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Project Management Institute is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: July 2026. ## Project Management Institute: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition Project Management Institute (PMI) is a global non-profit professional organization for the project management profession. Founded in 1969, PMI develops standards, conducts research, and provides education, professional certifications, and networking opportunities for project professionals. 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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. 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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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Fifty years ago, its troops were digging in for the first, fearsome winter of World War I. Ninety years ago this week was born the only man who, in his own words, “passed through both the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high Cabinet office.” It is a mark of the world’s affection and deep respect for Sir Winston Churchill that his birthday is celebrated almost as a national anniversary throughout ‘ the free world. In London, tributes to “the only antediluvian,” as he styled himself in 1940, range from an hour-long BBC television show built around his favorite songs to a radio play about the second most illustrious of the Churchills, the Duke of Marl borough. At dozens of observances throughout the U.S., Americans contributed funds to the Winston Churchill Memorial— at Fulton, Mo., commemorating the historic 1946 “Sinews of Peace” speech at Westminster College, in which Churchill urged the Western world to close ranks again in the face of a threat to peace as formidable as any it had yet seen: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” Duty Done. One of the few statesmen to achieve undisputed immortality in his lifetime, Sir Winston is perhaps the only world leader who has ever written history as memorably as he made it. His chronicles of the First and Second World Wars, and the West’s misspent years between, are without parallel either as history or, as he saw them, a distillation of “thirty years of action and advocacy that comprise and express my life-effort.” Thanks to a deep sense of the past and a lofty view of the future, Churchill has always been a poet of action, a brilliant interpreter of great events from the British army’s last great cavalry charge at Omdurman in 1898 to the final defeat of the Axis powers in 1945\. And for all his political pragmatism, Churchill never hesitated to point to the underlying moral of events or to affirm that, by and large, the Allied cause was that of civilization itself. As he said in the hour of victory: “We gave thanks to God for the noblest of all His blessings, the sense that we had done our duty.” The Voice. It seems a distant victory now, with yesterday’s friends and foes dizzyingly reversed. His own finest hour remains the summer of 1940, with the clamor of fighters overhead, the army trucks clattering along country roads, the crunch of falling bombs, the civilians digging trenches against the invasion that could come at any hour. All this is not memory but only history to a new generation. But it is still sometimes brought to life—for instance, in a massive birthday edition by London Records (24 sides) of Churchill’s speeches, readings and spoken recollections. With not too much imagination it is possible to hear that gruff, grave, sibilant voice as the voice of Elizabeth at Tilbury, of Henry V at Agincourt, of Pitt, or Chatham, or the Lloyd George to whom Churchill paid tribute in his last speech before the House of Commons nine years ago. The words could apply to Churchill himself: “He imparted at once a new. surge of strength, of impulse, far stronger than anything that had been known up to that time … As a man of action, resource and creative energy, he stood, when at his zenith, without a rival.” Old Feats. If Churchill’s zenith is past, his words retain a remarkable pertinence. The Iron Curtain speech itself, his advice to seek pragmatic understandings with the Communists, the vision of a united Europe and a European army, above all the incomparable definition of Western values, remain strikingly contemporary. At fourscore years and ten, Churchill lives in quiet seclusion. Increasingly feeble and withdrawn within himself, he still enjoys his food and drink and the company of a few old friends who recall old feats of arms or totter out with him to feed the black swans at Chartwell, his country house in Kent. He no longer paints, for his eyes are dim—as his testimony will never be. — Consisting of a library of Churchilliana, housed inside the transplanted shell of Sir Christopher Wren’s 17th century church of St. Mary Aldermanbury in London (it was destroyed during the blitz). The interior of the church will be rebuilt to Wren’s original plans. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6627060/world-anniversary-of-an-antediluvian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6627060/world-anniversary-of-an-antediluvian/"},"headline":"World: Anniversary of an Antediluvian","datePublished":"1964-12-04T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T07:52:19.125Z","description":"A quarter-century ago this fall, Britain declared war on Hitler's Germany. Fifty years ago, its troops were digging in for the first, fearsome winter of World War I. 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