PMP certification is not just an academic certificate but a certificate of project management Professionals therefore it is really necessary that abilities required in the business are verified through the PMP examination. In order to ensure that the PMP certificate is awarded to only those people who have realization of contemporary project management methods PMI designs their PMP exam in such a way that only right candidate should be able to qualify the exam.
From time to time industrial surroundings is shifting fast therefore there is shift of competencies essential to manage projects in new business atmosphere. Enterprise environment can include competition, government policies, resource availability, lessons realized from earlier projects (this shapes the enterprise processes and systems).
To ensure that recent industry and project management practices and skills of certified PM, both are aligned in the same direction PMI conducts RDS (role delineated study) from time to time, generally in 5-7 years. Based on the suggestions PMI examination pattern is changed and sometimes input is used for the updation of PMBoK.
RDS commissioned in 2009 is responded by the project managers from 98 nations and these people represents nearly all the primary industries. Based on this global RDS, it was decided to change the PMP examination pattern. 30-August-11 is the last date of the exam on current pattern and from 31-Aug PMP students will be evaluated based on the new exam pattern.
What is not changing on 31-August-11
o Project management body of knowledge Version
o Eligibility criteria for PMP examination
o Any other exam (like Certified associate project manager) pattern of Project management institute
o Number questions and question type. They are still objective type
o Examination report card
What is changing on 31-August
o Complexity of questions. Because code of conduct and professional ethics related questions are included with the knowledge areas & domains therefore questions will be more confusing and complicated than the existing one.
o Nearly 30% of the PMP exam content will change
o Professional and social responsibility content (domain 6) will be tested in each other domain rather than as a separate domain
To know about the updated knowledge & skills being tested in various domains click
here.
