PMOSkills

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🎯 Executive Overview

Welcome to PMOSkills, the industry's first executable skill system and authoritative PMO reference architecture built directly upon the PMI PMBOK® 8th Edition and 24 PMI companion references.

Traditional template libraries are passive. PMOSkills is dynamic. It bridges the gap between high-level management standards and actual workspace execution, serving as a unified operating system for both:

1. 👔 Human Project Practitioners & PMO Directors seeking repeatable, high-quality, and compliant delivery methods.
2. 🤖 AI Agents & LLM Co-Pilots requiring highly structured, deterministic, and machine-readable project management ontologies to automate PMO tasks.

> [!NOTE] > Independent Academic Project: This repository contains summaries, templates, and compliance test suites compiled from public project management frameworks. PMBOK and PMI are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. This project is independently developed and is not affiliated with or endorsed by PMI.

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🗺️ System Architecture

The repository is designed around a three-tier interaction model where the Reference Layer feeds the Skills Layer, which programmatically outputs high-integrity Artifacts:

flowchart TD
    %% Reference Layer
    subgraph RefLayer ["1. Reference Layer (PMBOK 8 Core)"]
        direction LR
        P8[PMBOK 8 Standards] --> PR[41 Process Records]
        CR[24 Companion Refs] --> TL[Tailoring & PMO Refs]
    end

    %% Skills Layer
    subgraph SkillLayer ["2. Skills Layer (Executable Units)"]
        direction TB
        S1[Skills Registry] --> S2[48 Active Skill Files]
        S2 --> S3[Step-by-Step SOPs]
    end

    %% Artifacts Layer
    subgraph ArtLayer ["3. Artifacts Layer (Deliverables)"]
        direction LR
        A1[38 Clean Templates] --> A2[Corporate Baselines]
        A2 --> A3[Verified Project Logs]
    end

    %% Interaction Paths
    RefLayer ==> SkillLayer
    SkillLayer ==> ArtLayer
    
    classDef refStyle fill:#e6f3ff,stroke:#0073e6,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
    classDef skillStyle fill:#fff3e6,stroke:#ff8800,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
    classDef artStyle fill:#ebfaeb,stroke:#2eb82e,stroke-width:2px,color:#000;
    
    class RefLayer,P8,PR,CR,TL refStyle;
    class SkillLayer,S1,S2,S3 skillStyle;
    class ArtLayer,A1,A2,A3 artStyle;

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👔 The Human Practitioner Pathway

Operationalizing PMBOK 8

For PMO Directors and Project Managers, this repository represents a pre-audited, governance-aligned toolkit that ensures your project meets the highest PMI quality standards from day one.

🚀 Quick-Start SOP:

1. Navigate the Catalog: Consult [docs/user-friendly-guide.md](docs/user-friendly-guide.md) to select your delivery lifecycle (Predictive (Waterfall), Adaptive (Agile), or Hybrid).
2. Find the Skill: Look up the specific action in [SKILL-REGISTRY.md](SKILL-REGISTRY.md) (e.g., SKL-03-15: Develop Budget) to read its inputs, detailed steps, and quality constraints.
3. Instantiate the Template: Copy the associated template file from the [artifacts/](artifacts/) directory into your project workspace.
4. Apply Authority Routing: Consult the T1-T4 Decision Threshold model in [AUTHORITY-ROUTING.md](AUTHORITY-ROUTING.md) to align approval levels and project change tolerances.

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🤖 The AI Agent Developer Pathway

Autonomous Co-Piloting

For AI Engineers, LLM prompt designers, and autonomous agent frameworks, this repository provides a machine-readable, zero-dependency environment. Every folder and file is structured to be instantly parsable, enabling LLMs to act as autonomous PMO co-pilots.

