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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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&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=9f25714b-846f-449c-aa74-1cb7dd50fedb&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Sep 8, 1947 4:00 AM UTC by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Sep 8, 1947 4:00 AM UTC The Personal Approach “I’m a terrific fight fan,” the Metropolitan Opera’s 22-year-old Soprano Patrice Munsel told an interviewer. “I love it. I go practically every Friday night. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it’s so basic.” Charles Gates Dawes, Vice President under Coolidge and author of the original Dawes Plan for putting Germany back on her feet (after World War I), reached 82 in Chicago, plumped for: 1) universal military training; 2) universal cooperation in putting Germany back on her feet. Herbert Hoover, lately turned 73, encountered the press as he passed through Chicago, cleared up something that had been on at least one reporter’s mind. “No man at my age,” said the only living ex-President, “should take the nomination.” Eleanor Roosevelt finally made public reply, in the Ladies’ Home Journal, to Jim Farley’s public charge, in Collier’s, that the Parleys had got a moderately cool shoulder in White House social life. Wrote the ex-First Lady: “Unwittingly in some way I … seem to have hurt both Mr. and Mrs. Farley. For that I am genuinely sorry . . . but I feel I never treated them any differently. . . .” Being a member of the Cabinet, observed Mrs. Roosevelt, implied that one was considered “a man of parts.” She pursued sweetly: “Mr. Farley failed to understand this. His tremendous emphasis on purely society questions … when the really important things were . . . social questions of the day shows that . . . Mr. Farley thought . . . little of those objectives. . . .” Viscount Jowitt, Britain’s Lord Chancellor—who looks every inch the part, in or out of his white wig—arrived in the U.S. for a month’s visit, explained himself to Manhattan reporters. The Lord Chancellor, Jowitt said, is a “sort of combination of a chief justice and a minister of justice.” One of the titles of the 1,300-odd-year-old office is Keeper of the King’s Conscience. “The King’s conscience,” confided the Lord Chancellor, “is much easier to keep than me own.” He answered a personal question that had been on many a plain citizen’s mind. How was it in that long judicial wig, in the summer? The Lord Chancellor’s reply for history: “Very uncomfortable.” And ditto for the sack of wool which tradition makes him sit on. Arts & Decorations In Manhattan, a pair of new, tailor-made doors were packed off to the slim & sporty Maharaja of Indore at his air-conditioned palace. The doors (covered with jewel-like paintings in the Persian manner) were made of aluminum, stood eleven feet high, were large enough for the Maharaja to ride a horse through comfortably, if he’s ever in the mood. In Bethesda, Md., delivered to convalescing Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King at the Naval Hospital was the special gold medal authorized last year by Congress “on behalf of a grateful nation.” The back of the medal bore a muscular charioteer with three plunging horses, the front side a rock-solid, very nautical admiral (see cut). In Utrecht, The Netherlands, goldsmiths completed 18 months’ work on a bejeweled, gold-sheathed sword, engraved: “Queen Wilhelmina to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in grateful memory of the glorious liberation.” In Manhattan, Herschel Vespasian Johnson, deputy U.S. delegate to the U.N., got a brown-paper parcel by express from a stranger, turned it over to the bomb squad, just in case. Xrayed, oiled, and opened, it yielded: one jar of scalp cream, one jar of shampoo, one jar of scalp massage mixture. The Stream of History William Shakespeare faced yet another test. The Westward-looking Japanese would soon be dropping into Tokyo’s Imperial Theater to catch Romeo and Juliet. Robert Burns looked like the coming song-&-dance favorite. Headed for Broadway this season were two shows based on his life—both of them musicomedies. Hollywood continued to wrestle with larger subjects. Latest to be picked for immortalization by way of the biographical film: the Marx Brothers (all four at once). Eddie Cantor, 55, whose own immortalization on celluloid will be on view soon, announced for the first time in years that he would retire. “Peaches” Browning, 36, another historical figure, was in a rut. Manhattan’s famed child bride of the ’20s (at 16 she married aging Millionaire Edward “Daddy” Browning) sued her fourth husband for divorce, in Burlingame, Calif. She charged him with cruelty. Husband Ralph N. Willson charged her with cruelty, too, sued her in Reno. Pending: a divorce suit by No. 3, San Francisco Merchant Joseph S. Civelli, who declares that her divorce from him was no good. Doris (“Richest Girl in the World”) Duke seemed to be getting in a rut herself. In Paris this week the high-styled ex-wife of James H. R. Cromwell, ex-U.S. Minister to Canada, was to marry another diplomat of a sort: high-styled Porfirio Rubirosa, honorary chargé d’affaires at the Dominican Consulate. Rubirosa (whose first wife was the daughter of Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo) has been free to marry only since last May, when his second wife, baby-faced French Cinemactress Danielle Darrieux, divorced him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6606524/people-people-sep-8-1947/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6606524/people-people-sep-8-1947/"},"headline":"People: People, Sep. 8, 1947","datePublished":"1947-09-08T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T04:20:13.829Z","description":"The Personal Approach \"I'm a terrific fight fan,\" the Metropolitan Opera's 22-year-old Soprano Patrice Munsel told an interviewer. \"I love it. 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