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Statement of Work eliminated from PMBOK v6?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Originally in Integration, but now is seems, Statement of Work eliminated from PMBOK v6...

It is only mentioned in Glossary, which should be removed for consistency as well.
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Margaret Love Senior Instructor| Velociteach Greenville, Sc, United States
I don't have any inside knowledge, but my guess is that the concept is folded into 4.1.1.2 Agreements, which IS an input. Agreements are described (in my words) as "whatever agreement generates the project - may be a formal contract or something as informal as an email", and then there's a reference to section 12.2.3.2 where they are described more fully. There, on the list of things included in an agreement, is "Procurement statement of work or major deliverables". So I think it's still there - just harder to see :-)
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
George -

I'm assuming you are referring to the project SoW as procurement SoWs still exist as outputs of Plan Procurement Management.

Margaret's assumption of Agreements is most likely correct, but another potential "home" would be the generic new catch-all input of "Business documents" for the Develop Project Charter process.

Kiron
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Apr 17, 2018 3:19 AM
George Lewis
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Kiron - yes, that's correct. Procurement SOW still remains, but SOW as itself was removed. By mistake it was not removed from the glossary as well.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Yes the charter makes sense for the SOW to reside under "business documents".
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George Monnat Technical Delivery Manager| Kapsch TrafficCom North America Austin, Tx, United States
Wow, that's surprising to me. I missed that when skimming v6.
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1 reply by George Lewis
Apr 17, 2018 3:24 AM
George Lewis
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George - yes, there are a lot a changes in the v6 which are not obvious. There are a lot...
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Apr 16, 2018 5:50 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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George -

I'm assuming you are referring to the project SoW as procurement SoWs still exist as outputs of Plan Procurement Management.

Margaret's assumption of Agreements is most likely correct, but another potential "home" would be the generic new catch-all input of "Business documents" for the Develop Project Charter process.

Kiron
Kiron - yes, that's correct. Procurement SOW still remains, but SOW as itself was removed. By mistake it was not removed from the glossary as well.
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Apr 17, 2018 12:36 AM
Replying to George Monnat
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Wow, that's surprising to me. I missed that when skimming v6.
George - yes, there are a lot a changes in the v6 which are not obvious. There are a lot...
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George Monnat Technical Delivery Manager| Kapsch TrafficCom North America Austin, Tx, United States
George,

Yea, I need to study it more in-depth.

Thanks,
George
(love your name btw)
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I agree with Kiron and Sante on this.
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I did not notice that change at all. But it was confusing to to use similar terms for exam preparation although in real life are easy to differentiate.
I need hard copy of the pmbok. Soft copies are not for me.
My main concern of edition 6th is the reduced amount of quantitative tools.
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1 reply by George Lewis
Apr 17, 2018 11:59 AM
George Lewis
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Kevin - indeed!
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Apr 17, 2018 11:48 AM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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I did not notice that change at all. But it was confusing to to use similar terms for exam preparation although in real life are easy to differentiate.
I need hard copy of the pmbok. Soft copies are not for me.
My main concern of edition 6th is the reduced amount of quantitative tools.
Kevin - indeed!
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