The PMP® exam that launched on July 9, 2026 tests AI as a management competency, not a technical one. PMI’s new Examination Content Outline expects candidates to evaluate and apply AI tools for scheduling, risk analysis, and resource planning — and to exercise judgment when those tools are wrong. Below: what’s actually tested, plus three […]
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How the Best Project Managers Learn From Others’ Moves (Not Their Own Scars)
There’s a compliment that gets paid to project managers that I’ve never fully trusted: “She’s been through it. She’s got the scars.” It’s meant well. Scars mean experience, and experience means judgment. Fair enough. But think about what a scar actually is. It’s the mark left where something went wrong and you were the one […]
First-Mouse Mistakes: 5 PMP Prep Errors That Spring the Trap
Nobody fails the PMP exam because they didn’t care enough. That’s worth saying plainly, because if you’re studying right now and your practice scores aren’t moving, the story in your head is probably some version of I’m not smart enough or I’m not disciplined enough. Almost always, that story is wrong. People fail the PMP […]