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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. 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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. 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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The unhurried ‘voice, with its familiar tone of deity, suggests that he could be taken literally. Actually, fingering a mobile of the solar system peering owlishly at the cameras, Garroway has come back to television—and television is the richer for it. He will return after an absence ot 19 months, but not. for the moment, to a commercial network. An amateur astronomer and all-round science nut, he is the latest prize acquisition of National Educational Television, conducting a series called Exploring the Universe and managing the difficult feat of being entertaining without offending his subject. He is also pedagogical without offense to his audience. He explains science to adults, telling most of them what their children already know. Forgotten Potato. He has aid. On one program he interviews Astronomer Harlow Shapley of Harvard and Physicist Philip Morrison of Cornell, expertly drawing both men into areas of their field that cannot help but fascinate laymen. Morrison thinks Shapley is hopelessly conservative when he says that there must be 100 million places in the universe that could support life. Morrison thinks there must be 100 million such places right here in our own galaxy. Shapley, for his part, seems to think the earth is a small and forgotten potato anyway. “On this little planet around a run-of-the-mill star on the edge of a galaxy,” Shapley complains to Garroway, “we’re out of touch.” Garroway’s science series is almost completely taped and will be broadcast soon on NET stations all over the U.S., including the newly opened WNDT in Manhattan which has already proved to once skeptical New Yorkers that educational television can fill a need that commercial stations cannot afford to supply. Educational is not quite the word it nor intellectual, nor documentary, nor esthetic, but with a subtle amalgam of these things, so-called educational television appeals strongly to what Garroway calls “a vital minority.” The programs are sometimes tedious, with academic hairsplitting that would thrill a graduate seminar But from Pablo Casals’ cello lessons to Photographer Ernst Haas’s presentations on The Art of Seeing, WNDT is so loaded with rewarding material that many people have bought television sets for first time in order not to miss it. In its first three months, New York’s Channel 13 has proved itself a 21-in. university teaching everything from Japanese brush painting to elementary Russian. Stars & Courage. Garroway gave up his Today show (NBC) after his wife s sudden death in 1961\. He spent the first months of his absence brooding aimlessly until his four-year-old son, as he relates solemnly told him to “get up and walk until you drop”—undoubtedlythe most sophisticated four-year-old remark of year. He began working for the Atlantic Union a movement that wants to achieve a closer union among the world’s free democracies. And he spent a great deal ot time at his country home far out on Long Island staring at the universe through his 21 telescopes. Television? “I watch the show that’s on now,” he says, pointing at the dead grey screen of a cold set in his living room. Garroway used to raise his hand each morning like an Arapaho chief and sign off with the word “Peace.” He now raises his hand and says “Courage.” He says he is ready to return to commercial TV, and his producing company intends to package at least two shows for next year. Meanwhile he has been reading the general semantics of Alfred Korzybski. 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