Contains no step-by-step and walk-through tutorial like process, neither for software or process, it is not descriptive and has the standard, tools and techniques, process groups and knowledge areas, it usually has a body of knowledge .

Waterfall, PRINCE 2, MPMM, PRISM, PROP-S, PDMP, Agile, PRINCE 2 Agile, DSDM, SCRUM, Extreme PM, Lean PM ... etc .

ISO 21500, ISO 10006, ISO 10007, ISO 31000

Consists of templates, roles and responsibilities, step-by-step procedure, who, when, what, no focus on tools and techniques, inputs and outputs, standards, process groups, competencies and theories.