According
to PMI® the Final Release is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2017 (Jun-Aug
2017)
When will the PMP® Exam expected to
change?
The
PMP® Exam is largely based on the content found in the PMBOK®
Guide. The exam changeover from version 5 to 6 is scheduled as follows:
PMP
Exam update to PMBOK®
Guide 6
will happen in Q1 of 2018 (could as early as January 2018)
Major changes that will happen?
1) There will
be 49 processes from 47.
2) Three new
processes will be added and one process will be deleted.
New
processes:
"Manage
Project Knowledge"
"Control
Resources"
"Implement
Risk Responses"
Deleted
process:
Close
Procurements process has been removed. Its functionality
has been consolidated into the
"Close Project or Phase” Process
3) Two
Knowledge Areas will be renamed:
From Project
Human Resource Management to "Project Resource
Management"
From Project
Time Management to "Project Schedule
Management"
4) Some
Processes will be renamed:
From Perform
Quality Assurance to "Manage Quality"
From Plan
Human Resource Management to "Plan Resource
Management"
From Acquire
Project Team to "Acquire Resources"
From Control
Communications to "Monitor Communications"
From Control
Risks to
“Monitor Risks“
From Plan
Stakeholder Management to "Plan Stakeholder
Engagement"
From Control
Stakeholder Engagement to "Monitor Stakeholder
Engagement"
5) Chapters
Re-alignment
There
will be chapter’s re-alignment in Front End (Chapters 1 to 3). The information
in Chapter 1 to 3 will be combined into 2 chapters and a new Chapter 3 will be
devoted to “The Role of the Project Manager” where many aspects of the Project
Manager’s role will be specifically mapped to the PMI Talent Triangle.
6) There will
be Process Tailoring which means analyzing the project to determine how much
emphasis to put on each process (based on the scope & size of the project).
7) There will
be various notations throughout the new PMBOK® Guide differentiating
between processes which are “Ongoing” (continuously executing) vs.
"Non-ongoing processes.” This concept will be emphasized for the first
time in new PMBOK®
Guide Sixth
Edition.
8) The Project
Scope vs Product Scope concept will also be emphasized for the first time in
new PMBOK®
Guide 6th Edition.
9) The Earned
Value tool kit supported by the PMBOK® Guide will
now include “Earned Schedule Management".
10) There will
be distinction between "Communication" (as in communicating between
two people) and "Communications" (artifacts, such as published
emails).
11) The new
strategy, “Escalate Responses” provides for a PM escalating a risk to the
appropriate party so that the risk is no longer his/her responsibility. Once
escalated, the PM will now have the option of either:
A)
Removing the risk from the project’s risk register if desired, or
B)
Keeping it in the risk register, but classifying it as “Escalated/Assigned To.”
12) The new
Lessons Learned Register is now part of the set of ITTOs. Project Managers will
now be encouraged to update on a frequent basis (not just at the end of the
project). Updates can be done at any time throughout the project, especially at
the end of project phases (similar to the “Retrospective” in Agile).
13) The PMBOK®
Guide itself
is taking on more of a voluntary instead of mandatory tone in some areas. For
instance, for Requirements Collection, they might now say something to the
effect that, “Here is a list of possible choices of tools. Choose any of these
that best might fit your current project.”
14) ITTO
Bundling
There
will be simplification of Inputs and Outputs in ITTO table. Tools &
Techniques will be grouped under common headings.
15) New Appendix
Information
Summary
of Key Concepts
Summary
of Tailoring Considerations
Summary
of Tools & Techniques
Adaptive
& Iterative Approaches
Which version of the GUIDE should
I use to study?
That's
easy:
Are
you taking your exam before Jan 1, 2018? Use PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition.
Are
you taking your exam after Jan 1, 2018? Use PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition.
Please
note that the above recommendation is based on the expectation that the PMP®
exam will probably change to the new standard in January of 2018. We will
update this recommendation once more data becomes available. But in the
meantime you should plan on passing your PMP exam in 2017, so that you can take
it based on PMBOK®
Guide 5th Edition.
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