Alterations in PMP Examination in Aug 2011

PMP certification is not just an educational certificate but a certificate of project management practitioners therefore it is really crucial that skills required in the market are verified through the PMP exam. In order to be certain that the PMP certificate is conferred to only those individuals who have understanding of modern project management practices PMI develops their PMP exam in such a way that only suitable candidate should be able to pass the exam.

From time to time organizational environment is changing rapidly therefore there is shift of skills required to manage projects in new business surroundings. Organizational environment can include opponents, federal government policies, resource availability, lessons discovered from previous projects (this shapes the enterprise processes and systems).

To ensure that modern industry and project management practices and skills of certified project manager, both are aligned in the same directio
PMI conducts RDS (role delineated study) from time to time, usually in 5-7 years. Based on the suggestions PMI examination pattern is modified and from time to time input is used for the revision of PMBoK®.

RDS commissioned in 2009 is responded by the project managers from 98 nations and these people represent almost all the significant industries. Based on this global RDS, it was decided to change the PMP exam pattern. 30-August-11 is the last date of the examination on current pattern and from 31-Aug-11 PMP students will be evaluated based on the new examination pattern.

What is not modifying on 31-Aug

o PMBoK Version

o Eligibility criteria for PMP exam

o Any other exam (like CAPM) pattern of PMI

o No# questions and question style. They are still objective type

o Exam report card

What is modifying on 31-Aug-11

o Complexity of questions. Because code of conduct and professional ethics related questions are combined with the knowledge areas & domains therefore questions will be more confusing and complicated than the current one.

o Approximately 30% of the PMP exam content will change

o Professional and social responsibility content (domain 6) will be tested in each and every other domain rather than as a separate domain