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Have you encouraged your project team members to pursue the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) credential? Why or why not? What difference did certified project team members make to your results?
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Q. When will PMI release PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition and The Standard for Program Management—Second Edition?
A. 31 December 2008
Q. Will a standard update radically or suddenly change a credential examination?
A. No. PMI’s global standards are only one reference in the full project management body of knowledge, therefore a sudden change in the exam does not occur. Of course, the CAPM examination is an exception to this rule because it is based on the PMBOK® Guide.
Q. When does PMI intend to update the credential examinations?
A. When an update to a standard, such as the PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition, is released credential exams are also updated.
| Credential | Examination Updated |
| PMP® | 30 June 2009 |
| CAPM® | 31 July 2009 |
| PMI-SPSM | 31 August 2009 |
| PMI-RMPSM | 31 August 2009 |
| PgMP® | 31 August 2009 |
Q. When studying for a credential exam which edition of the standards should I use?
| Exam | Planned Date to sit for Exam | Study recommendation |
| PMP® | Prior to 30 June 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition |
| PMP® | After 30 June 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition |
| CAPM® | Prior to 31 July 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition |
| CAPM® | After 31 July 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition |
| PMI-SPSM | Prior to 31 August 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition |
| PMI-SPSM | After 31 August 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition |
| PMI-RMPSM | Prior to 31 August 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition |
| PMI-RMPSM | After 31 August 2009 | PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition |
| PgMP® | Prior to 31 August 2009 | The Standard for Program Management—First Edition; PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition |
| PgMP® | After 31 August 2009 | The Standard for Program Management—Second Edition; PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition |
Q. I have submitted an application to earn a credential. With new editions to the standards being release in December, will there be any impact to the current exam? Should I study the current edition or the new edition?
A. No, there will be no immediate impact to the current examination. Exam updates are scheduled as follows:
- PMP—30 June 2009;
- CAPM—31 July 2009;
- PgMP—31 August 2009;
- PMI-SP—31 August 2009;
- PMI-RMP—31 August 2009
Use this conversion tool as a reference to which edition you should study.
