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A fully interactive study aid aligned to the 8th Edition exam: the 38 processes and their mapped ITTOs, the principles and performance domains, an artifact register, 52 brutally hard practice questions I wrote myself, and notes on how the earlier editions map across. Written by a candidate, for candidates.

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What's Inside
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Built for the 2026 8th Edition
The 38 processes and their mapped ITTOs, with notes on how earlier editions map across
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Worked Scenarios & Strategy
See the reasoning modeled step by step, then learn how to read the question
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The Gauntlet, With Saved Progress
52 hard questions, filtered by domain, your answers saved between sessions
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Processes, Three Ways
Group by domain, lifecycle phase, or dependency flow with one tap
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Universal Search
Search across every process and every study section, in both editions
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Dark & Light Mode
Study your way, works on any device
What's Inside

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

As of July 9, 2026 the PMP exam tests PMBOK 8th Edition, and this guide now leads with it. Most of what changed is structure, not substance: 49 processes consolidated to 38 under 7 performance domains, and 12 principles refined down to 6, while the math, agile concepts, and most process fundamentals carried straight over. Beyond the reference, the guide teaches how to actually pass: worked scenarios, the reading and elimination techniques that decide close questions, and hard practice with your progress saved. The full 6th/7th guide stays one toggle away.

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All Processes, Full ITTOs
Every 8th Edition process with ITTOs mapped from its 6th Edition equivalent, groupable by domain, lifecycle phase, or dependency flow, plus the complete legacy 49-process reference.
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PMP Exam Mindset
Traditional and agile mindset rules for how the exam expects you to think in scenario questions.
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Calculations & EVM
Full EVM reference, PERT, standard deviation, communication channels, ROM ranges, float, and more.
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Agile & Hybrid Reference
Scrum, Kanban, hybrid approach, and agile mindset rules: roughly half the PMP exam, and the half that trips people up.
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Org Structures & Leadership
Org types, PMO types, power types, conflict resolution, leadership styles, Tuckman's stages, motivation theories.
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Contract Types & Life Cycles
All 7 contract types, risk spectrum, PTA formula, and all 5 project life cycle types with a comparison table.
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The Gauntlet NEW
52 hard scenario questions where every answer looks right, with a full explanation of why each wrong option loses. Written for the 8th Edition exam style.
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PMBOK 8th Edition
The exam edition, and now the default tab: 6 principles, 7 performance domains, 38 processes, the mindset dimensions, and everything new since the 6th/7th.
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Patterns & Key Documents
The Big 8 documents, question-type shortcuts, and the Risk vs. Issue vs. Change Request decision table.
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Charts & Graphs Reference
Gantt charts, network diagrams, control charts, Pareto, fishbone, burndown, and more: what each one is for and when to use it.
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Artifact Register, Built In
Project documents filed by life-cycle phase, with tap-to-reveal contents for self-quizzing, right inside the guide.
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2026 ECO Domain Shift NEW
The Business Environment domain tripled to 26%. A full breakdown of all 8 tasks, the moved topics, and where to spend your study hours.
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Carried-Over Topics
Agile, contracts, org structures, and life cycles are still tested. Reachable from the 8th Edition tab, kept in one place so nothing drifts out of sync.
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Worked Scenarios NEW
Hard questions worked out loud, step by step, so you can see the reasoning that separates the best answer from the three that look right.
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How to Read the Question
The tense gate, act-vs-understand, the EVM sign trap, and elimination discipline. The techniques that decide questions when two answers both look right.
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Progress That Saves
Your practice answers and score persist between sessions. Close the tab, come back tomorrow, pick up where you left off.
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Case Study Practice
The 2026 exam opens with a case study: one scenario, several linked questions. Practice that exact format, including the context-switching that catches people out.
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Review Your Misses
One tap filters the question bank down to only the ones you got wrong. Drill your weak spots instead of re-reading what you already know.
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Plain-English Glossary
Every term you'll hit on the exam, defined in normal language instead of PMI-speak, with the acronyms spelled out.
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Unified Search
Search every process and every study section in whichever edition you're studying. Results highlighted. Enter to cycle.
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Disclaimer
An important note.

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and all related processes, terminology, and frameworks are the intellectual property of the Project Management Institute (PMI). This study guide is an independent, unofficial reference tool created for personal exam preparation only. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by PMI PMI, PMP, and PMBOK are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc. This resource is independently produced original educational material; no PMI-published text is reproduced here, and nothing on this page implies affiliation with, sponsorship by, or endorsement by PMI.. For official study materials visit pmi.org. Covers the PMBOK 8th Edition (tested from July 9, 2026) with the 6th/7th Edition retained as reference.

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