they together produce value.