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.
| Year | Edition | Process Groups | Knowledge Areas | Processes | Pages |
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| 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 |
Process Group - The 5 process groups will remain the same: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling and control.
| Knowledge Areas | Project Management Process Groups | |||||
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| Initiating | Planning | Executing | Monitoring and Controlling | Closing | ||
| [4] Project Integration Management | 4.1 Develop Project Charter | 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan |
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4.7 Close Project or Phase | 7 |
| [5] Project Scope Management |
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| [6] Project Schedule Management |
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6.6 Control Schedule | 6 | |||
| [7] Project Cost Management |
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7.4 Control Costs | 4 | |||
| [8] Project Quality Management | 8.1 Plan Quality Management | 8.2 Manage Quality | 8.3 Control Quality | 3 | ||
| [9] Project Resource Management |
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9.6 Control Resources | 6 | ||
| [10] Project Communications Management | 10.1 Plan Communications Management | 10.2 Manage Communications | 10.3 Monitor Communications | 3 | ||
| [11] Project Risk Management |
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11.6 Implement Risk Responses | 11.7 Monitor Risks | 7 | ||
| [12] Project Procurement Management | 12.1 Plan Procurement Management | 12.2 Conduct Procurements | 12.3 Control Procurements | 3 | ||
| [13] Project Stakeholder Management | 13.1 Identify Stakeholders | 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Engagement | 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement | 13.4 Monitor Stakeholder Engagement | 4 | |
| 2 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 49 | |
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Learn More2 of the knowledge areas are renamed:
In the 6th edition of PMBOK, three new processes will be added and one will be removed:
So there are 49 processes in PMBOK 6 (47 PMBOK 5 processes + 3 new processes - 1 process).
PMBOK guide 6th edition will gear towards more suggestive wording instead of mandatory wording. Thus, 9 processes have been renamed as follows:
| PMBOK 5 Process Name | PMBOK 6 Process Name |
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| Perform Quality Assurance | Manage Quality |
| Plan Human Resource Management | Plan Resource Management |
| Control Communications | Monitor Communications |
| Plan Stakeholder Management | Plan Stakeholder Engagement |
| Control Stakeholder Engagement | Monitor Stakeholder Engagement |
| Acquire Project Plan | Acquire Resource |
| Develop Project Team | Develop Team |
| Manage Project Team | Manage Team |
| Control Risk | Monitor Risks |
The Agile concept is incorporated in all 10 knowledge areas. Each knowledge area will contain a section entitled Approaches for Agile, Iterative and Adaptive Environments, describing how these practices integrate in project settings.
PMBOK 6 will contain a new chapter on the role of the project manager which discusses the PMI Talent Triangle and the skill sets organizations demand that make project managers more competitive and relevant-technical project management, leadership, and strategic and business management.
