PMP 2026

PMP 2026 · PMBOK 8 + ECO

Everything you need to pass the PMP exam in 10 weeks — built on PMBOK 8 and the PMI Exam Content Outline (ECO).

Start the 10-week plan → Read the standard first

Choose your path

📐 PM Standard

The why — Value Delivery System, 6 Principles, and project life cycles.

Explore → 🧭 5 Focus Areas

The fundamental project activities, Initiating through Closing.

Explore → 📘 7 Performance Domains

The what — the areas of project work the PMBOK Guide organizes.

Explore →

What the exam actually tests

33% 🤝 People

Leading and empowering the team — the human side of delivery.

Study People → 41% ⚙️ Process

Running the work — the largest, exam-driving slice of the ECO.

Study Process → 26% 🌐 Business Environment

Connecting the project to strategy, compliance, and value.

Study Business Env →

The Architecture

PM Standard (the why), PMBOK Guide (the what), and ECO (the how PMP exam is designed).

Layer	What it is	Source
PM Standard	Value Delivery System, 6 Principles, Life Cycles	PMBOK 8 Standard
5 Focus Areas	Fundamental Project activities	PMBOK 8 Standard
📘 7 PMBOK Performance Domains	Areas of project work	PMBOK 8 Guide
🎯 3 ECO Exam Domains	Exam content groupings (People / Process / Business Env)	PMI ECO

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PM Standard

• 1.1. Introduction (read this first)
• 1.2. Value Delivery System
• 1.3. Project Life Cycles
• 6 Principles
  • Adopt a Holistic View
  • Focus on Value
  • Embed Quality Into Processes and Deliverables
  • Be an Accountable Leader
  • Integrate Sustainability Within All Project Areas
  • Build an Empowered Culture

5 Focus Areas (fundamental project activities)

• 2.1. Initiating
• 2.2. Planning
• 2.3. Executing
• 2.4. Monitoring and Controlling
• 2.5. Closing

📘 7 PMBOK Performance Domains — what the work is

• 3.1. Governance
• 3.2. Stakeholders
• 3.5. Resources Domain
• 3.3. Scope Domain
• 3.4. Schedule Domain
• 3.6. Finance Domain
• 3.7. Risk Domain

🎯 3 ECO Exam Domains — what’s tested (drives the exam)

• 4.2. People — 33% of exam
• 4.3. Process — 41% of exam
• 4.1. Business Environment — 26% of exam

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	📘 PMBOK 8 Guide	🎯 ECO (Exam Content Outline)
What it is	The knowledge reference — how the work is done	The exam blueprint — what’s tested + weighting
Organized by	Areas of project work (the subjects)	The PM’s role / competencies
Question it answers	”What are the bodies of work in a project?"	"What is a competent PM graded on?”
The units	7 Performance Domains	3 Exam Domains: People 33% · Process 41% · Business Env 26%
Drives the exam?	❌ No (study support)	✅ Yes — the exam is written from the ECO

How 7 PMBOK performance domains map to 3 ECO domains?

📘 Performance Domain (PMBOK)	🎯 People	🎯 Process	🎯 Business Env
Governance	●	●	●
Stakeholders	●		●
Scope		●	●
Schedule		●
Resources	●	●
Finance		●
Risk	●	●	●

The one-line takeaway

Learn by PMBOK (subject order, areas of project work) → think by ECO (People / Process / Business Env. It’s how the exam is designed).

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Study tools

• Learning Plan: starting point & weekly updates.
• Wrong-Answer Extraction Prompt: turn your mock wrong-answer screenshots into structured, taggable insight.
• pmpilot.devops4pm.com: PMBOK 8 & ECO keynotes.
• Udemy 35 contact hours - or any course from David McLachlan, Joseph Phillips, or Andrew Ramdayal.