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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. 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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Those anti-Muppets are back, terrorizing a Manhattan high-rise run by a zillionaire who blends all the worst tendencies of Donald Trump and Ted Turner. It’s ingenious fun, but relentlessly noisy. After an hour or so, you may feel like a captive teacher at a kindergarten in hell. JESUS OF MONTREAL. An avant-garde theater troupe performs its own radical updating of the Passion play. Now, shouldn’t a film with that story enrage a few conservative zealots? Alas, Denys Arcand’s French-Canadian satire is so solemn that it is not worth patronizing — or even picketing. DICK TRACY. Forget the marketing campaign, which has blitzed everyone this side of Burkina Faso. Forget Warren Beatty’s reputation as an indefatigable Don Juan. Just plunk down your money and enjoy a suave, splendid movie romance. ART MAURICE PRENDERGAST, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Prendergast evolved from a sign painter to one of the pathfinders of post- impressionism in the U.S. This retrospective traces the full arc of his progress. Through Sept. 2. NICOLAS DE STAEL IN AMERICA, the Phillips Collection, Washington. A gathering of the brilliantly colored canvases that made the French-based De Stael a rising star in America until his suicide at 41 in 1955\. Through Sept. 9. BLACK ART: ANCESTRAL LEGACY, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. The influence of an older, African culture shapes these paintings and sculptures by 20th century black artists in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Through Aug. 5. THEATER PRICE OF FAME. Movie star Charles Grodin headlines off-Broadway in his own play about a movie star being interviewed by a reporter (the beguiling Lizbeth Mackay) who he realizes is out to do him in. He returns the favor more literally in a glib, genial formula comedy. FOREVER PLAID. Even if you don’t remember the bland, white, close-harmony boy pop groups, Ed Sullivan Show variety acts and ’50s squeaky-cleanness being sent up in this off-Broadway review, the daffy humor and deft musicianship should prove charming. SHE ALWAYS SAID, PABLO. Frank Galati, winner of two Tony Awards in June as adapter and director of The Grapes of Wrath, performed the same tasks for this dizzyingly beautiful blend of imagery from Picasso’s paintings, and poetry and music from the Gertrude Stein-Virgil Thomson Four Saints in Three Acts. Originally staged for the Goodman troupe in Chicago, it plays through July 22 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. MUSIC THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: FLOOD (Elektra). When they’re good, they’re winningly whimsical and goofy. When they’re off the mark (as in their current cover of the old novelty item Istanbul, Not Constantinople), you just want to lock these guys in their room so they can’t come out and play. CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 1 & 2 (Sony Classical). Ably accompanied by Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic, Murray Perahia shows a pianistic warmth, incisive brilliance and mastery of these pieces unrivaled since Rubinstein’s heyday. PEGGY LEE: THE PEGGY LEE SONGBOOK (Musicmasters). Peggy Lee is an American icon. Her singing, no longer as seemingly effortless as it once was, now combines its sultry smokiness with the quality of having lived life with a capital L. These 13 songs, most co-written by Lee, have been beautifully recorded with a knockout team of studio musicians. Her fans should pounce. TELEVISION ON THE 4TH OF JULY WITH CHARLES KURALT (CBS, July 4, 10 p.m. EDT). CBS’s roadmaster celebrates the holiday with a collection of favorite vignettes of Americana. ALIVE FROM OFF CENTER (PBS, debuting July 5, 10 p.m. on most stations). A sixth summertime season of this series of offbeat video works gets under way with Postcards, Mark Rappaport’s clever chronicle of a deteriorating romance as told through the couple’s postcard correspondence. PIECE OF CAKE (PBS, debuting July 8, 9 p.m. on most stations). It’s back to the Battle of Britain in a new six-part Masterpiece Theatre series about RAF flyers during the first year of World War II. ET CETERA NEW YORK CITY BALLET/SUMMER. Every year this fleet, elegant troupe packs its trunks and heads to Saratoga, N.Y., for an open-air season. Upcoming highlights include two fine new works by artistic director Peter Martins, Fearful Symmetries and Four Gnossiennes, and seven ballets from the Jerome Robbins Festival, a popular and critical hit in New York City. July 10-28. JAZZ THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE RECORDINGS OF GEORGE LEWIS (Mosaic). Frail, soft-spoken and self-taught, clarinetist George Lewis seemed an unlikely candidate for stardom. While many other New Orleans-born musicians left town in the 1920s to seek fame and fortune in the North, Lewis stayed behind, playing parades, dances and club dates, and working as a stevedore to make ends meet. Yet a series of recordings he made in the early ’40s helped spark a revival of interest in traditional New Orleans music and made Lewis a folk hero and model for hundreds of jazz clarinetists around the world, including Britain’s Sammy Rimington, Butch Thompson (of Prairie Home Companion fame) and Woody Allen. This three-CD (or five-LP) set contains some of Lewis’ greatest recorded work, much of it previously unissued, in a digital remastering that beautifully captures the relentless drive and haunting tone that were his trademarks. 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