Every five to seven years, the Project Management Institute (PMI
) performs a Role Delineation Study to determine authority (“the role”), responsibilities & duties of project managers today. The findings are then used to update the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam. In this way, PMI
ensures that the PMP Exam is a reflection of what project managers actually do in the field. If PMI
didn’t regularly go through this process adding new elements and removing old ones, then you would still be tested on outdated methods that were used in the 1980s when the first PMP exam was given. PMI
completed their latest study at the end of 2010. The findings will lead to an update in the PMP Exam on 31 August 2011.
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