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Agile vs. PMBOK® Guide – Part 6 – How Will Version 5 of PMBOK® Guide Address Agile?
February 4, 2012

6)      How Will Version Five of the PMBOK® Guide Address Agile? PMI has indicated that the first draft of version 5 of the PMBOK® Guide will be released on the pmi.org website on February 17, 2012. Project managers and PMPs …
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Agile vs. PMBOK® Guide – Part 7 – Conclusion – What Approach Is Best In What Situation?
February 3, 2012

Conclusion – What Framework is Best for What Situation?  So, if we accept that there are two basic and different philosophical approaches to managing projects being defined: (1) the prescriptive or “push approach” of the PMBOK® Guide, and (2) the …
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PMP Exam Change – August 31, 2011 – Role Delineation Study
December 9, 2011

The bottom-line is that it appears that the August 31 changes did not bring about any major changes to the exam: there is no indication of major changes in subject areas, or in the level of difficulty of the test. So, whatever changes were made, they appear to be more “evolutionary” rather than “revolutionary.”


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Mapping the RDS to the PMBOK Guide
September 7, 2011

Here is a table that maps the tasks in the most recent version of the RDS to processes in version four of the PMBOK Guide. RDS Domain RDS Tasks PMBOK Processes/Tools Comments Initiating         Task 1: Perform …
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Background Information for the PMP Exam
February 18, 2011

Introductory Information about the PMP Exam The test is a computerized exam – (administered at Prometric testing centers in the U.S.). (You can opt to take a written test, but this is very rarely chosen. In this case, it may …
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