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PMBoK
6th®Edition
PMBOK
Guide –6th Edition
Boldly going
where no PM has gone before
Chapter
discussion

A Brief History of the PMBOK® Guide:
First PMP® awarded
in 1984

First edition of the PMBOK®
Guide published in 1996!

It had 37 processes.
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Initiating

Planning
Project Plan Development

Integration
Initiation

Scope

Executing
Project Plan Execution

Monitoring /
Controlling

Closing

Overall Change
Control

Scope Planning

Scope Verification

Scope Definition

Scope Change
Control

Activity Definition

Schedule Control

Activity Sequencing


Time

1st Edition

Activity Duration Estimating
Schedule Development
Resource Planning

Cost

Cost Control

Cost Estimating
Cost Budgeting

Quality
HR
Comms

Quality Planning

Quality Assurance

Organization Planning

Team Development

Staff Acquisition
Comms Planning


Information Distribution

Admin
Closure

Performance Reporting
Risk Identification

Risk

Quality Control

Risk Response
Control

Risk Quantification
Risk Response Development

Procurement

Procurement Planning

Solicitation

Solicitation Planning

Source Selection

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Contract
Closeout

Contract Admin

A Brief History of the PMBOK® Guide:

2nd Edition: 2000
39 Processes

3rd Edition: 2004
39 Processes

4th Edition: 2009
42 Processes

5th Edition: 2013
47 Processes

6th Edition: 2017
49 Processes
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Important Dates

September 2017
Publication of the 6th Edition

Q1 2018
6th Edition PMP® Exam

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Current Status
• It is not clear what the PMP®
exam will look like
– The distribution of marks across
process groups could change
– No date has been given for a new
Examination Content Outline

• However, the CAPM® exam
will change at the same point
as the PMP® exam

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PMBOK® Guide: Chapter 1
5th Edition


6th Edition

Introduction

Introduction

1.1 Purpose of the PMBOK® Guide
1.2 What is a Project?
1.3 What is Project Management?
1.4 Relationships among Portfolio Management,
Program Management, Project Management and
Organizational Project Management
1.5 Relationship between Project Management,
Operations Management and Organizational
Strategy
1.6 Business Value
1.7 Role of the Project Manager
1.8 Project Management Body of Knowledge

1.1 Overview and Purpose of this Guide
1.2 Foundational Elements

Lots of Chapter 1 5th
edition material
included in section 1.2

Some of this has also been
moved to chapters 2 & 3

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PMBOK® Guide: Chapter 2
5th Edition

6th Edition

Organizational Influences and Project
Life Cycle

The Environment in which Projects
Operate

2.1 Organizational Influences on Project
Management
2.2 Project Stakeholders and Governance
2.3 Project Team
2.4 Project Life Cycle

2.1 Overview
2.2 Enterprise Environmental Factors
2.3 Organizational Process Assets
2.4 Organizational Systems

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PMBOK® Guide: Chapter 3
5th Edition

6th Edition

Project Management Processes

The Role of the Project Manager

3.1 Common Project Management Process
Interactions
3.2 Project Management Process Groups
3.3 Initiating Process Group
3.4 Planning Process Group
3.5 Executing Process Group
3.6 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
3.7 Closing Process Group
3.8 Project Information
3.9 Role of the Knowledge Areas

3.1 Overview
3.2 Definition of a Project Manager
3.3 The Project Manager’s Sphere of Influence
3.4 Project Manager Competencies
3.5 Performing Integration

New section - has been radically
restructured

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Extra Knowledge Area Sections
• Key Concepts for Project <knowledge area> Management
– Overview of the area – what is it for?

• Trends and emerging practices in Project <knowledge area>
Management
– Mainly focused on tools and techniques being used today

• Tailoring considerations
– How to adapt this area to your particular circumstances

• Considerations for Agile / Adaptive Environments
– How the PMBOK® Guide can be applied to self-managed, multidisciplinary teams
Plus Agile
appendix and
Practice Guide

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ITTO Diagrams (Example 1)

5th Edition

6th Edition


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ITTO Diagrams (Example 2)

5th Edition

6th Edition

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Initiating
Develop Project
Charter

