The new PMP 6th Edition Exam Update

Every 3 – 5 years, the Project Management Institute (PMI) surveys the project management profession. It decides to modify the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam when the changes gleaned from the survey seem significant enough to justify an update of the exam. This time they found a change to be justified. This update also ensures that the exam content is aligned with the 6^th edition of the PMBOK Guide.

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The means by which the PMI surveys the project manager’s role is the “Role Delineation Study” (RDS). The RDS enables the PMI to study up close what a project manager does day-to-day.

The changes in the 6^th edition include tweaks meant to improve the understanding of what elements of a project are manageable and, just as importantly, which are not. The first will help make you sharper project managers, the second will help you avoid chasing windmills (which also makes you sharper as it will help you avoid wasting time).

What’s new on the Updated PMP Exam?

First the easy part: Terminology. In order to more accurately reflect which factors can be managed and which cannot, two Knowledge Areas have been re-named:

1. Time Management is now Schedule Management
2. Human Resource Management is now Resource Management

Every PMP Knowledge Area now features four new sections that did not exist in the 5^th edition:

1. Key Concepts
2. Trends and Emerging Practices
3. Tailoring Considerations
4. Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments

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The actual PMP exam comprises 200 questions and the maximum time allowed is four hours. Our practice test bank consists of 600 questions plus exam simulations with 200 questions each.

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PMI’s Project Management Professional certificate