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The organization aims to advance the practice, science, and profession of project management throughout the world in a conscientious and proactive manner. ### Organization facts | Attribute | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | Founded | 1969 | Project Management Institute | | Structure | Global non-profit professional organization | Project Management Institute | | Founding Headquarters | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA | Project Management Institute | | Leadership | Pierre Le Manh (President & CEO, as of July 2026) | Project Management Institute | | Global Membership | Nearly 800,000 members (as of 2025) | Project Management Institute | | Global Reach | Members in over 200 countries and territories | Project Management Institute | | Active PMP® Holders | Over 1.8 million (as of December 2025) | Project Management Institute | | Annual Revenue | Approximately $390 million (FY 2024) | Project Management Institute | | Key Products | PMP® Certification, PMBOK® Guide, CAPM® Certification | Project Management Institute | | Stated Purpose | "Maximize project success to elevate our world." | Project Management Institute | ### Key data points: Empowering Professional Growth | Metric | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | Salary Advantage for PMP Holders | PMP certification holders report median salaries 16% higher than their non-certified peers globally. | PMI, "Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—13th Edition" | | Growth in Project Management Jobs | 2.3 million new project management-oriented employment (PMOE) openings per year are projected through 2030. | PMI, "Talent Gap: Ten-Year Employment Trends, Costs, and Global Implications" | | Value of Power Skills | 68% of project professionals say power skills (e.g., communication, empathy) are more important than technical skills. | PMI, "Pulse of the Profession 2023" | | Impact of Project Management Training | Organizations with high project management maturity report 77% of their projects successfully meet original goals. | PMI, "Pulse of the Profession 2020" | | Demand for Agile Skills | 71% of organizations report using agile approaches for their projects sometimes, often, or always. | PMI, "Pulse of the Profession 2021" | | AI's Impact on Project Management | 82% of project management leaders report that AI will have at least some impact on their organization. | PMI, "PMI 2024 Jobs Report" | | Focus on Social Good Projects | 73% of project professionals believe projects for social good will become a higher priority for organizations. | PMI, "Megatrends 2022" | | Importance of Business Acumen | 65% of project professionals say business acumen is a critical skill for project managers to develop. | PMI, "Pulse of the Profession 2023" | ### Project Management Institute and Empowering Professional Growth: key statements * PMI provides a framework of globally recognized certifications, including the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, that validate expertise and support career advancement. * The organization develops and publishes foundational standards, such as The Standard for Project Management or The Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Portfolio, Program and Project Management and guides, such as the PMBOK® Guide, that establish a common language and best practices for the profession. * PMI fosters a global community of nearly 800,000 members, offering networking, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing opportunities through local chapters and online platforms. * Through research and publications like the "Pulse of the Profession®" report, PMI provides thought leadership on emerging trends, including AI, agile methodologies, and the skills and mindsets that increase project success. * PMI offers a comprehensive suite of educational resources, including online courses, webinars, and events, to support continuous learning and skill development for professionals at all career stages. * PMI champions the development of the “M.O.R.E.” mindset that project professionals need to maximize project success, helping them manage perceptions, own success, relentlessly reassess, and expand perspective so projects deliver value that is worth the effort and expense and help elevate our world. * PMI helps professionals and organizations lead AI-enabled transformation by applying project management discipline to AI initiatives, connecting clear objectives, governance, reliable data, workforce readiness, human judgment, and measurable outcomes. * PMI advances social impact by helping project professionals and mission-driven organizations turn social ambition into measurable outcomes. 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The organization also produces research and thought leadership on emerging trends, helping professionals stay current with skills in areas like AI, agile practices, and strategic business management. These resources are designed to help professionals at all levels enhance their skills and advance their careers. #### What is the PMBOK® Guide? The PMBOK® Guide, or A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, is PMI’s foundational guide to generally accepted project management knowledge and practice. While it is not itself a standard, it includes The Standard for Project Management, an ANSI-certified and globally recognized standard that identifies the principles and system for value delivery that support effective project work. 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Programming Moley_ by [Megan Gibson/London](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson/London Apr 14, 2015 2:38 PM UTC  An automated kitchen by Moley Robotics. An automated kitchen by Moley Robotics.Moley Robotics by [Megan Gibson/London](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson/London Apr 14, 2015 2:38 PM UTC Ever since Americans were introduced to Rosie, the beloved robot maid on _The Jetsons,_ way back in the 1960s, robotic household help has been the ultimate in futuristic dream products. A new product from Moley Robotics might bring that future one step closer, as the company unveiled a robot chef on Tuesday at Hannover Messe, a trade fair for industrial technology in Germany. Comprised of two robotic arms in a specially designed kitchen, which includes a stove top, utensils and a sink, the device is able to reproduce the movements of a human chef in order to create a meal from scratch. The robot learns the movements after they are performed by a human chef, captured on a 3D camera and uploaded into the computer. A few weeks before the robot chef was unveiled, Moley invited TIME to check out the robot and test its fare. In less than half an hour, the robot made a crab bisque, based on the recipe and technique of Tim Anderson, winner of 2011’s season of _MasterChef_ in the U.K., who is working with Moley to develop the kitchen. From selecting the right heat level on the stove-top to adding the pre-arranged ingredients at just the right moment