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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. 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This reflects PMI’s broader purpose: maximizing project success to elevate our world. ### Sources * Project Management Institute | [pmi.org](/c/pmi-2026-q3/home?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—Fourteenth Edition" | [pmi.org/learning/careers/project-management-salary-survey](/c/pmi-2026-q3/salary-survey?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Global Project Management Talent Gap" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/global-project-management-talent-gap](/c/pmi-2026-q3/talent-gap?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse Report 2025: Boosting Business Acumen” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/boosting-business-acumen](/c/pmi-2026-q3/business-acumen?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse of the Profession® 2026: Driving Success in Complex Projects” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/driving-success-in-complex-projects](/c/pmi-2026-q3/complex-projects?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Step Up: Redefining the Path to Project Success with M.O.R.E.” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/path-to-project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/more-mindset?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI Education Foundation, PMIEF 2024 Annual Report, [pmi.org PMIEF 2024 Annual Report (PDF)](/c/pmi-2026-q3/pmief-report?i=6e748b14-d790-4f03-98ef-8455835257f4&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [Jack E. White](https://time.com/author/jack-e-white/) Oct 2, 1995 4:00 AM UTC by [Jack E. White](https://time.com/author/jack-e-white/) Oct 2, 1995 4:00 AM UTC BACK IN THE 1970S, RICHARD PRYOR HAD A routine about a group of Asian boat people being introduced to American life. Lesson No. 1: How to pronounce what is now commonly known as the N word. Last week a real-life version of Pryor’s comedy sketch was played out among a rarefied band of right-wing intellectuals. At its center: Dinesh D’Souza, a 34-year-old Indian-born conservative wunderkind who has made a name for himself by bashing women, gays and minorities ever since he presided over the Dartmouth Review, a fecklessly racist student publication, in the early ’80s. Today he is a case study in assimilation through bigotry, an ambitious immigrant who has achieved minor celebrity in his new homeland–and a sort of honorary status as a white man–by taking advantage of opportunities created by the civil rights movement, then turning his guns on it. Nothing could be more American. D’Souza’s latest manifesto, The End of Racism, is one of the creepiest books to appear in recent years. Even more than D’Souza’s previous book, Illiberal Education, which savaged the campus vogue of multiculturalism, it contains so much sophistry, half-baked erudition and small-minded zealotry that even right-wingers who share many of D’Souza’s ideas are outraged by its, well, political incorrectness. Last week Robert Woodson and Glenn C. Loury, two of the country’s most prominent black conservatives, “disaffiliated” themselves from the American Enterprise Institute, where D’Souza is a research fellow, in protest over the book. Sounding more like the Rev. Al Sharpton than a conservative Republican, Woodson denounced D’Souza as “the Mark Fuhrman of public policy” and called on conservatives, black and white, to “publicly disavow the racist ideology” his book espouses. “This is a moment of truth for the conservative movement as to where they stand on the issue of race,” says Woodson. “The only time you hear from white conservatives is when there is a white fireman aggrieved over affirmative action. If they want to have any influence in this area, they have got to speak out when blacks and Hispanics are aggrieved. This is one such occasion.” So far, says Woodson, not a single white conservative has responded. What’s taking so long? Like Camille Paglia in the feminist literary sphere, D’Souza will say whatever it takes to attract attention, no matter how tasteless, irresponsible or distorted. He contends that white racism is no longer much of a problem in the U.S. Instead, all our racial troubles can be traced to the fact that “black culture” is so dysfunctional it amounts to a “civilizational” gap between African Americans and the rest of society. He does not bother to differentiate between the crime-ridden urban underclass and the middle-class high achievers such as Woodson, head of the Washington-based National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, and Loury, a professor at Boston University. D’Souza also argues that because racism had its origins among intellectually gifted Europeans during the Enlightenment, it can’t be all bad; that American slavery was not a racist institution; and that segregation was merely a well-meaning attempt by paternalistic whites to help blacks “perform to the capacity of their arrested development.” He urges the repeal of every major civil rights law in the land, including those that allow blacks to sit at lunch counters and use the same water fountains as everyone else. Thenceforward the government would be required to function in a race-blind manner, but private citizens and institutions, from taxicab companies to huge corporations, would be free to discriminate. Why would any respectable publisher choose to purvey this bunk? The answer, I’m afraid, is that bigotry sells books. New York City’s Free Press has published a long list of first-rate works on political and social issues by writers from every point on the spectrum, yet so far the only blockbuster among them (with 400,000 copies in print) has been Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s The Bell Curve, which argues that blacks are genetically stupider than whites. On the jacket of D’Souza’s latest, the Free Press high-mindedly says its publication will further expand “the range of acceptable discourse about race” by “setting forth the principles that should guide us in creating a multiracial society.” But judging by the initial 100,000 press run, the largest by far in the company’s history, the Free Press also sees D’Souza as a moneymaker and is willing to profiteer on the obscene ideas he has packaged in the plain brown wrapper of specious scholarship. The U.S. certainly does need a searching debate on racially tinged issues from affirmative action to welfare dependency and crime. It is quite clear, for example, that racism alone cannot account for the sorry plight of the underclass and that traditional civil rights remedies can do nothing to solve it. But such a dialogue stands little chance of being productive if it is polluted by the nonsense D’Souza is peddling. Those who want to deal honestly with race can begin by boycotting his book–not because it’s politically incorrect, but because it is just plain wrong. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6727966/the-bigots-handbook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6727966/the-bigots-handbook/"},"headline":"THE BIGOT'S HANDBOOK","datePublished":"1995-10-02T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-22T06:18:34.447Z","description":"BACK IN THE 1970S, RICHARD PRYOR HAD A routine about a group of Asian boat people being introduced to American life. Lesson No. 1: How to pronounce what is now commonly known as the N word. 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