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A body of knowledge (BOK or BoK) is the complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a
professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ...
domain, as defined by the relevant
learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership m ...
or
professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...
.Oliver, G.R. (2012). ''Foundations of the Assumed Business Operations and Strategy Body of Knowledge (BOSBOK): An Outline of Shareable Knowledge'', p. 3. It is a type of knowledge representation by any
knowledge organization Knowledge organization (KO), organization of knowledge, organization of information, or information organization is an intellectual discipline concerned with activities such as document description, indexing, and classification that serve to ...
. Several definitions of BOK have been developed, for example: * "Structured
knowledge Knowledge can be defined as Descriptive knowledge, awareness of facts or as Procedural knowledge, practical skills, and may also refer to Knowledge by acquaintance, familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called pro ...
that is used by members of a discipline to guide their practice or work." "The prescribed aggregation of knowledge in a particular area an individual is expected to have mastered to be considered or certified as a practitioner." (BOK-def). Waite's pragmatic view is also worth noting (Ören 2005): "BOK is a stepping stone to unifying community" (Waite 2004). * The systematic collection of activities and outcomes in terms of their values, constructs, models, principles and instantiations, which arises from continuous discovery and validation work by members of the profession and enables self-reflective growth and reproduction of the profession (Romme 2016). * A set of accepted and agreed upon standards and nomenclatures pertaining to a field or profession ( INFORMS 2009). * A set of knowledge within a profession or subject area which is generally agreed as both essential and generally known (Oliver 2012). A body of knowledge is the accepted ontology for a specific domain. A BOK is more than simply a collection of terms; a professional reading list; a library; a website or a collection of websites; a description of professional functions; or even a collection of information. A landscape of practice (LoP) refers to a number of related communities of practice (CoPs) working on a body of knowledge. Participation in a LoP involves members of the CoPs developing competence in their area of interest and keeping up to date with knowledgeability relevant to the LoP.


Examples

The following are examples of bodies of knowledge from professional organisations: *
Business Process Management Common Body of Knowledge Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...
(BPMCBOK) from the Association of Business Process Management Professionals International (ABPMP) *
Business Analysis Body of Knowledge ''A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge'' (BABOK) is a guide about business analysis, issued by the International Institute of Business Analysis (''IIBA''), attempting to reflect current best practice and to provide a framework that ...
(BABOK) from the
International Institute of Business Analysis The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is a professional association formed in October 2003 with the stated goal of supporting and promoting the discipline of business analysis. IIBA offers help and information to business analys ...
(IIBA) * Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK) from the Business Architecture Guild * Business Relationship Management Body of Knowledge (BRMBOK) from the Business Relationship Management Institute * Canadian IT Body of Knowledge (CITBOK) – for
Canadian Information Processing Society CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) is the professional association of IT professionals in Canada. Since 1958 CIPS has helped strengthen the Canadian IT industry by establishing standards and sharing best practices for the benefit of ind ...
* Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge *
Common Body of Knowledge Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally com ...
(CBK) – for international information security professionals * Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK) - for the profession of data management from
DAMA International The Data Management Association (DAMA), formerly known as the Data Administration Management Association, is a global not-for-profit organization which aims to advance concepts and practices about information management and data management. It desc ...
, The Global Data Management Community * Enterprise Architecture Body of Knowledge (EABOK) – for the enterprise architecture (EA) discipline *
Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge __NOTOC__ The Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (GISTBoK) is a reference document produced by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) as the first product of its Model Curricula project, s ...
(GISTBoK) – for the geospatial realm * Industrial Engineering Body of Knowledge (IEBOK) – for the profession of industrial engineering * Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) – from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for project managers * Product Management Body of Knowledge (ProdBOK Guide) – from the Association of International Product Marketing & Management (AIPMM) for product professionals * Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBoK) – for the agile project/product management * Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) – for the profession of software engineering * Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBOK) – for the profession of systems engineering


See also

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Core curriculum In education, a curriculum (; : curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a planned sequence of instruction, or to a view ...
* Landscape of practice


References

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