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The document outlines feedback emphasizing the need to maintain the credibility and relevance of the PMBOK® Guide while improving its readability and usefulness. It highlights the importance of understanding stakeholder needs for supplemental content and acknowledges the value of previous editions. The evolution of the PMBOK® Guide since its inception in 1987 is also summarized, noting significant changes across various editions.

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PMP3

The document outlines feedback emphasizing the need to maintain the credibility and relevance of the PMBOK® Guide while improving its readability and usefulness. It highlights the importance of understanding stakeholder needs for supplemental content and acknowledges the value of previous editions. The evolution of the PMBOK® Guide since its inception in 1987 is also summarized, noting significant changes across various editions.

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The feedback and inputs collectively emphasized four key points:

▶ Maintain and enhance the credibility and relevance of the PMBOK® Guide.
▶ Improve the readability and usefulness of the PMBOK® Guide while avoiding overstuffing
it with new content.
▶ Sense stakeholder information and content needs and provide vetted supplemental
content supporting practical application.
▶ Recognize that there is continued value for some stakeholders in the structure and content
of previous editions so that any shifts enhance without negating that value.

SUSTAIN IN G T H E RE L E VAN C E O F T HE P M B O K ® G U I DE
Since its inception as the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) in 1987, A Guide to the
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) has evolved while recognizing that fundamental
elements of project management endure. Its evolution has not just involved an increase in the page
count, it has also involved significant and substantive changes in the nature of the content. A sampling
of some of those key changes is reflected in the following table:

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Evolution of Key Changes in the PMBOK® Guide

PMBOK® Guide Key Evolutionary Changes


Edition
1996 • Distinguished as “a guide to the body of knowledge,” rather than the body of knowledge for project
management.
• Reflected the subset of the project management body of knowledge that is “generally accepted,”
meaning applicable to most projects most of the time with widespread consensus that practices have
value and usefulness.
• Defined project management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project
activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations [emphasis added] from
a project.”
• Specific decision to shift to a process-based standard driven by a desire to show interactions among
Knowledge Areas; create a robust and flexible structure; and recognize that ISO and other standards
organizations were establishing process-based standards.

Third (2004) • First edition to incorporate the “ANSI Standard” logo on the cover.
• First edition to formally designate The Standard for Project Management of a Project separate and
distinct from the Project Management Framework and Body of Knowledge.
• Included material “generally recognized as good practice on most projects most of the time.”
• Defined project management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project
activities to meet the project requirements.”

Sixth (2017) • First edition to make a distinct separation between the ANSI standard and the guide.
• First time “agile” content is incorporated into the text, not just referenced in examples.
• Expansion of Knowledge Area front material, including key concepts, trends and emerging practices,
tailoring considerations, and considerations for agile/adaptive environments.

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