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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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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. 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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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&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=3c911741-1a29-4a79-a839-0601e44547c9&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Apr 27, 1959 4:00 AM UTC by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Apr 27, 1959 4:00 AM UTC Of Dinosaurs & Men SIR: CONGRATULATIONS ON A TIMELY AND COMPETENT JOB OF REPORTING ON “DINOSAUR HUNTER” GEORGE ROMNEY \[April 6\]. TIME WILL PROVE BOTH OF US “RIGHT”—MY GOOD FRIEND GEORGE, AND US AT STUDEBAKER WITH OUR LARK IN GIVING THE MOTORING PUBLIC WHAT IT WANTS IN SENSIBLE, ECONOMICAL, COMPACT CARS. HAROLD E. CHURCHILL PRESIDENT STUDEBAKER PACKARD CORP. SOUTH BEND, IND. Sir: Let one Rambler owner inject a note of discord into your paean for American Motors’ George Romney. My 1955 Rambler Cross-Country wagon is now on its sixth water pump, fourth set of universal joints, has never done better than 17 miles to the gallon, and lacks power enough to operate the air-conditioning unit and still allow normal speed. JOHN S. EWING Palo Alto, Calif. Sir: My Ramblers have been more reliable than a model T, and I’ve never had to back up a hill, either. C. L. MEYER Levittown, Pa. Sir: Although your article about George Romney is interesting and factual, your observation that Mr. Romney was given a plaque by the Cleveland Automobile Dealers Association in a “facetious” manner, must be taken exception to. The 138 members of this dealers association have taken the “slings and arrows” from Mr. Romney’s merchandising outpourings for too many months—and have too much respect for this man—to give him anything “facetious.” This plaque was tendered to him in appreciation, and out of respect of his great merchandising ability. DAVID L.BLAUSHILD President, 1958 Cleveland Auto Dealers Shaker Heights, Ohio Sir: I felt a twinge of concern at the thought that Mr. Romney’s company might try to combat Big Three competition by following along with the planned-obsolescence idea. Since the compact-car buyer is a discerning soul, he is not happy with yearly model changes. What he desires is gradual improvement where improvements count: in engine efficiency, better braking, lighter weight, lowered drag, better suspensions, readability. EUGENE V. WERNTZ Citrus Heights, Calif. Sir: I’m a little hesitant to identify one of the cars on the cover. It’s the grey one with one headlight on the fender, the other on the hood. Is it foreign? L. J. BARKER Springfield, Mo. ¶ It’s an Artzybasheff-Bends.—ED. Sir: Gee whiz, TIME, how do you expect us little guys to pump gas all day and sleep well at night when we read about threats like that Romney character? Fire and brimstone on the Rambler! I say, “Man the gas pumps, men!” JOHN BURRIS MAHONY Jay Bee’s Gas Station Albuquerque Sir: I nominate George Romney for our next Secretary of State. Now that he has influenced the Big Three to bring out compact cars, possibly he could influence the Big Four to bring out a compact pact. MILDRED WALLACE Detroit Disinherited Sir: Thank you for the April 6 exposé of the horror motion pictures that are currently being made in England at the Hammer studios. Without this review I might not have known that my story, The Mummy, was being remade in a debased form. This story, as originally written by me, was a perfectly clean and decent archaeological “chiller,” which I wrote expressly for Boris Karloff. This disgusting English remake was done without my knowledge or consent, and it has been a terrible shock, at the age of 75, to find such a work attributed to me, however wrongly and by indirection. NINA WILCOX PUTNAM Cuernavaca, Mexico Se Here SIR: TTIME MMAKES IIT “SSEE” \[in the April 13 reference to the Swedish picture magazine\]. PPARDON MMEE BBUT YYOUR SSPELLING IIS WWRONG. IT IS “SE.” DO YOU SEE NOW? CHARLES FLORMAN LONDON ¶ TTIIMMEE saw double.—EEDD.. Green Thumb Sir: Kudos for your rare news items of April 13 about the power of prayer on plant growth. When I was a boy in Armenia, I had the rare fortune of witnessing my mother standing solemnly before our vegetable garden, making the sign of the cross, and pouring out her prayers on the seedlings of parsley, beans, tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, etc., and, believe me, they flourished. M. G. SEVAG, PH.D. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Sir: I have a suggestion that will save the American taxpayers some $5 billion a year. Why not have our Congress negatively pray that the surplus farm crop should not grow? JAMES R. ABACK Marlboro, Mass. Expanding the Scope Sir: Your article on administered prices in the issue of March 30 leaves the impression that I am against administered prices. Actually, I believe administered prices are an integral and necessary part of our modern economy. Administered prices lie outside the scope of traditional economic theory, and, like many good things, they can be abused. The big problem is to understand under what conditions they can be abused and how such abuse can be avoided. GARDINER C. MEANS Vienna, Va. The Name: Thomas F. Lohr Sir: In speaking about General Lemnitzer \[March 30\], you mention the copilot wounded in the attack by four JU-88s on our lone B17\. This adventure has made the news several times, since it was General Doolittle who took over the controls from this nameless copilot. It always seems a terrible pity to my kids that I should remain forever anonymous. THOMAS F. LOHR Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pa. The Shape of Physicists Sir: Physicists are well aware that the picture of the charming person printed above my name is Dr. Bernd Matthias of Bell Laboratories \[April 13\]. Of more importance for those people who did not attend the American Physical Society meeting are the names of the physicists who performed the actual Brookhaven experiments (Professor Clifford G. Shull of M.I.T., Drs. Robert Nathans, Gen Shirane, Arni Anderson and Antonio Paoletti of Brookhaven) and my collaborator (Dr. Richard J. Weiss, Ordnance Materials Research Office). Fortunately the shapes of atoms are more distinguishable than those of physicists. ARTHUR J. FREEMAN Ordnance Materials Research Office Watertown, Mass. Sir: I deplore that under my picture and over the caption pertaining to my work the wrong name was put. BERND MATTHIAS Bell Telephone Laboratories Murray Hill, N.J. ¶ For the shapes of Dr. Freeman and Dr. Matthias, see cuts.—ED. Way Out Western Sir: The Institute is highly gratified by the brilliant article on TV western shows \[March 30\], which bears out what we have said for several years: at last, the American people demanded and got their own folk drama on television. E. MULLINS Institute for Biopolitics Chicago Sir: Thanks, pardner, for including me as one of the “younger writers” of westerns. You make me feel coltish, grey-haired as I am. Another “younger” writer, whose book Shane you mentioned with approbation, wasn’t named at all. “No story exists without an author, so let the name of Jack Schaefer be blazoned on your pages. He wrote Shane. DOROTHY M. JOHNSON Missoula, Mont. Sir: What Hercules wrote your green-tinged article, and what are his measurements? LESLIE BARRIE Philadelphia ¶ 5 ft. 11¾ in., 158 Ibs.; 40-31½-36; slightly stooped.—ED. Pleasant Word from a Traveler Sir: We have been traveling for seven months through many countries of Europe and Africa. Even though we are in places where important news is happening, we usually don’t get a complete picture of the situation from the local papers. TIME summarizes the situation concisely and, generally, accurately. Also, it places the situation in its proper perspective—looking at it from a detached position, free from local emotions. 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