The Sixth Edition Of PMBOK Guide

The sixth edition Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) was released In the year 2017, September. PMBOK is a set of guidelines and terminology for project management. It offers two type of certification PMP and CAPM. This guide has a great influence on the exam. Let see what the 6th edition has brought new. New chapters have been added in this edition like for the topic of Effective leadership quality unification; this chapter is useful for leaders who are into project management. It also includes chapters on the skills which are required for good management professionals. This new edition compared to the last one is more compact, relevant and precise as far as contents are concerned.

Unification Of Effective Leadership Quality

In the 6th edition of the guide, a new chapter has been added. The chapter is about the project management leader, the meaning of project management leadership. The new edition also covers what are those skills and competencies should have in the management professionals. In the 5th edition’s also mentioned about the leadership quality, but in 6th edition, it has become compact and consolidated into one section. Project management consists of three major pillars, i.e leadership, and business acumen, develop continually and technical project management.

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Changes In Terminology

In the PMBOK 5th edition there were huge changes in the terms, definitions and in standardizing phrases. All these were done to make an alignment with the ISO 21500. It was a big step to match with the same terminology with the exam content outline. The new 6th edition also made some of the primary updates, those are

Human resource has become the resource management. It means you do not have to manage the teams but can manage the shovels, bulldozers, bottled water.

Team management will be Schedule Management. We need to manage and control our schedule rather than time management.

Changes In Knowledge Areas

Below mentioned are the areas that will update.

The main concepts are too organized. You can review the specific section, the main message of the knowledge area.

Another addition has been made i.e emerging practice and trends. The PMBOK guide is not a static one but based on the needs of the project, whether it is from inside or from outside you can modify the project. The present business and learning are more compact.

The adaptive or agile environment has considered. In the guide agile is mentioned as the method for the project life cycle. In the current edition, all the agile methods are based on the process and depend on the skill set in the last edition i.e in the 6th edition.

All the changes and updates not only increased the clarity but also provide a focused way how all the materials can be applied for the exam. It is all about PMP certification exam. It is not like another test where only the applicant's knowledge will matter where it will be seen how the applicant applies and how much they can perform in a confusing situation.

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