OMDDMS® was built to integrate with the standards, methods and frameworks organisations already run, not replace them. Every one referenced across the OMDDM is named here individually, with its issuing body and the phases it maps to, so the claim can be checked rather than taken on trust.
"Integrates with industry best practice" is a claim nobody can check. Naming the exact standard, its edition, and the body that maintains it is a claim anyone can. OMDDMS® does not author its own version of risk management, enterprise architecture, or business analysis; it references the standards that already govern those disciplines and defines where, in the seven phases, each one applies.
Being referenced does not mean OMDDMS® is certified by, endorsed by, or formally affiliated with any of the bodies listed on this page. It means the method (OMDDM) was designed to sit alongside the named standard without conflict, at the phases stated, and that a practitioner already working to that standard will recognise where their existing practice fits. Each standard remains the responsibility of its own issuing body, linked from its entry below.
Grouped by the discipline they govern, matching the eight rows of the integration table used throughout the Standard. Links checked 20 September 2026. Standards bodies occasionally change ownership, name or web address, as ITIL® and PRINCE2® did when AXELOS was acquired by PeopleCert, and as Agile Alliance did on joining PMI in 2025. If you find a link that no longer works, please let us know and we will correct it.
Context and concepts for project, programme and portfolio management, published by the International Organization for Standardization.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)Guidance on project management, providing generic, high-level direction independent of sector or organisation size.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)The Project Management Institute, publisher of the PMBOK® Guide and global PMP® certification.
pmi.org (opens in a new tab)The Association for Project Management, the UK's chartered body for the project profession.
apm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)A global community supporting agile values, principles and practices, now operating as PMI Agile Alliance following its 2025 merger into PMI.
agilealliance.org (opens in a new tab)The Scaled Agile Framework, a knowledge base for applying Lean, Agile and DevOps practices at enterprise scale.
scaledagileframework.com (opens in a new tab)Systems and software engineering life cycle processes for requirements engineering, jointly published by ISO, IEC and IEEE.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)The International Institute of Business Analysis, publisher of the BABOK® Guide and global CBAP® certification.
iiba.org (opens in a new tab)BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, the UK's professional body for IT, including business analysis qualifications.
bcs.org (opens in a new tab)Requirements for designers and developers of user documentation, jointly published by ISO, IEC and IEEE.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)A set of practices combining software development and IT operations to shorten delivery cycles, without a single governing body.
Wikipedia overview (opens in a new tab)An operational practice for managing infrastructure and application configuration through version-controlled, declarative definitions, without a single governing body. Its principles are published by the OpenGitOps project.
opengitops.dev (opens in a new tab)The International Institute for Software Testing, providing software testing certification and training standards.
testinginstitute.com (opens in a new tab)Service management system requirements, the international standard for IT service management.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)A widely adopted framework for IT service management, currently owned and developed by PeopleCert under the AXELOS brand.
axelos.com (opens in a new tab)Risk management guidelines, providing principles and a generic framework for managing risk in any organisation.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)The Institute of Risk Management, a chartered professional body for enterprise risk management.
theirm.org (opens in a new tab)Software, systems and enterprise architecture description, jointly published by ISO, IEC and IEEE.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)An enterprise architecture framework and method maintained by The Open Group, widely used for architecture development and governance.
opengroup.org/togaf (opens in a new tab)An enterprise ontology that classifies the descriptive representations of an enterprise, maintained by Zachman International with the FEAC Institute.
zachman-feac.com (opens in a new tab)The Business Architecture Body of Knowledge, maintained by the Business Architecture Guild.
businessarchitectureguild.org (opens in a new tab)Systems and software engineering software life cycle processes, jointly published by ISO, IEC and IEEE.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)Governance of information technology for organisations, setting principles for effective, efficient and acceptable use of IT.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)Governance of organisations, providing guidance applicable to any organisation regardless of type, size or sector.
ISO standards catalogue (opens in a new tab)A governance framework for enterprise IT, maintained by ISACA.
isaca.org/resources/cobit (opens in a new tab)Other standards exist from standards organisations, industry groups, and commercial organisations that are not listed here, and OMDDMS® does not claim to reference every one of them. What is listed above is the set the OMDDM was explicitly designed against. Every link on this page is re-checked whenever the OMDDM version changes, because the bodies themselves change too: not the standards, but who owns them, what they are called, and where they live online. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are acknowledged.
Questions about what "referenced" means, how the list is maintained, and how OMDDMS® works with the frameworks you already use.
No. Being referenced does not mean OMDDMS® is certified by, endorsed by, or formally affiliated with any of these bodies. It means the method (OMDDM) was designed to sit alongside each named standard without conflict, at the phases stated.
No. OMDDMS® does not provide its own version of these disciplines. It references the standards that already govern them and defines where, in the seven phases of the method (OMDDM), each one applies, so organisations keep the frameworks they already use.
Both are widely used practices rather than standards owned by a single body. They are listed because the method (OMDDM) was designed to work alongside them in the Design and Transition phases, and they are marked on this page as having no official body.
Every link is re-checked whenever the OMDDM version changes or when any of the associate professional bodies provides us with an update. The links were last checked on 20 September 2026. Standards bodies occasionally change ownership, name or web address, so the list is reviewed rather than treated as permanent.
The list is not exhaustive. Other standards exist from standards organisations, industry groups and commercial organisations. What is listed is the set the OMDDM was explicitly designed against. If you think a standard should be considered, contact OMDDMS Ltd.
Read the seven phases to see exactly where each standard fits, or find an ATO to get certified.