Cynefin Framework for PMP: Matching Project Approach to Context

The Cynefin Framework appears on the PMP exam because it tells you which methodology to use — not how to execute the one you've already picked. Developed by Dave Snowden at IBM, published in Harvard Business Review, and now baked into PMBOK Guide 7th Edition.We walk through the five domains in plain language: Clear (waterfall), Complicated (predictive with expert analysis), Complex (agile), Chaotic (crisis response), and Confused (the meta-domain you're in when you don't yet know which applies). We work a PMP-style scenario about a post-acquisition integration that decomposes into three workstreams in three different domains — and show why treating it as a single Complicated program is the failure mode most PMs hit.If you're studying for the PMP or running real projects that don't fit one methodology cleanly, this is the framework that gives you the language.Full written guide: https://frameworklist.com/academy/cynefin-framework-for-pmpFramework iOS app (Cynefin worksheet): https://apps.apple.com/app/id6765632580