Planning
Develop PM Plan

Integration

Scope

Monitoring /
Controlling


Executing
Direct & Manage Project
Work
Manage Project
Knowledge

Monitor & Control
Project Work
Perform Integrated
Change Control

Plan Scope Mgmt

Validate Scope

Collect Reqs

Control Scope

Closing
Close
Project or
Phase

Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan Schedule Mgmt

Control Schedule


Define Activities
Sequence Activities

Schedule
Time

5th Edition to
6th Edition

Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Plan Cost Mgmt

Cost

Control Costs

Estimate Costs
Determine Budget

Quality

Plan Quality Mgmt

Perform Quality
Manage Quality
Assurance

Plan HR Mgmt

Plan Resource Mgmt

Acquire
team
AcquireProject
Resources

HR
Resource

Estimate Activity Resources

Control Quality

Control Resources

Develop
DevelopProject
Team Team
Manage
ManageProject
Team Team

Initiating

Planning
Plan Comms
Mgmt

Comms


Plan Risk Mgmt
Identify Risks
Perform
Qualitative Risk
Analysis

Risk

Perform
Quantitative Risk
Analysis

Executing
Manage Comms

Implement
Risk
Responses

Monitoring /
Controlling

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Closing

Control
MonitorComms
Comms


Control
Risks
Monitor
Risks

5th Edition to
6th Edition

Plan Risk
Responses

Procurement

Stakeholder

Identify
Stakeholders

Plan Procurement
Mgmt

Conduct
Procurements

Control
Procurements

Plan
PlanStakeholder

Mgmt
Stakeholder

Manage
Stakeholder
Engagement

Control
Stakeholder
Monitor
Engagement
Stakeholder
Engagement

Engagement

Close
Procurements

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Summary of Changes (1 of 2)
• No additional knowledge areas
• Two knowledge area name changes
– Time Management ► Schedule Management

– Human Resource Management ► Resource Management

• Three new processes
– Manage Project Knowledge
– Control Resources
– Implement Risk Responses

• One retired process
– Close Procurements

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Summary of Changes (2 of 2)
• Simpler language in introductory chapters
• Sections in each knowledge area on:
–
–
–
–

Key concepts
Trends and emerging practices
Tailoring considerations
Agile / adaptive environments

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What to do now
• If you have completed a PMP® exam preparation course
already?
• If you have not done a PMP® exam preparation course?
• Should plan update your PM SOP & Templates?
– If using PMBOK® Guide terminology

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For more information, please contact:

Seamus Collins


Unit 5R, Shearwater,
Kinsale
Co. Cork, P17 EH50
Ireland
Dublin office: +353 1 285 0055
Cork office: +353 21 240 6250
www.velopi.com

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Initiating
Develop Project
Charter

Planning
Develop PM Plan

Integration

Scope

Monitoring /
Controlling

Executing
Direct & Manage Project
Work
Manage Project
Knowledge

Monitor & Control
Project Work
Perform Integrated
Change Control

Plan Scope Mgmt

Validate Scope


Collect Reqs

Control Scope

Closing
Close
Project or
Phase

Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan Schedule Mgmt

Control Schedule

Define Activities
Sequence Activities

Schedule
Time

5th Edition to
6th Edition

Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Plan Cost Mgmt

Cost


Control Costs

Estimate Costs
Determine Budget

Quality

Plan Quality Mgmt

Perform Quality
Manage Quality
Assurance

Plan HR Mgmt
Plan Resource Mgmt

Acquire
team
AcquireProject
Resources

HR
Resource

Estimate Activity Resources

Control Quality

Control Resources


Develop
DevelopProject
Team Team
Manage
ManageProject
Team Team

Initiating

Planning
Plan Comms
Mgmt

Comms

Plan Risk Mgmt
Identify Risks
Perform
Qualitative Risk
Analysis

Risk

Perform
Quantitative Risk
Analysis

Executing
Manage Comms


Implement
Risk
Responses

Monitoring /
Controlling

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Closing

Control
MonitorComms
Comms

Control
Risks
Monitor
Risks

5th Edition to
6th Edition

Plan Risk
Responses

Procurement

Stakeholder


Identify
Stakeholders

Plan Procurement
Mgmt

Conduct
Procurements

Control
Procurements

Plan
PlanStakeholder
Mgmt
Stakeholder

Manage
Stakeholder
Engagement

Control
Stakeholder
Monitor
Engagement
Stakeholder
Engagement

Engagement


Close
Procurements

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