PMBOK® Guide - 5th Edition Changes

PMI has refined PMBOK further, and introduces various minor and major changes. This chapter gives a description of most of the changes done.

Major Changes:

Here are major changes done in PMBOK-5:

The knowledge area has been increased by one where "Project Stakeholder Management" has been added newly.
PMI kept all the process groups unchanged which is still 5 but there are 5 more processes have been added.
There is a considerable change in Input, Output and Tools & techniques which now have been increased to 614.

Here is comparitive chart for the two standards:

A new knowledge area has been added in PMBOK 5th edition.

There have been minor changes in terminologies from 4th to 5th edition:

PMBOK 4th Edition	PMBOK 5th Edition
Direct and Manage Project Execution	Direct and Manage Project Work
Verify Scope	Validate Scope
Plan Quality	Plan Quality Management
Perform Quality Control	Control Quality
Develop Human Resource Plan	Plan Human Resource Management
Plan Communications	Plan Communication Management
Distribute Information	Manage Communications
Report Performance	Control Communications
Monitor and Control Risks	Control Risks
Plan Procurements	Plan Procurement Management
Administer Procurements	Control Procurements
Identify Stakeholders Moved to	Identify Stakeholders

Following new processes have been added newly in PMBOK-5.