I’m pleased to announce the public availability of the book for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) exam preparation, updated with PMBOK7 content.
The book continues to remain in the second edition, but with this extensive update with respect to PMBOK7 and Process Group Practice Guide. PMBOK7 is added as another management way, i.e., a principle-based approach to manage projects. It’s a separate and dedicate chapter of the book.
With this update, the I Want To Be A PMP book, is now fully aligned with:
- PMBOK Guide, 7th and 6th editions
- Process Groups (PG) – A Practice Guide from PMI
- Very similar to PMBOK Guide, 6th edition
- Agile Practice Guide from PMI
- A list of reference books (latest, see here)
Now, few important questions first, which I usually receive while interacting with aspiring PMPs.
Question – 1: Is the PMBOK Guide, 8th edition available?
Answer: Yes. It’s available this month – November, 2025.
Question – 2: When will PMBOK Guide, 8th edition will be effective? Should I wait for that?
Answer: It’ll be effective later next year (2026). It’s almost one year away. You’ve sufficient time to prepare for the PMP exam with the existing content. You need not wait 1 year to be prepare for the PMP exam.
Question – 3: Why should one go with this book?
Answer: It has the addition of principle-based approach to project management. In the book, I’ve written it as the “PMBOK7 Management”. PMBOK8 is also quite similar and there are a lot of commonalities when you combine PMBOK6 and PMBOK7. It'll help you going forward.
Question – 4: Are PMBOK7 content and practices coming in the PMP exam in 2024 or 2025?
Answer: I’ve frequently informed PMBOK7 content in the exam are minimal – little to none in the actual PMP exam! In fact, a recent PMP Success Story confirmed so. Earlier, another PMP Success Story wrote on it.
Question – 5: Are the courses of PMP 35 Contact Hours and PMP Live Lessons getting updated?
Answer: Yes, both the above courses are being updated now. They will be available when the process is complete. They are expected by December, 2025.
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Now, the PMBOK Guide, 7th edition (PMBOK7) has 12 principles, 8 performance domains along with a number of models, methods and artifacts (MMAs). This book incorporates them with special emphasis on the areas, where you might face questions.
Since the release of I Want To Be A PMP book in 2021 with Agile content (see here), the book has seen multiple success stories. You can read the success stories here.
Writing a book is not easy. For enabling me to write this book, I want to thank Shreya A S, Ashita Singh, Shalini Pathak, Amodh Sinha, Shivakumar Viswanathan, Varun Amirthakumar, Kumari Varsha Goel, Rohit Kumar Pandey, Bibhuti Bhusan Bagha, Ram Babu, Bhavani Sankar, V Satya Viswanadha Raju, Poornima Nagaraja, Tanushree Bhoi, Prasad Ramamurthy Kadambi, Rahul Nagle, Vinny Dsilva, Kavita Nambiar, Sarayu Gajendra, Shams Ul Haq, Vishwa Deepak Tiwari, Sandip Kumar Nath, Annarao Patil, Sandeep Jacob, Ansuman Mishra, Shubhra Rishi, Adinarayana Murthy Bhuvanagiri, Masood Ahmed, and Lakshmi Narayan Dash.
They not only became PMPs, but also wrote their success stories. Very few people do that. Usually, less than 5% write. But that’s important as they believe, one day, you can be a PMP, too.
The book has also seen continuous internal updates from 2021.
Key Features - "I Want To Be A PMP", 2nd Edition with PMBOK7
- Fully aligned with PMBOK7, PMBOK6, Process Groups – A Practice Guide and Agile Practice Guide.
- A number of Yogic Tips to crack the PMP exam – specifically related to the PMBOK, 7th edition. This includes inputs from the many successful PMP, who have shared their success stories.
- A number of Revision Tips and Practice Questions to prepare for the PMP Exam. It links back to the various Knowledge Areas (from PMBOK6 and Process Group Guide) and Agile Project Management area (from Agile Practice Guide).
- Chapter-end Practice Questions and Answers, with specific reference to the PMBOK, 7th edition.
- Interaction-diagrams to make you understand with respect to the PMBOK7 content.
- Highly simplified language. The book focuses on what you need to know for the PMP exam and written in an easily understandable way.
Overall Content of the Book
- Number of Chapters: 16 (+2)
- Number of Pages: ~1,000 (approx.)
- Excluding pages for questions, number of pages: ~600 (approx.)
- Number of Tips and Revisions: Numerous
- Number of Questions: Numerous
- Updated with latest PMBOK Guide, 7th edition and Process Group Practice Guide
- Price and Access: Please refer to this page (check for I Want To Be A PMP book):
Complete Course Index
To know the breakdown content of the book, please check the below index (partial one). The detailed index is part of the book.
Note: As you can see in the above index, the PMBOK7 content has been highlighted as *** NEW *** with its content towards the end. When you go through the book, you’ll get a deeper understanding of it.
For price, payment and access, you can refer to the below link:
https://www.managementyogi.com/p/books.html
If you are want to buy or have any queries on this book, please send a mail to managementyogi@gmail.com.
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