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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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Now comes a volume that seems sure to drive one former member of the clan “up the wall,” as the lady involved is wont to say. “My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy” was written by Mary Barelli Gallagher, a former J.F.K. secretary, and from 1957 to 1964 one of Jackie’s girls-of-all-work. As Mrs. Gallagher tells it in the first of two Ladies’ Home Journal exce’rpts, Jackie 1) spent more on “family expenses” ($105,-446.14, including $40,000 for clothes) in 1961 than Jack made as President; 2) redecorated so often that J.F.K. once plaintively asked, “Jackie, why is it that the rooms in this house are never completely livable at the same time?”; 3) spent her mornings breakfasting in bed without bothering to see her husband off; 4) was fascinated by visions of all the gifts she could get with trading stamps from the food bought for White House kitchens; 5) went on periodic economy drives during which she sent her used clothes to New York for resale under an assumed name; 6) decreed that all White House gifts be sorted for possible family use instead of automatically going to charity; and 7) suggested that at parties, unfinished drinks be refilled and passed off as fresh if they “didn’t have lipstick marks on the edge.” Mrs. Gallagher also reports that Jackie once sold an aquamarine from the Brazilian government and a diamond-clip wedding present from her father-in-law in order to buy a $6,160 antique sunburst pin she had seen in London. On another occasion, says Mrs. Gallagher, it took powerful persuasion to prevent Jackie from removing the diamonds in a sword given by Saudi Arabia’s King Saud. The installment ends at Christmastime 1962, with Jackie embracing Mrs. Gallagher and telling her, “You know, you’re my only friend in this impersonal White House. What would I ever do without you?” What indeed? It wasn’t that he disliked Monte Carlo. Far from it. But he had been there before and knew the pitfalls. “When I was 18,” Choreographer George Balanchine. 65, told his charges, “I came here and got sick. Now please don’t eat awful stuff like octopus. And don’t charge into the water. In fact, don’t do anything.” Anything, that is, except dance. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace had invited Balanchine’s New York City Ballet to Monaco for a week-long festival commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Sergei Diaghilev, whose famed Ballets Russes Balanchine choreographed in the 1920s. And for “Mr. B.,” whose embroidered cowboy shirts were as outstanding as his interpretations of Stravinsky, returning to Monte Carlo’s wildly baroque, red and gold opera theater was a special pleasure. “My whole life was there,” he said. “It’s not that I return. I am here always.” “Integrity! Freedom!” trumpeted the resolution passed by the Italian Association of Cinema Authors. “Any pornography or morbidity is preferable to repression.” Strong words, and stronger still was the action taken by the association in angrily expelling famed Director Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew). His colleagues were enraged because Zeffirelli had been campaigning against the current flood of sex films in the Italian cinema, saying that they show sex as vulgar and ugly and suggesting that some moviemakers on the edge of bankruptcy had been saved by pornography. Countered Zeffirelli: “I committed no antidemocratic act. The association is a Mafia in which dissenting voices and opinions are not allowed. I am happy and honored to have been expelled.” The great American hot dog found a champion last month in Mrs. Virginia Knauer, President Nixon’s adviser on consumer affairs. Now that other national staple, the hamburger, has picked up an ally in Bess Myerson Grant, New York City’s Commissioner of Consumer Affairs. The onetime (1945) Miss America has discovered that burger beef, like hot-dog meat, is being adulterated with all sorts of things: soy proteins, starchy flour, cereal and chemical additives. As a matter of fact, 156 out of 421 New York restaurants checked by her 46 inspectors were suspected of serving “shamburgers.” So she has revived a long-neglected section of the city administrative code, which stipulates that “hamburger shall consist of beef, all beef and nothing but beef”—and decrees a maximum $250 fine and/or ten days in jail for any malefactor. Said Bess: “This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.” With launch minus-23 days, what better place was there to read the omens for the forthcoming Apollo 11 moon shot than the 3,000-year-old temple of the original Apollo? So off went Wernher von Broun, the man who directed the design of the rocket that will hurl American astronauts toward the moon this month, to visit the temple at Delphi. “Whatever Apollo’s oracle said,” reported Von Braun after the consultation, “I am convinced that we will succeed because no other space operation was ever so well prepared in advance.” But what did the oracle predict? “The oracle,” he said cosmically, “was ambiguous, as usual.” With an exuberance that she has seldom had reason to feel in the past nine years, Susan B. Anthony, 52, grandniece and namesake of one of the nation’s earliest suffragettes, welcomed the news that she could remain an American. The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that Dr. Anthony, who teaches theology at Marymount College in Boca Raton, Fla., should not be deported. It was true enough, she said, that in 1954 she had sworn allegiance to the British Crown rather than testify before the McCarthy hearings. But she had feared that the emotional strain would force a return to the alcoholism she had suffered in the 1940s, and she had acted in a moment of confusion and panic after Government agents had threatened to separate her from her husband, a British subject. “I have no emotion except joy and a wave of feeling that this is my country,” said Dr. Anthony. “I feel now like getting an American flag and hanging it outside my door.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6634269/people-jul-4-1969/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6634269/people-jul-4-1969/"},"headline":"People: Jul. 4, 1969","datePublished":"1969-07-04T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T15:01:00.060Z","description":"The Kennedy books go on and on. 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