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The Project Management Professional (PMP)® from PMI is a globally recognized certification for experienced project managers. For those newer to the field, PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a common starting point. Other notable certifications include those focused on agile methodologies, such as the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, and program management certifications like the Program Management Professional (PgMP)®. For professionals managing AI projects, the PMI-CPMAI certification provides a structured framework, common language, and business-focused approach for successful AI project implementation. #### How does PMI support career growth for professionals? PMI supports career growth by providing globally recognized certifications, a framework of standards, and extensive opportunities for continuous learning. Members gain access to a global community for networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. 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. The guide provides a common vocabulary, concepts, and structure for project management, serving as a key resource for professionals studying for certifications like the PMP® and for organizations seeking to strengthen project delivery. #### How is AI changing project management? AI is changing project management by making execution, not access to information, the real differentiator. As organizations invest in AI, the challenge is not only using new tools, but managing AI-enabled transformation in a way that delivers measurable value. Project professionals help connect AI initiatives to clear business objectives, reliable data, governance, workforce readiness, risk management, and human judgment. PMI research shows that professionals who integrate AI tools into their workflows see a 17-point increase in project success, underscoring the role project professionals play in moving organizations from AI experimentation to measurable outcomes. #### What are the most important skills for a project manager? Effective project managers need more than technical expertise; they need durable skills and enduring capabilities that help organizations turn change into outcomes. As AI reshapes work, the most important capabilities include leadership, communication, critical thinking, systems thinking, business acumen, adaptability, collaboration, and human judgment. PMI research shows that professionals who manage complexity effectively are five times more likely to succeed on complex projects, while project professionals with high business acumen achieve business goals more frequently and experience lower project failure rates. #### How can I get involved with the PMI community? Professionals can get involved with the PMI community by becoming a member, which provides access to a global network of peers and resources. Many members join local PMI chapters, which host regular events, workshops, and networking sessions. Online, PMI's projectmanagement.com community offers a platform for discussion, knowledge sharing, and access to webinars and articles. Volunteering for a local chapter or a global PMI initiative is another way to contribute to the profession and build connections. #### What is the difference between PMP and CAPM? The PMP (Project Management Professional)® and CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)® are both certifications offered by PMI, but they target professionals at different career stages. The CAPM is an entry-level certification designed for individuals with little or no project experience, validating their understanding of fundamental project management knowledge and terminology. The PMP is for experienced project managers and requires a combination of formal education and years of documented project leadership experience, making it a more advanced and globally recognized certification. #### How does PMI support social impact? PMI supports social impact by helping individuals, nonprofits, NGOs, and communities use project management to turn purpose into measurable outcomes. Through the PMI Educational Foundation, PMI expands access to project management education for youth worldwide, including underserved and underrepresented populations. Through Project Managers Without Borders, PMI connects chapters and volunteers with nonprofits and NGOs that need project management expertise to strengthen the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of social initiatives. This reflects PMI’s broader purpose: maximizing project success to elevate our world. ### Sources * Project Management Institute | [pmi.org](/c/pmi-2026-q3/home?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—Fourteenth Edition" | [pmi.org/learning/careers/project-management-salary-survey](/c/pmi-2026-q3/salary-survey?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Global Project Management Talent Gap" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/global-project-management-talent-gap](/c/pmi-2026-q3/talent-gap?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse Report 2025: Boosting Business Acumen” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/boosting-business-acumen](/c/pmi-2026-q3/business-acumen?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse of the Profession® 2026: Driving Success in Complex Projects” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/driving-success-in-complex-projects](/c/pmi-2026-q3/complex-projects?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Step Up: Redefining the Path to Project Success with M.O.R.E.” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/path-to-project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/more-mindset?