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PMBOK® Guide
Sixth Edition Update
December 2017
Facilitator
Arena ANG
MBA, PMP, CBAP®

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Agenda
• PMI Update - Video
• What’s New?
• What are the Changes?
• Exam Information

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PMI Update - Website
• PMBOK Sixth Edition Overview + Video
https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-
standards/foundational/pmbok/sixth-edition
• PMP Exam Information
https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/project-management-
pmp/update

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Knowledge Areas & Processes (New & Changes)
PMBOK® Fifth Edition PMBOK® Sixth Edition
• 589 pages • 756 pages
• I P E MC C
• 2 + 24 + 8 + 11 + 2 = 47 Processes
• I P E MC C
• 2 + 24 + 10 + 12 + 1 = 49 Processes
• Time Management • Schedule Management
Transfer Process from Time Management to Resource Management
• Estimate Activity Resources

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Knowledge Areas & Processes (New & Changes)
PMBOK® Fifth Edition PMBOK® Sixth Edition
New Processes
• Manage Project Knowledge
• Control Resources
• Implement Risk Response
Deleted Processes
• Close Procurement – merged into
Close Project or Phase

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Processes Renamed
Knowledge
Areas
PMBOK® Fifth Edition PMBOK® Sixth Edition
Quality
• Perform Quality
Assurance
• Manage Quality
Resource
• Plan HR Management
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team
• Plan Resource Management
• Acquire Resources
• Develop Team
• Manage Team
Communications • Control Communications • Monitor Communications
Risks • Control Risks • Monitor Risks
Stakeholder
• Plan Stakeholder
Management
• Control Stakeholder
Engagement
• Plan Stakeholder
Engagement
• Monitor Stakeholder
Engagement

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Chapter 1 to 3 (New and Changes)
PMBOK® Fifth Edition PMBOK® Sixth Edition
• Chapter 1, 2 & 3 • Combined into Chapter 1 & 2
• Chapter 3 (New): The Role of PM
The Role of Project Manager
• Advice to project manager on how to lead the projects
effectively – competencies, experiences, and skills e.g.
• PMI Talent Triangle e.g.
• Politics, Power, and Getting things done
• Leadership styles
• Leadership vs Management
• Personality
• Integration and complexity – deal with ambiguity

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PMI Talent Triangle
Source: https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/public/pdf/certifications/talent-triangle-flyer.pdf

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Knowledge Areas – New & Changes
• Communications Management: one critical focus:
Communication vs Communications
(Active Communication) (Artifacts or Videos)
• Risks Management
– New Risk Response: Escalate to program or portfolio level
– Individual Risk (Existing) vs Address Overall Risks (New)
– Non-Event Risks (New) - Variability Risks & Ambiguity Risk
– Emergent Risk: Unknowable-Unknowns (New) – Address with
Project Resilience
– Integrated risk management
• Procurement Management
– More international / global focus

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Other New Content & Updates
• Business Document (New)
– Business case
– Project Benefits Management Plan
• Business Analysis (New)– more coverage e.g.
– Business needs, needs assessment
– PM and BA closer collaboration, clearer roles &
responsibilities
• Development Life Cycle or Approaches e.g.
– Predictive, agile, iterative, hybrid

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Other New Content & Updates
• Each Knowledge Area (New)
– Key concepts
– Tailoring Considerations
– Trends and Emerging Practices
– Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Greater emphasis on Strategic and Business
Knowledge
• Lessons Learned Register (New)
– Encourage to update frequently (not only at the end of the
project or phase)

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Other New Content & Updates
• Tools and Techniques Groups (132 Techniques)
Grouping Examples
• Data Gathering & Techniques (9)
• Brainstorming
• Interviews
• Data Analysis (27)
• Alternative analysis
• Cost-benefits analysis
• Data Representation (15)
• Flowcharts
• Cause-and-effect diagrams
• Decision-making (2)
• Multicritiera decision analysis
• Voting
• Communication Skills (2)
• Feedback
• Presentations
• Interpersonal and Team Skills (17)
• Conflict management
• Networking
• Ungroup (60) • Audits

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Other New Content & Updates
• New Appendix
– Summary of Key Concepts
– Summary of Tailoring Considerations
– Summary of Tools and Techniques
– Agile, Iterative, Adaptive & Hybrid Project Environments

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Exam Information - PMP
PMBOK® Fifth Edition PMBOK® Sixth Edition
Last Exam Date: 25 March 2018
First Exam Date: 26 March
2018
• Exam Content Outline No
Change as in June 2015
• The PMP exam will have an
updated version of the exam
reference to PMBOK® Sixth
Edition including new topics
Source: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/project-management-pmp/update

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