⚙️ Machine-Readable Interface Specifications:

• JSON/YAML Front-Matter: Every markdown document starts with a strict GOV YAML front-matter block, specifying gov_id, gov_name, version, status, and authority for easy extraction.
• Deterministic Mappings: Mappings between PMBOK 8 principles, domains, and processes are mathematically defined in [PRINCIPLES-CROSSWALK.md](PRINCIPLES-CROSSWALK.md) and [LIFECYCLE-MAP.md](LIFECYCLE-MAP.md).
• 3-Tier Continuous QA Gates: Programmatic validation rules are defined in [tests/pmbok8-compliance-test-plan.md](tests/pmbok8-compliance-test-plan.md) and programmatically checked via [shared/validate_structure.py](shared/validate_structure.py) ensuring zero malformed schemas, broken links, or empty placeholders.

> [!TIP] > AI Agent Prompting Directive: When initializing an LLM agent on this repository, inject the following system prompt: > "You are an AI PMO Co-Pilot. Use SKILL-REGISTRY.md as your master API index. Locate required skill steps, construct clean templates from artifacts/ without editing pre-filled brackets, and route all outputs according to AUTHORITY-ROUTING.md thresholds."

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📦 Programmatic SDKs — pmoskills

The entire PMOSkills knowledge corpus is compiled and distributed as zero-dependency packages for both the TypeScript/JavaScript and Python ecosystems. All markdown files, YAML front-matter, skill definitions, artifact templates, and test scenarios are pre-compiled at build time into a single embedded JSON store — no file-system access required at runtime, making them fully compatible with serverless, edge, browser, and autonomous agentic workflows.

📦 TypeScript/JavaScript (NPM)

Installation

npm install pmoskills

API Reference

import { pmoskills, inject } from 'pmoskills';

// ── Executable Skills ──────────────────────────────────────────────
const skills = pmoskills.getSkills();                    // all 58 skills
const skill  = pmoskills.getSkill('SKL-01-01');          // by ID
const gov    = pmoskills.getSkillsByDomain('Governance'); // filtered

// ── PMBOK 8 Process Records ────────────────────────────────────────
const procs  = pmoskills.getProcesses();                 // all 41 records
const proc   = pmoskills.getProcess('PR01');             // by ID

// ── Artifact Deliverable Templates ────────────────────────────────
const arts   = pmoskills.getArtifacts();                 // all 100 templates
const biz    = pmoskills.getArtifact('A01');             // Business Case

// ── Reference Files (Principles, Domains, Focus Areas…) ───────────
const refs   = pmoskills.getReferenceFiles();            // all 140 files
const p01    = pmoskills.getReferenceFile('reference/principles/pmbok8/P8-01-holistic-view.md');

// ── Shared Validators & Checklists ────────────────────────────────
const shared = pmoskills.getSharedFiles();               // all 34 shared assets
const val    = pmoskills.getSharedFile('shared/validate_structure.py');

// ── Compliance & Skill Tests ───────────────────────────────────────
const tests  = pmoskills.getTestFiles();                 // all 60 test plans
const st01   = pmoskills.getTestFile('ST-SKL-01-01');    // 9 deterministic cases

// ── System Prompts & Ontology ──────────────────────────────────────
const orch   = pmoskills.getSystemPrompt('pmo-orchestrator');
const onto   = pmoskills.getOntology();

// ── Prompt Template Injector ──────────────────────────────────────
const output = inject(skill.prompt, {
  projectName:        'Apex Initiative',
  authorityThreshold: '$100,000'
});

🐍 Python (PyPI)

Installation

pip install pmoskills

API Reference

from pmoskills import pmoskills, inject

# ── Executable Skills ──────────────────────────────────────────────
skills = pmoskills.get_skills()                          # all 58 skills
skill  = pmoskills.get_skill('SKL-01-01')                # by ID
gov    = pmoskills.get_skills_by_domain('Governance')    # filtered

# ── PMBOK 8 Process Records ────────────────────────────────────────
procs  = pmoskills.get_processes()                       # all 41 records
proc   = pmoskills.get_process('PR01')                   # by ID

