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PMBOK 6th Edition Release Date + Changes + PDF to download PMI (Project Management Institute) release a new version of the PMBOK (Project Management Book Of Knowledge) roughly every 45 years. The date set for the next release for PMBOK 6th Edition is the third quarter of 2017. What does the PMBOK have to be updated? The PMBOK is a recognized standard by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute). To keep its recognition, the PMBOK must be updated every 4 years to reflect the changes in the industry and to stay relevant to practitioners worldwide. In this revision, PMI wants the PMBOK to have closer alignment with ISO standards. What revision state is PMI currently on? In March 2016, PMI released the first draft of the PMBOK 6th Edition to obtain feedback and comments from the project management community. You need to be a PMI member in order to submit your feedback. This PMBOK 6th Edition will be finalized and published in mid 2017. What are the proposed changes? Alignment with Process Groups instead of Knowledge Areas While the PMBOK 5th edition is divided based on the 10 Knowledge Areas, the proposed 6th edition will be divided by the 5 Process Groups. This change is consistent with the findings from the RDS (Role Delineation Study) that PMI conducts every 35 years. Project management practitioners say that alignment with the Process Groups is a better reflection of how projects progress in real life. No new Process Groups or Knowledge Areas added There will still be 5 process groups and 10 knowledge areas on the PMBOK 6th edition. Chapter 1, 2 and 3 of the PMBOK are combined The first 3 chapters about the project manager’s interpersonal skills and organizational skills are combined together. 3 new processes added There will be 3 new processes added to the PMBOK, and they are:

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PMBOK 6th Edition ­ Release Date + Changes + PDF to download  PMI (Project Management Institute) release a new version of the PMBOK (Project Management Book Of Knowledge) roughly every 4­5 years. The date set for the next release for PMBOK 6th Edition is the third quarter of 2017.   What does the PMBOK have to be updated?  The PMBOK is a recognized standard by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute). To keep its recognition, the PMBOK must be updated every 4 years to reflect the changes in the industry and to stay relevant to practitioners worldwide.   In this revision, PMI wants the PMBOK to have closer alignment with ISO standards.   What revision state is PMI currently on?   In March 2016, PMI released the first draft of the PMBOK 6th Edition to obtain feedback and comments from the project management community. You need to be a PMI member in order to submit your feedback. This PMBOK 6th Edition will be finalized and published in mid 2017.   What are the proposed changes?   

● Alignment with Process Groups instead of Knowledge Areas ○ While the PMBOK 5th edition is divided based on the 10 Knowledge Areas, the 

proposed 6th edition will be divided by the 5 Process Groups. This change is consistent with the findings from the RDS (Role Delineation Study) that PMI conducts every 3­5 years. Project management practitioners say that alignment with the Process Groups is a better reflection of how projects progress in real life.  

● No new Process Groups or Knowledge Areas added ○ There will still be 5 process groups and 10 knowledge areas on the PMBOK 6th 

edition.  ● Chapter 1, 2 and 3 of the PMBOK are combined 

○ The first 3 chapters about the project manager’s interpersonal skills and organizational skills are combined together.  

● 3 new processes added  ○ There will be 3 new processes added to the PMBOK, and they are: 

      

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Process to be added  Process Group  Knowledge Area 

Manage Project Knowledge  Executing   Integration Management 

Implement Risk Responses  Executing  Risk Management 

Control Resources   Monitoring and Controlling  Resource Management 

  

● 2 processes proposed to be deleted  ○ The Close Procurements process will be removed and combined with the Close 

Project or Phase process.  ○ Estimate Activities Resources to be combined with the Estimate Durations 

process.  ● Human resource management is changed to resource management 

○ The Human Resources knowledge area will change its name to Resource Management.  

● Time management is changed to schedule management  ○ The Time Management knowledge area will change its name to Schedule 

Management.  ● Changes to existing processes name  

○ The following chart shows the current name in the 5th edition and the proposed name change in PMBOK 6th edition:  

 

PMBOK 5 Process Name  PMBOK 6 Process Name 

Perform Quality Assurance  Manage Quality 

Plan Human Resources Management  Plan Resource Management 

Control Communications  Monitor Communications 

Plan Stakeholder Management   Plan Stakeholder Engagement 

Control Stakeholder Engagement  Monitor Stakeholder Engagement 

  

● PMBOK size is reduced (at least for right now)  ○ The beta version of the PMBOK 6th edition is ¼ the size of the PMBOK 5th 

edition. The 6th editions currently has 10 chapters and 84 pages, while the 5th edition had 13 chapters and 415 pages.  

○ While the 5th edition went into a lot of details about the ITTOs (Inputs, Tools & Techniques, Outputs), the 6th edition is keeping project management concepts at a higher level, which greatly shortens the guide.  

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○ However, between now until the release of the 6th edition, PMI could likely add the ITTO explanations back into the PMBOK.  

● A new chapter added about the Talent Triangle (read more here). PMI describes the Talent Triangle here on their website.  

● Changes to Project Management Plan and Project Documents components  ○ PMI becomes more specific as to what is included in the Project Management 

Plan and the documents that are part of the Project Documents.  ○ Additionally, Project Management Plan and Project Documents are the input to 

processes, and Project Management Plan Updates and Project Documents Updates are outputs to processes, respectively.   

 Parting Comments  We do not know for sure whether any of the changes will occur for sure, since what we saw was the first draft of the PMBOK 6th edition.   It is highly unlikely for the PMBOK 6th edition to stay at 84 pages. In fact, with every new release of the PMBOK, the guide increases by 50­100 pages. Thus, we do not know for sure what will make the cut and what will not.   What should you do?  With every new version of the PMBOK released, the PMP exam tends to become harder. At the time of this writing, it is currently mid 2016, which means you still have more than a year left before the PMBOK changes.   Instead of stressing over the changes to the PMP exam, my recommendation would be to get certified now before PMBOK 6th Edition is released.