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI Education Foundation, PMIEF 2024 Annual Report, [pmi.org PMIEF 2024 Annual Report (PDF)](/c/pmi-2026-q3/pmief-report?i=b08b615e-0c33-40e4-866d-5f5fc5a5855e&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Feb 24, 1947 5:00 AM UTC by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Feb 24, 1947 5:00 AM UTC In Missouri towns as far east as Boonville, and in Kansas towns all the way out to the Colorado line, people once more found newspapers in their mailboxes, and felt in touch with the world again. A few even wrote the editor, to tell him that after those 17 empty days without the paper, “life is getting back into the old groove.” The Kansas City Star, recovering from the first shutdown in its 66 years, knew just how they felt: it always does. In its Midwestern heartland the Star is much more than an institution: it is part of the bloodstream, a landmark as indigenous as the Kaw River, waving wheat, stubbled prairie, Prohibition and Republicanism. Last week the Star was in mourning. The day after its presses had rolled (after a carriers’ strike), its white-haired president, Earl McCollum, had died. The man who took command last week, after briskly settling the strike, was ably affable Roy Allison Roberts, 59, the fat and florid extrovert who, as managing editor for 19 years, has been the driving force behind the strongest newspaper monopoly in the U.S. Business as Usual. He would obviously do nothing drastic. The Star’s quiet grey makeup, so strange to outsiders, so reassuring to its readers, would be kept, like a cluttered desk whose owner says: “I know it looks like a mess but I know just where everything is.” Readers would still find the big stories of the day in columns 1, 3, 6 and 8 of Page One, under unassuming heads (only twice before 1929\* and about 20 times since has any 8-column headline appeared in the Star), and the day’s best feature story halfway down column 4 or 7\. And, of course, the morning Times and evening Star (combined circ. 725,000) would continue to blanket Kansas and western Missouri, as the biggest paper in both states. “The boss of the Star,” a businessman-politician reflected last week, “is the most important man in Kansas at any given moment—more important than Alf Landon, Arthur Capper, Clyde Reed, all the congressmen and the Governor all wrapped up together. The State of Kansas is exactly what the Star wants it to be; it won’t change until the Star decides it’s time.” The Star lived in the same city as Tom Pendergast and his machine, and respectfully recorded his comings & goings in the society columns. Then in 1936 the Star started his downfall with an exposure of vote padding. Like the men who run it, the Kansas City Star lives the quietly comfortable life of a well-liked, well-to-do Midwesterner. Its conservatism is structural, for its owners are 172 key employees. In salary and dividends, they draw up to $50,000 a year. Even one of its police reporters, William Moorhead, is a country-clubbing capitalist. During the depression, the Star laid off no one, cut no salaries. The American Newspaper Guild has never made much headway on its staff. Staunchly Republican, the Star makes a point of getting along with the right kind of Democrats, like Roy Roberts’ sometime poker and drinking companion, Harry Truman. Ingrown Heirs. As a self-sustaining satrapy, the Star grows its own bosses. Roy Roberts began as a carrier boy in Lawrence, was a campus correspondent at the University of Kansas (he was there with Alf Landon). He covered first state, then nation politics, got his news by getting friendly with the men who made it. “I never cared much for press conferences,” says Roberts. “I always liked to get my stuff out the back door.” His political acquaintance spread faster than back-door gossip. He has covered every national convention since the Bull Moosers met in 1912, and was masterminding Landon’s 1936 campaign before Hearst even knew the Governor’s name. Roy is still the star reporter of the Star. See Roy. Since 1928, when he came home from Washington to be managing editor, Roy Roberts has been the man to see in Kansas City—to get elected, to build a hospital, to get things into the paper or to keep them out. In the wide-open city room that Founder William Rockhill Nelson planned that way, Roy Roberts is easy to see and hard to miss. No secretaries shield him, but callers have to compete with clubwomen, clergymen, panhandlers, bankers, ward-heelers—and reporters who sit in the edges of nearby desks, eyes cocked for an opening. The man to see sits in shirtsleeves, chomping a frayed cigar, nodding vigorously, his stomach like a bolster between him and the desk. Roberts is a 300-lb. mass of steaming energy. He starts his day at 6:30a.m. in bed over coffee, orange juice and his morning Times. At 9 he roams the newsroom, mussing a sportswriter’s hair, thwacking the telegraph editor on the back. He shakes hands with the copy girls, greets the office pink as Comrade, the city-desk horseplayer as Seabiscuit, the Navy veterans as Admiral. The rest of the day, he holds court. It’s on Me. He loves to buy drinks for the boys, and they love to let him. He also treats himself—to whopping feasts (thick steaks of corn-fed beef, hot biscuits, baked and buttery potatoes, lots of black pepper and paprika). Six years ago he tried to reduce, got irritable ruptured an eardrum and his appendix, went back to gourmandizing, and has felt fine ever since. Saturday nights, after drinks, a steam bath, a rubdown and dinner at the Kansas City Club, he goes back to work: “so the rest of the staff can’t say that the big fat bastard is loafing.” When his day is done, Roy Roberts lies abed reading far into the night. He gets through a book or two a week, half a dozen magazines (including the New Republic and the Nation, “to see what the nuts are up to”). Now that he has the title as well as the function of head man, he will still give his audience in public, out in the open in the newsroom. “If I couldn’t see people and hear what was going on,” he says, “I’d be unable to work. 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