Yesterday, I was invited by my friend who is Sr. project manager at HP and also PMP training instructor at Amfasoft Corporation to talk to his students and share information about PMI and upcoming changes to PMP certification examination. I was allocated 20 minutes for this information sharing session, however, it ended up being almost 90 minutes long session.
I responded to questions on wide variety of topics from students which included different PMI certifications, value/demand of such certifications and how to handle seemingly daunting task of filling out PMP certification application. Judging from the length of session and non-stop questions from audience, I felt that students gained plenty of information they were seeking regarding PMI and PMP certification.
One of the things that people who are planning to take PMP certification exam need to be aware of is the upcoming changes to exam starting later this year. PMI recently undertook RDS (Role Delineation Study) to ensure that credential reflects contemporary practice and evolves to meet current needs in the project management profession. As result of the RDS study, PMI is making changes to PMP certification exam starting August 31, 2011.
The changes will impact about 30% of PMP exam. You will notice changes in certain areas of exam. Specifically, questions on Professional and Social Responsibility section (6th domain) now will be part of every other domain rather than being as separate domain on exam. It seems that PMI now recognizes the importance of Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct as part of day-to-day work for project management professional, hence the reason for the change in PMP examination.
