PMU Core Concepts
PMU (Project Management Unified) provides a lightweight but expressive model for representing projects, tasks, work, and reporting across multiple project management systems.
PMU Philosophy
PMU intentionally separates:
Actions
Within PMU, both projects and tasks are considered actions.
Activities
PMU supports semantic activity classification.
Moments and Time
PMU models operational time explicitly.
People
PMU models people independently from external systems.
Project Attributes
PMU computes derived project attributes that support reporting and analytics.
Projects
A project is a collection of coordinated work.
State
State represents whether an action still requires effort.
Status
Status represents the operational condition or progress of an action.
Tasks
A task represents a activity component of the project.
Work
PMU treats work as a measurable operational quantity.