Updates to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam
The Project Management Professional (PMP)ฎ credential examination will be updated in 2011, based on updates to the professional role of a PMPฎ recently found in PMIs Role Delineation Study (RDS).
What do I need to know about the changes to the PMP credential and examination?
The process for updating the PMP begins with the RDS, which is now complete. Learn more about the RDS. These updates to the role do have an effect on the examination questions for the PMP, and will be reflected in the PMP examination starting 31 August 2011. Regular communications about this change will continue until the PMP examination change on 31 August.
Where can I find PMP update resources?
If you are preparing training or courseware for people who plan to take the PMP examination after 31 August, you can access a complimentary electronic copy of the PMP Examination Content Outline, formerly titled the PMP Examination Specification.
The PMP Role Delineation study
PMI conducts a role delineation study (RDS) for the Project Management Professional (PMP)ฎ credential every five to seven years to ensure the credential reflects contemporary practice and evolves to meet current needs in the profession, and to comply with the PMPs accreditation under the ISO 17024 standard.
Why the RDS is important
The RDS enables PMI to identify the most current and critical elements of the professional practice of project management. This ensures that the credential examinations continue to assess what is most relevant in the day-to-day work of project managers. In the global marketplace, the PMP credentials accreditation under ISO 17024 provides a distinctive differentiation and this accreditation also requires that we conduct the RDS.
How the PMP is affected
The latest results of the RDS produced an updated description of the professional role of a PMP. The responses met the requirements for statistical relevancy and adequately reflected the profession in geography, industry and other standard demographics. We collected feedback from more than 3,000 PMP credential holders from 97 countries, representing all organizational levels.
The RDS results provide us with a blueprint for updating the credential:
ท The education and experience eligibility requirements for the existing PMP examination remain appropriate and will not be changed.
ท Approximately 30% of the PMP exam content will change.
ท Certain examination areas will be tested in a different way. Specifically, the Professional and Social Responsibility content area (Domain 6) will now be tested in every domain, rather than as a separate domain. The RDS revealed that professional and social responsibility is integrated into all of the work of project management. Therefore, PMIs Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct should be viewed as integrated into the day-to-day role of a project manager and important in each phase of the project lifecycle.
Who Participated in the RDS
ท Over 3,000 PMP credential holders participated by providing guidance in the formulation of the changes to the role, refining this content, and participating in the validation survey.
ท Participants represented each of the four geographic regions:
o 50% were from North America
o 25% from Asia Pacific
o 17% from EMEA
o 8% from Latin America and the Caribbean
ท Participants represented all major industries and job levels.
ท Participants reflected diversity in their years of experience, with an average of 11 years experience as a project manager.
ท Participants were active project managers, spending an average of 78% of their working time on project management tasks and managing a median of four projects in the last 12 months.
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4th Edition of PMBOKฎ Guide published by PMI
The Project Management Institute (PMIฎ) has announced the release of the 4th Edition of it's popular Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKฎ Guide), as of 31 December 2008. Whats new?
* Standard language has been incorporated throughout the document to aid reader understanding.
* New data flow diagrams clarify inputs and outputs for each process.
* Greater attention has been placed on how Knowledge Areas integrate in the context of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing process groups.
* Two new processes are featured: Identify Stakeholders and Collect Requirements.
