RDS (Role Delineation Study) Affect on PMBoK

Last year's August 31 changes to the PMP exam did not make any substantive change to the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam knowledge areas. Nor did the difficulty level of the test increase or decrease.

I am certain that, as a PMP who passed the exam on my first sitting and having read the 14 pages of the RDS, that, most if not all of the change to the exam is simply a matter of interweaving professional responsibility questions with content from the nine knowledge areas. According to PMI, upwards of 30% of the question content may change, but this may have to do more with ordering than verbiage.

The Role Delineation Study specifies that project selection is no longer in scope for PMPs yet I understand there are still project evaluation and selection questions on the exam, i.e., on NPV, IRR, Payback Period, Opportunity Costs, AOA, and classic theories of motivation from the likes of Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland et al.

Rest assured that my PMP Exam Sim is up to date on the latest material, and I recommend, as I always have, that with my exam sim and PMBoK study you too can pass. Be confident that the RDS supports the PMBOK Guide.