PMBOK SIXTH EDITION

PMBOK 6TH EDITION – WHAT IS NEW?

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®

Guide) 6th Edition was released September 2017. The new PMBOK®
Guide 6th edition contains 978 pages, including the Agile Practice
Guide (186 pages). When compared with PMBOK® Guide 5th edition
was only 616 pages, the 6th edition is one of the major content
updates.

PMP® exam was updated 26 March 2018 to reflect new content

in PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition
PMBOK 6TH EDITION – CHANGES HISTORY

Project Knowledge
Year Edition Processes Pages
Groups Areas

1996 1996 5 9 37 ~180

2000 2000 5 9 39 ~210
2004 Third 5 9 44 ~400
2008 Fourth 5 9 42 ~460
2013 Fifth 5 10 47 ~620

2017 Sixth + Agile 5 10 49 ~980

PMBOK 6TH EDITION – KNOWLEDGE AREA CHANGES

Two Knowledge Areas names were changed to more

closely reflect the work that is done in those Knowledge
Areas.

Old Name New Name

Project Time Management Project Schedule Management

Project Human Resource Project Resource Management

Management
PMBOK 6TH EDITION – PROCESS CHANGES
Five processes have been either added, or moved to a different
Knowledge Area, or entirely removed from the Sixth edition

Process Change

Manage Project Knowledge (Section 4.4) Added

Estimate Activity Resources (Section 6.4) Moved to Project

Resource Management
Control Resources (Section 9.6) Added

Implement Risk Responses (Section 11.6) Close Procurements

(Section 12.4)Eliminated
PMBOK 6TH EDITION – ITTO CHANGES
The commonly used tools and techniques are now grouped by their
purpose or intent. The groups are:

Change

Data gathering Brainstorming, Interviews, Market Research

Data analysis Cost-benefit Analysis, Earned Value Analysis,
Performance Reviews
Data representation Cause-and-effect Diagrams, Flowcharts,
Histograms
Decision-making Multicriteria Decision Analysis, Voting
Communication skills, Feedback, Presentation

Interpersonal and Active Listening, Conflict Management,

team skills Emotional Intelligence
PMBOK 6TH EDITION – COMPARISON WITH 5TH EDITION

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