# ── Artifact Deliverable Templates ────────────────────────────────
arts   = pmoskills.get_artifacts()                       # all 100 templates
biz    = pmoskills.get_artifact('A01')                   # Business Case

# ── Reference Files (Principles, Domains, Focus Areas…) ───────────
refs   = pmoskills.get_reference_files()                 # all 140 files
p01    = pmoskills.get_reference_file('reference/principles/pmbok8/P8-01-holistic-view.md')

# ── Shared Validators & Checklists ────────────────────────────────
shared = pmoskills.get_shared_files()                    # all 34 shared assets
val    = pmoskills.get_shared_file('shared/validate_structure.py')

# ── Compliance & Skill Tests ───────────────────────────────────────
tests  = pmoskills.get_test_files()                      # all 60 test plans
st01   = pmoskills.get_test_file('ST-SKL-01-01')          # 9 deterministic cases

# ── System Prompts & Ontology ──────────────────────────────────────
orch   = pmoskills.get_system_prompt('pmo-orchestrator')
onto   = pmoskills.get_ontology()

# ── Prompt Template Injector ──────────────────────────────────────
output = inject(skill['prompt'], {
  'projectName':        'Apex Initiative',
  'authorityThreshold': '$100,000'
})

SDK Corpus Summary

| Collection | Count | JS/TS Getter | Python Getter | |---|:---:|---|---| | Executable Skills | 58 | getSkills() / getSkill(id) | get_skills() / get_skill(id) | | PMBOK 8 Process Records | 41 | getProcesses() / getProcess(id) | get_processes() / get_process(id) | | Artifact Templates | 100 | getArtifacts() / getArtifact(id) | get_artifacts() / get_artifact(id) | | Reference Files | 140 | getReferenceFiles() / getReferenceFile(path) | get_reference_files() / get_reference_file(path) | | Shared Validators & Checklists | 34 | getSharedFiles() / getSharedFile(path) | get_shared_files() / get_shared_file(path) | | Compliance Test Scenarios | 60 | getTestFiles() / getTestFile(id) | get_test_files() / get_test_file(id) | | System Prompts | 4 | getSystemPrompt(key) | get_system_prompt(key) | | Total Corpus Items | 437+ | | |

> Zero-FS Architecture: All data is pre-compiled at build time. Compatible with Serverless, Edge, and Browser environments with no runtime file-system dependency.

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📂 Repository Directory Map

The canonical, audited structure of the PMOSkills knowledge base:

