Important: The PMP Exam is Changing in 2018

Published: Mon, 12/04/17

For your Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam
The PMP Exam is Changing in 2018 
The exam for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification is driven by current practices in the profession. Because project management is evolving, so is the PMP exam. As a result of the release of the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition in September 2017, the PMP exam will change on 26 March 2018. This is to ensure that exam content is consistent with the guide.

This interview with Simona Fallavollita (LinkedIn Profile) was recorded at the magnificient Project Management Institute (PMI)® Global Conference 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. We discuss the how, what, why and when of the changes that are coming to the PMP exam.

Although the PMP is not a test of the PMBOK® Guide, it is one of the primary references for the exam. This means that students preparing to take the exam after the change can expect to see lexicon changes and terminology used within the exam as well as harmonization of process groups, tools, and techniques. Students planning to take the exam after the change are advised to use PMP Training materials that are updated to the new guide.
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The project management team is determining the activity dependencies to define the logical relationship between them. The project manager suggests that the team applies 10 days lag on a finish-to-start relationship. What does he actually mean?

A. The successor activity can start ten days before the predecessor activity is completed.
B. The successor activity cannot start until ten days after the predecessor activity is completed.
C. The successor activity can only start ten days after the predecessor activity has started.
D. The successor activity can only finish ten days after the predecessor activity has finished.

HINT: The finish-to-start is the most commonly used type of activity dependency.
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