Who should read this?
- Those who prepared for PMP exam using PMBOK6 and writing the exam now
- Those who know PMBOK6 and want to update their knowledge of PMBOK7 without going through all the pages of PMBOK7
If you fall into anyone of the above categories, please read further….
PMBOK7 is structured into;
- Principles
- Project Performance Domains
- Models
- Methods
- Artifacts
If you want to know more about the structure and principles of PMBOK7, I request you to read the two earlier articles, before reading this one;
12 governing principles
- Stewardship – Be a diligent, respectful, and caring steward
- Team – Build a culture of accountability and respect
- Stakeholders – Engage stakeholders to understand their interests and needs.
- Value – Focus on value.
- Holistic Thinking – Recognize and respond to systems’ interactions.
- Leadership – Motivate, influence, coach, and learn.
- Tailoring – Tailor the delivery approach based on context.
- Quality – Build quality into processes and results.
- Complexity – Address complexity using knowledge, experience, and learning.
- Opportunities & Threats – Address opportunities and threats.
- Adaptability & Resilience – Be adaptable and resilient.
- Change Management – Enable change to achieve the envisioned future state.
8 Performance domains
- Stakeholders
- Team
- Development approach and life cycle
- Planning
- Project work
- Delivery
- Measurement
- Uncertainty
The governing principles and the performance domains are supported by the Models, Methods and Artifacts. If you know PMBOK6, you have already covered all the Methods & Artifacts of PMBOK7. Hence, our primary focus is on the Models, followed by some of the methods and artifacts.
True to the spirit of Agile, we want to reduce the amount of unwanted work not done. Hence we are not repeating the topics again, instead we are providing you with the page numbers of PMBOK7, which will help you to get familiarized with the new terms of PMBOK7.
Here are the list of topics with page numbers of PMBOK7, for your quick reference.
Now open PMBOK7, and skim through these topics, instead of reading the entire PMBOK7.
- Emotional intelligence – Page 25
- Conflict management – Page 29
- Delivery cadence – Page 33
- Hybrid approach – Page 36
- Explicit and tacit knowledge – Page 77
- Done drift – Page 85 last paragraph
- Leading indicators, Lagging indicators – Page 96
- Cycle time – Page 99
- Que size – Page 99
- Batch size – Page 99
- Process efficiency – Page 99
- Net promoter score – Page 103
- Mood chart – Page 103
- Regression analysis – Page 105
- Throughput analysis – Page 105
- Information radiators, Big visible charts – Page 108
- Hawthorne effect – Page 112
- Vanity metric – Page 112
- Decoupling – Page 120
- Tailoring – Page 137
- Situational leadership II Page – 156
- OSCAR model – Page 156
- Rich communication – Page 157
- Gulf of Execution and Evaluation – Page 158
- Hygiene and motivational factors – Page 158
- Intrinsic Vs Extrinsic motivation – Page 159
- Theory of needs – Page 159
- Theory X, Theory Y and Theory Z – Page 160
- Managing change in organizations – Page 161
- ADKAR Model – Page 161
- 8 step process for leading change – Page 162
- Virginia Satir Change Model – Page 163
- Transition model – Page 163
- Cynefin framework – Page 164
- Stacy matrix – Page 165
- Tuckman ladder – Page 166
- Drexler/Sibbet team performance model – Page 167
- Conflict model – Page 168
- Think Win-Win – Stephen covey – Page 169
- Planning – Page 170
- Process groups – Page 170
- Salience model – Page 171
- Story map – Page 190
- Infinite delivery infinite quantity (IDIQ) – Page 191
At the end of this exercise, you can be almost sure that there is no gap between your knowledge and PMBOK7 provided your knowledge about PMBOK6 is good.
Point to note
Do not delete PMBOK6. It is still a valuable reference document along with PMBOK7.
Best wishes
PMRI team