PMOSkills/
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├── .github/                         ← Staged repository workflows and issue templates
│   ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
│   ├── CONTRIBUTING.md
│   └── SECURITY.md
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├── Archive/                         ← Archived historical drafts, logs, and legacy files
│   ├── COMPLETION-PLAN.md
│   ├── legacy/
│   └── meta/
│
├── docs/                            ← Premium multi-audience manuals and user handbooks
│   ├── img/                         ← Images, logos, and visual assets
│   ├── user-friendly-guide.md       ← Master Onboarding Handbook (Multi-Audience Hub)
│   ├── human-practitioners/         ← Track 1: Handbook and execution guides for PMs/PMOs
│   ├── ai-agents/                   ← Track 2: Prompting directives, specifications, schemas
│   ├── developer-tools/             ← Track 3: Tooling, automation, validator specs
│   └── general/                     ← Track 4: Glossary, FAQ, ESG sustainability guides
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├── reference/                       ← The Core PMBOK 8 Reference Layer (115 files)
│   ├── README.md                    ← Reference layer catalog and rules
│   ├── principles/                  ← 6 PMBOK 8 principles (P01–P06 + index)
│   ├── performance-domains/         ← 8 performance domains (PD01–PD08 + index)
│   ├── focus-areas/                 ← 5 focus areas (FA01–FA05)
│   ├── processes/                   ← 41 process records (PR01–PR41 + indices)
│   ├── knowledge-areas/             ← Knowledge Area index
│   ├── tools-techniques/            ← Tools & Techniques taxonomy index
│   ├── inputs-outputs/              ← Inputs & Outputs registry index
│   ├── companion-references/        ← 24 canonical companion reference manuals
│   ├── tailoring/                   ← Tailoring guidelines layer
│   ├── pmo/                         ← PMO governance & service models
│   └── appendices/                  ← PMO, AI, Sourcing, Evolution appendices (X2–X5)
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├── skills/                          ← The Executable Skills Layer (48 files)
│   ├── 01-organizational-setup/     ← Governance and repo configuration (3 skills)
│   ├── 02-initiating/               ← Startup and chartering (2 skills)
│   ├── 03-planning/                 ← Comprehensive subsidiary planning (18 skills)
│   ├── 04-executing/                ← Delivery, risk responses, resources (9 skills)
│   ├── 05-monitoring-controlling/   ← Baseline tracking, change controls (9 skills)
│   ├── 06-closing/                  ← Transition, archivals, reviews (3 skills)
│   └── 07-adaptive-hybrid/          ← Backlogs, iterations, hybrids (4 skills)
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├── artifacts/                       ← Lean and Audited Artifacts Catalog (38 artifact IDs · 92 physical files)
│   ├── initiating/                  ← Project startup baselines (A01, A02, A04)
│   ├── planning-and-baselines/      ← Subsidiary management plans (A06, A08, A14, A15, A16, A28)
│   ├── resources/                   ← Resource registries and team documents (A03, A20, A25, A26, A27)
│   ├── stakeholders-communications/ ← Stakeholder matrices and plans (A07, A10, A28, A29)
│   ├── procurement/                 ← Supplier agreements and bid records (A11, A31, A32, A33)
│   ├── quality/                     ← Requirements traceability lists (A09, A13)
│   ├── knowledge/                   ← Lessons learned and data registers (A30)
│   ├── monitoring-and-decisions/    ← Status reporting, change logs, risk registers
│   ├── closure/                     ← Realization & transition logs (A24, A27)
│   ├── governance/                  ← Retention & privacy registers (A05, A34, A35, A37, A39)
│   ├── pmo/                         ← PMO metrics & improvements (A23, A36)
│   └── portfolio/                   ← Strategic portfolio alignment registers (A22)
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├── shared/                          ← Programmatic elements and reusable components (28 files)
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── components/                  ← Field blocks and segment patterns
│   ├── validators/                  ← Automated waste-testing and metrics routines
│   ├── routing/                     ← Authority routing algorithms
│   └── checklists/                  ← Stage gate readiness lists
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├── tests/                           ← The Verification and Test Layer (59+ files)
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── pmbok8-compliance-test-plan.md ← 3-tier continuous integration test plan
│   ├── skill-tests/                 ← 49 automated skill test suites (ST-SKL-*)
│   └── integration-tests/           ← End-to-end integration scenario scripts
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└── sdk/                             ← Programmatic SDKs
    ├── npm/                         ← TypeScript NPM package (`pmoskills`)
    │   ├── src/                     ← TS source (loader, injector, types)
    │   ├── scripts/compile-db.ts    ← Database compiler
    │   ├── dist/                    ← ESM & CJS bundled builds
    │   └── tests/                   ← Vitest unit tests
    │
    └── pypi/                        ← Python PyPI package (`pmoskills`)
        ├── pmoskills/               ← Python package source & data
        ├── tests/                   ← Unit test suite (unittest / pytest)
        └── pyproject.toml           ← Setuptools config

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📊 Repository Scorecard

| Component | Target Count | Built / Verified | Completion Rate | |---|:---:|:---:|:---:| | Reference Layer (Principles, Domains, Indices) | 115 | 115 | 100% ✅ | | **Skills Layer (48 skills across 7 packs)*

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Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: fakhruldeen
• Source: fakhruldeen/PMOSkills
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://fakhruldeen.github.io/PMOSkills/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.