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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. 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Kermit Roosevelt will carry the same .405 big-game rifle that his grandfather lugged from Mombasa to Khartoum, but the present-day Roosevelt’s safari will last only 25 days, be a much less lavish expedition than Teddy’s. Aside from the hunting. Kermit, also a writing man, will take notes and pictures for a contemplated book and magazine articles. In Rome, where he is starring in a beef-and-brawn movie for United Artists. Bob Mathias, 29, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion, heaved a shot at the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union, which has barred him from further amateur competition because he is now a professional actor. “We can’t catch the Russians in sports until the A.A.U. changes its rules on amateurs.” said he. Mathias’ flat prediction on this year’s Olympic games: “The Russians will win.” After a month’s visit to the U.S., Sicily’s Red-leaning Poet Salvatore Quasimodo, 58, winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for literature, returned home convinced that the U.S. deserves more sympathy than it has ever gotten from him. What surprised Quasimodo most was that, amidst all the U.S’.s material wealth, poets seem to sprout “everywhere.”‘ But he still believes that the U.S. neglects its poets’ social security. Said Quasimodo, whose poetry will get its first sizable English rendition in a book that will be published in the U.S. next month: “The United States, in spite of its riches, does not think well enough of its poets to take care of them when they are too old to write.” In a morning-long ceremony at St. Peter’s in Rome. Pope John XXIII consecrated 14 missionary bishops, under scored the Vatican’s aim to proselytize the world’s youngest nations. Among seven African Negroes elevated was Poreku Dery, Ghana’s new Bishop of Wa. Others came from countries that are antiquating most maps of Africa— Ruanda-Urundi, the Voltaic, Ivory Coast and Malagasy republics. With a prayerful eye on this week’s summit talks, His Holiness said: “The attention of millions is directed with deep anxiety on the words, actions, appearances of the highest representatives of the great nations on whose consciences lie, in great measure, the building up or the shattering of the peace of the world.” NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Air Force General Lauris Norstad, 53, was bedded in Munich’s U.S. Army hospital after suffering a “very slight coronary occlusion” while golfing in Bavaria. Entering into retirement after almost 30 years at Columbia University, Sociologist Robert Staughton Lynd, 67, received flowers from students, expressed surprise that so many were present at his last class session. Said Lynd, who with his wife Helen in 1929 published Middletown, a classic sociological case study of U.S. community life: “I hadn’t expected there would be any last class as such, but I find that there is. I had expected that I would walk out of Fayerweather Hall, down the steps, out the engine room as I always had, and on to Amsterdam Avenue and take the bus home. I had thought I would dust myself off a little, and that would be retirement.” When New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary, co-conqueror of Mount Everest, quests for the Abominable Snowman in the high Himalaya next winter, there is an outside chance that he will bump into his wife: Lady Hillary announced last week that she and a female friend will take a mountain stroll on their own this February, trek some 170 miles from Katmandu to Thyangboche over some rugged territory. Discussing her project as casually as if it were a Girl Scout hike, Louise Hillary said: “We intend to climb a ridge or two and have a look at the view.” Returning to Manhattan from his jungle clinic in northern Laos, Dr. Thomas Dooley, 33, cofounder of MEDICO (Medical International Cooperation), issued a glowing report that the program is now rolling strong in ten countries: “Local governments put up the hospitals and we are simply the people who run them.” Asked about recent criticism that he is a publicity seeker, Dr. Tom quoted from “an old Chinese proverb”: “When one lift head above crowd, bound to receive rotten fruit.” Then Tom Dooley entered a Manhattan hospital to continue his own personal fight against disease, got a complete checkup on his progress since removal of a chest cancer last summer. His prognosis will be reported to him soon. In a 20th Century-Fox movie titled High Time, Crooner Bing Crosby, 56, plays the role of a middle-aged restaurateur who hankers for a college education. After matriculating in a Southern institution, Crosby has to survive a fraternity initiation requiring him to crash a cotillion ball as a belle. All trigged up in a blonde wig, false eyelashes, lipstick, rouge and falsies, Crosby volunteered: “No wonder the ladies of the day got the vapors and fainted. I feel like a barrel with the staves too tight.” For many a year Yalemen have carried on an ivyish debate about whether one of Yale’s better-known alumni, Composer Cole Porter (’13), deserves an honorary degree, despite the fact that his accomplishments are more acoustic than academic. University officials stayed silent on the subject last week, but word leaked out that Porter, on the eve of his 67th birthday next month, will get an honorary degree (best guess: Doctor of Music) at his apartment in Manhattan’s Waldorf Towers. Reason for the honor in absentia: Tunesmith Porter, injured badly in a 1937 spill from a horse, had his right leg amputated two years ago, is too frail to under go the ceremonies in New Haven. At week’s end, Yaleman Porter got an accolade at the Metropolitan Opera House. A dozen composers and other talent presented “A Salute to Cole Porter” in a charity powwow whose best seats sold at $62.50 a head. Although he is regarded as a real spell binder in his home territory, Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Gaylord Anton Nelson, 43, has brooded of late over his relative obscurity as an orator to most of the Democratic powers in Washington. Nelson has a special reason for concern: he wants to be the keynote speaker at July’s Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Last week he took direct action, sent excerpts from his speeches to several score influential Washington Democrats on a long-play record titled Around Wisconsin with Gaylord Nelson. 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