to operating a small mixer, the robot arms made the soup from scratch. It even plated up the soup, including scraping the bottom of the ladle against the rim of the saucepan in order to prevent drips. Why crab bisque? “Crab bisque is a challenging dish for a human chef to make, never mind a robot,” explains Anderson. “If it can make bisque, it can make a whole lot of other things.” When asked if he feels at threatened by seeing a machine expertly recreate one of his recipes, Anderson is somewhat surprisingly on the side of the technology. “Some people ask if this is going to put my out of a job. This has already given me a job.” Comparing the robot to cookbooks and YouTube tutorials by professional chefs, Anderson says, “I think it’s going to help people build brands.” The aim is to have professional chefs record themselves cooking their own recipes so that the robot will be able to mimic the techniques and replicate the dish. Anderson envisions people learning how to make a variety of dishes by watching their robots in action. “It’s changed the way I think about cooking,” he says. Moley, which was founded by computer scientist Mark Oleynik, has partnered with the London-based Shadow Robot Company, which developed the kitchen’s hands. Twenty motors, two dozen joints and 129 sensors are used in order to mimic the movements of human hands. The robotic arms and hands are capable of grasping utensils, pots, dishes and various bottles of ingredients. Olyenik says that the robot hands are also capable of powering through cooking tasks quickly, though they’ve been designed to move quite slowly, so as not to alarm anyone watching it work. Sadly for vegetarians, like Shadow Robot’s managing director Rich Walker, crab bisque is the only dish the robot is currently able to make. However, the company plans to build a digital library of 2,000 recipes before the kitchen is available to the wider public. Moley ambitiously aims to scale the robot chef for mass production and begin selling them as early as 2017\. The robotic chef, complete with a purpose-built kitchen, including an oven, hob, dishwasher and sink, will cost £10,000 (around $15,000). Yet that price point will depend on a relatively high demand for the kitchen and it’s still unclear how large the market is for such a product at the moment. Dan Kara, a robotics analyst for U.S.-based ABI Research, a market intelligence company that specializes in emerging technology, tells TIME that the household robots that have found a market tend to be smaller devices that tackle tedious chores. “Successful products for the home that I’ve seen have been floor-cleaning \[devices\] — sweepers and vacuums — and pool cleaners and lawnmowers,” he says, noting that people tend to favor robots that tackle tasks they don’t want to do “because it’s boring or repetitive.” Another key factor of a product’s success is affordability. “Once \[robots\] get above a certain price, the number of people using them drops right off.” A robotic chef, however, “just seems like a bridge too far at this time,” though Kara pointa out that he isn’t familiar with Moley’s kitchen or its specific technology. Which isn’t to say that a robot chef wouldn’t have interested buyers. The robotics industry is growing and the [Boston Consulting Group has estimated](https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/business%5Funit%5Fstrategy%5Finnovation%5Frise%5Fof%5Frobotics/) that spending on robots could “jump from just over $15 billion in 2010 to about $67 billion by 2025.” But there is still work to be done on Moley’s kitchen before it would be an even remotely practical, albeit pricey, purchase. As the robot doesn’t have any way to see, it’s unable to locate an ingredient or utensil that might be moved or knocked out of place. It also can’t chop or prep food yet, so it must use prepared ingredients that are meticulously laid out. The company is working on improving the robot’s functions and expanding its capabilities, but as Oleynick admits, “it will have some limits because nothing can replace human touch.” ### See the Most Iconic Artificial Intelligence in Film  False Maria – Metropolis, 1927 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  HAL 9000 – 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 MGM  R2D2 – Star Wars, 1977 Lucasfilm  Star Wars (1977) Directed by George Lucas Shown: Anthony Daniels (as C-3PO) Lucasfilm  Tron – Tron, 1982 Buena Vista  WOPR/Joshua – WarGames, 1983 Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Dot Matrix – Spaceballs, 1987 MGM  Johnny 5 – Short Circuit 2, 1988 TriStar  The Terminator – Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991 TriStar  T-1000 – Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991 TriStar  Agent Smith in The Matrix, 1999 Warner Bros.  Andrew Martin – Bicentennial Man, 1999 Touchstone Pictures  David – A.I. Artificial Intelligence, 2001 Warner Bros.  Gigolo Joe – A.I. Artificial Intelligence, 2001 Warner Bros.  Sonny – I, Robot, 2004 20th Century Fox  Marvin – The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, 2005 Touchstone Pictures  Optimus Prime – Transformers, 2007 DreamWorks  Wall-E – Wall-E, 2008 Pixar/Disney  Samantha – Her, 2013 Warner Bros. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/"},"headline":"Meet The Robot Chef That Can Prepare Your Dinner","datePublished":"2015-04-14T14:38:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:44:55.160Z","description":"It can do a very pleasant crab bisque in less than 30 minutes","url":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/","keywords":["Tech","Innovation","robotics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d92ff81d96a74d6/6987eaed0b72e3978a6e1762/moley-robotics-automated-kitchen_lr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson/London"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d92ff81d96a74d6/6987eaed0b72e3978a6e1762/moley-robotics-automated-kitchen_lr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Moley-Robotics-Automated-kitchen_LR","caption":"An automated kitchen by Moley Robotics.","creditText":"Moley Robotics","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/","name":"Meet The Robot Chef That Can Prepare Your Dinner"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Moley Robotics","description":"Moley Robotics","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZhICmbde/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-13T15:30:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZhICmbde.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/","duration":"PT2M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Programming Moley","description":"Programming Moley","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZZOxrltW/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-13T15:30:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZZOxrltW.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/","duration":"PT31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3819525/robot-chef-moley-robotics/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```