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🧭 PMI NS Virtual Lunch & Learn: PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition – What’s New & Why It Matters

The PMBOK® Guide continues to evolve to reflect how projects are really delivered today—across predictive, agile, and hybrid environments. Join Edoardo Favari, member of PMI’s Standards Oversight Committee (SOC), for a practical overview of the 8th Edition and what it means for project professionals.

Edoardo will walk through the key concepts and changes, highlight how the latest standard supports value delivery and systems thinking, and share insights on how practitioners can apply the guidance in their day-to-day work.

This virtual session is ideal for PMPs, aspiring PMs, business analysts, and leaders who want to stay current with PMI standards and better connect their projects to organizational strategy.

 

🎯 Event Highlights

🧩 What’s new in PMBOK® 8 – Understand the key updates and how they build on previous editions.

🔄 From processes to principles – Explore how the standard supports flexible, context-driven delivery across predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches.

🏛 Systems & value thinking – See how PMBOK® 8 aligns project work with value delivery, governance, and organizational outcomes.

🧪 Practical application – Learn how to translate the guidance into real project decisions, team practices, and reporting.

 

💡 Why Attend?

• Stay up to date with PMI’s evolving standards and guidance.
• Gain practical insight directly from a member of PMI’s Standards Oversight Committee.
• Strengthen your ability to connect projects to strategy and value delivery.
• Earn 1.0 PDU while refreshing your understanding of the PMBOK® Guide.

 

📅 Event Details

🗓 Date: Monday, January 12, 2026

🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AST (Lunch Hour Session)

💻 Location: Virtual – Zoom (link provided upon registration)

💵 Cost: Free to members and non-members

🎟 Capacity: Open (registration required)

 

📝 Agenda

12:00 PM – Welcome & Speaker Introduction

12:05 PM – Overview of PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition (Presentation)

12:45 PM – Q&A Session

1:00 PM – Event Wrap-Up

 

📘 PDUs

1.0 PDU (Ways of Working)

 

📣 Speaker Bio

Edoardo Favari, PhD, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, is an Adjunct Professor of Project Management at the Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Management and at IE Business School Madrid. A Senior PMO Manager at Capgemini Engineering with extensive experience in complex infrastructure and organizational initiatives, he served on the core development team for the PMBOK® Guide – Eight Edition and currently contributes to the PMI Sustainability Outreach Committee. Edoardo bridges academic research and practice, focusing on megaprojects, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable value delivery—helping organizations turn large-scale ambition into measurable long-term impact.

 

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