Okay, so as from January 2021 the PMP examination content outline will look vastly different, now organised under (1) People, (2) Process and (3) Business Environment Domains. Having scanned through the tasks, it would appear the PMBOK Guide will become extremely inadequate for exam preparation. I intend to sit the exam in 2021, so where would I find relevant and adequate information to cover-off on all the new knowledge areas? How do I tell whether the information is sufficiently addressing the PMP standard? Saving Changes...
The PMBOK Guide was never the sole reference source for the PMP exam and that will not change with the new exam.
PMI has provided a list of ten references here https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/p...-reference-list , but you'd likely want to wait till there are separate self-study guides and prep courses available which will be geared towards helping someone pass the exam. Those are unlikely to be available much before the new exam launches.
Kiron
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1 reply by Nathan Best
May 31, 2020 5:52 PM
Nathan Best
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Thank you for linking this list. I was unaware of this and I think it will be extremely helpful while studying for my exam.
PMI has never mentioned that the exam will be only based on PMBOK. So in any case you must refer to additional reference to prepare for your exam. One good list of reference is already marked by Kiron. Other than that, I would suggest that you should focus on exam content outline and try to figure out the gaps based on what you know and what you don't know. I generally referred to online resources (not specific) and books on project management topics to get my understanding better on some topics, when I was preparing for my exam Saving Changes...
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Sifelani
Kiron is totally right and spot on in this feedback. You can have a sense of the exam questions for the new exam if you go to PMI Study Hall where they post a question everyday:
I wouldn't say the PMBoK Guide will become inadequate or obsolete or irrelevant - it will just not be enough. The topics covered in the PMBoK Guide essentially fit the Process domain, and, in part, People domain. Now, on top of PMBoK a MUST in 2021 will be the Agile Practice Guide. On top of both, consider reading through at least one of the following books: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/p...-reference-list I've read through Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, by Harold Kerzner and Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid by Robert K. Wysocki. You'll be surprised how many concepts these texbooks bring about that are entirely omitted by the PMBoK.
If you want to know about practical consequences of exam changes, refer to this article: https://www.exambase.org/2021-pmp-exam-change-explained Saving Changes...
Nathan BestSite Supervisor and Safety Coordinator| York Habitat for HumanityPa, United States
May 29, 2020 8:07 AM
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Sifelani -
The PMBOK Guide was never the sole reference source for the PMP exam and that will not change with the new exam.
PMI has provided a list of ten references here https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/p...-reference-list , but you'd likely want to wait till there are separate self-study guides and prep courses available which will be geared towards helping someone pass the exam. Those are unlikely to be available much before the new exam launches.
Kiron
Thank you for linking this list. I was unaware of this and I think it will be extremely helpful while studying for my exam. Saving Changes...
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