My response to this question is an emphatic “No!”. The PMBOK Guide is not a methodology. A methodology is a particular procedure or set of procedures for use within a discipline. Whereas, the PMBOK guide is based on “The Standard for Project Management”. A standard is a document that an authority, custom, or general consent establishes as a model or example. While the PMBOK guide identifies good practices that apply to most projects, most of the time, it does not demand that you follow any particular process or practice. Therefore, it is obvious that the PMBOK guide is not a methodology. Rather, it is a framework upon which organizations can build their methodologies, policies, procedures, rules, tools, and techniques needed to practice project management.