Project ManagementPMBOK® Guide – What’s New in PMBOK® 8th Edition?

PMBOK® Guide – What’s New in PMBOK® 8th Edition?

1.00 Hr
SKU: JCOM-00128

The Project Management Body of Knowledge, more commonly known as the PMBOK® Guide, is curated and published by the Project Management Institute, or PMI. The PMBOK is widely regarded as the most credible, most referenced body of knowledge in project management. This course explores what is new in the PMBOK® Guide – 8th Edition, why those changes were made, and how they impact the way modern projects are planned, executed, and led. Using real-world stories, historical context, and applied examples, this course explains how PMI has refined principles, reintroduced structured guidance, emphasized tailoring, and updated certification expectations to better support today’s complex and fast-changing project environments. New and expanded application chapters in the PMBOK® Guide – 8th Edition address industry-specific practices by illustrating how predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches are tailored across different organizational and regulatory environments. This course is designed for project managers, contributors, and certification candidates who want to understand not only what changed in the PMBOK® 8th Edition, but why those changes matter and how they should influence everyday project decisions.

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Course Details

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain why the Project Management Institute continues to evolve the PMBOK® Guide and how changes in technology, globalization, and ways of working influenced the 8th Edition.
  • Describe how the PMBOK® Guide evolved from early prescriptive approaches to the balanced, principle-based structure of the 8th Edition.
  • Identify the key updates introduced in the PMBOK® 8th Edition, including changes to principles, processes, and performance domains.
  • Differentiate how PMBOK® 8 guidance can be applied in predictive, agile, and hybrid project environments.
  • Apply the concept of tailoring to select appropriate project practices based on context, constraints, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Recognize how the reintroduction of structured processes in the 8th Edition supports action without enforcing rigid prescription.
  • Explain how updates to the PMP® and CAPM® exams reflect the changes introduced in the PMBOK® 8th Edition.

Specs

Course Level
Fundamental
Languages
English
Compatibility
Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Author | Neal Rowland, PMP, PMI-ACP, ITIL Expert, ITIL Practitio

Neal Rowland has been a Project Management Professional (PMP) for over 13 years. During that time he has instructed, authored courses, advised training companies and corporations, and applied the best practices of project management in his work at Microsoft, Plex, and others. As the Lead Crowd Surfer of The Crowd Training [www.thecrowdtraining.com], Neal leads product development, instructional design, and graphic design. He is a contributor to the PMBOK. Beyond being certified as a PMP, Neal is also a certified agile project manager (PMI-ACP) and IT service management (ITIL Expert and ITIL Practitioner). Neal currently resides in the Detroit area with his wife and 5 kids.

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