February 18, 2012 
PMI just released the draft version of PMBOK® Guide 5th edition for review; and I had the chance to go through it.
There are some changes in the new Guide, the biggest change is that they
introduced 7 new processes, one new knowledge area “Project Stakeholder Management“, and removed 2 processes “Manage Stakeholder Expectations, Report Performance “, so now we have 47 processes and 10 knowledge areas, below are the new changes:
- Seven new processes
| Process | Knowledge Area | Process Group |
| Plan Scope Management | Scope | Planning |
| Plan Schedule Management | Time | Planning |
| Plan Cost Management | Cost | Planning |
| Plan Stakeholder Management | Stakeholder | Planning |
| Manage Stakeholder Engagement | Stakeholder | Executing |
| Control Stakeholder Engagement | Stakeholder | Monitor & Control |
| Control Communication | Communication | Monitor & Control |
-
“Project Stakeholder Management“, which has four processes:
- Identify Stakeholders: This process was originally in the communication management knowledge area.
- Plan Stakeholder Management.
- Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
- Control Stakeholder Engagement.
-
Removed process :
- Manage Stakeholder Expectations
- Report Performance
Comparison between the 4th and 5th PMBOK® Guide in terms of Knowledge Areas
| Knowledge Area |
4th |
5th |
Comments |
| Integration |
6 |
6 |
|
| Scope |
5 |
6 |
New Plan Scope Management process |
| Time |
6 |
7 |
New Plan Schedule Management process |
| Cost |
3 |
4 |
New Plan Cost Management process |
| Quality |
3 |
3 |
|
| Human Resources |
4 |
4 |
|
| Communication |
5 |
3 |
New Control Communication process, Identify Stakeholders process moved to Stakeholder Knowledge Area, both Manage Stakeholder Expectations and Report Performance were removed. |
| Risk |
6 |
6 |
|
| Procurement |
4 |
4 |
|
| Stakeholder |
0 |
4 |
Total new knowledge area, with 3 brand new processes, and Identify Stakeholders process which was originally within communication Knowledge area |
|
42 |
47 |
Comparison between the 4th and 5th PMBOK® Guide in terms of Process Groups
| Process Group |
4th |
5th |
Comments |
| Initiation |
2 |
2 |
|
| Planning |
20 |
24 |
Added Plan Scope, Schedule, Cost, and Stakeholder Management processes |
| Executing |
8 |
8 |
Added Manage Stakeholder Engagement, removed Manage Stakeholder Expectations |
| M&C |
10 |
11 |
Added Control Stakeholder Engagement, Control Communication, removed Report Performance |
| Closing |
2 |
2 |
|
|
42 |
47 |
This is just a brief, more details are coming soon.
References: PMI Website
That gives clear picture. cool.
Interesting, how can the PMI members get the draft version of the 5th edition?
If you are a member you can find it at this link http://ed.pmi.org/
Hi, i am a PMI member but i can’t find it in the PMI.org site. can you please direct me how to find it?
Once you login go to PMBOK® Guide and Standards page, you will find a link to open the guide within the website, you can’t download it, you can open it within the PMI site for review and recommendations
I want a copy
Hi,
If you are a PMI member you can find it at this link http://ed.pmi.org/
Hello!
Actually, you do not have to be a PMI member to comment on any of our exposure drafts. Anyone in the world can access the link and make recommendations to PMI draft standards. If you are a PMI member, however, you can access copies of published, current editions of PMI standards via download, and you may print a current copy of the PMBOK® Guide.
We still cannot really tell whether or not the PMI adopted the changes proposed by a consortium of high-expeienced PMs, and endorsed by a signed petition of over 250 which bring sustainability to our profession (literally and figuratively). I’m a little concerned after looking at it – looks like they may have left most of those proposed changes out.
HI Dave and Rich,
Thanks for the comment, there are other changes in the 5th PMBOK, but in this arcticel I have focused on the major one’s.
The least clear section in the 5th draft is on “Control Stakeholder Engagement”. It is a new process, but little indicates what actually happens, what WP data is used, and how or why this data is different from the other Control processes.
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