The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has released a fresh Fourth Edition of the "Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®). A fresh version of the Project Management Professional (PMP®) exam, based on the PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition, will soon be placed into use for credential exams taken on or after June 30th of 2009. PMI® indications are that there could be no changes to the exam eligibility criteria, the applying process or the passing score for the PMP® Exam.
Major differences involving the Third Edition and the Fourth Edition PMBOK® Guide summarization:
All process names start with an action verb format, including the Scope Definition process is currently the Define Scope process and Risk Identification process is currently the Identify Risks process
The amount of processes is currently forty-two PMP Certification. This is accomplished by deleting two processes, adding two processes and the six processes for Project Procurement Management knowledge area have already been merged into four processes. The following bullets illustrate the differences by project management process name:
Process 4.2 Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement was deleted since the information is reflected in other scope planning documents
Process 5.1 Scope Planning is deleted and replaced with a fresh process 5.1 Collect Requirements
Process 12.1 Plan Purchases and Acquisitions and process 12.2 Plan Contracting was merged to 1 procedure for 12.1 Plan Procurements, Process 12.3 Request Seller Responses and process 12.4 Select Sellers was merged to 1 procedure for 12.2 Conduct Procurements
Appendix G is added and addresses key communication, leadership and management skills for a project manager
Where process flow diagrams were displayed, they are deleted and replaced with data flow diagrams which clarify inputs and outputs for every single process
Within Proj Mgmt Framework, clearer definition is given to the differences involving the Proj Mgmt Plan and other project management documents
Project Charter and the Project Scope Statement information have clearer distinctions
The classic three triple constraints of schedule, scope, and cost were removed. The replacement is six project performance demands of scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources, and risk
Addition of a fresh section on project management versus operations management
Deleted the Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM) for network diagrams
Two new Earned Value Management (EVM) forecasting metrics have already been added for To-Complete Performance Index (TPIC) and revised the Estimate at Completion (EAC) calculation
Clearer definitions and differences between enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets
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