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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. 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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&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=9d7477fc-2520-40d5-b77c-e7427c50a95a&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Jun 29, 1959 4:00 AM UTC by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Jun 29, 1959 4:00 AM UTC Chain Store Scion Huntington (A. & P.) Hartford, 48, quietly mimeographed word that he has acquired the bulk of a coral isle in the Bahamas, just off the city of Nassau. On Philanthropist Hartford’s program: to develop the place as a vacation paradise for “people of quality from all walks of life. There will be no automobiles, no roulette wheels, no honky-tonks.” What “Hunty” Hartford wanted most to create was “an atmosphere of cultural enjoyment.” It seemed a pity that his latest good work will be located on grounds that some may shun for esthetic reasons: good old Hog Island. The longtime (1932-57) chairman of the U.S. Communist Party. William Z. Foster, now 78 and so ill that he has never been tried on his 1948 indictments for conspiracy, asked a Manhattan court to lift the raps on him or let him go to the Soviet Union anyway. His reason: medical treatment costs too much in the U.S. Finished with his acting debut as the judge in the film version of the bestselling Anatomy of a Murder, courtly old (68) Boston Barrister Joseph Welch good-naturedly allowed: “They lied to me. They told me when I became an actor that it would be fun and easy. Fun it was. Easy it was not. The only way I could be persuaded to go back into films would be if someone wrote a part that would fit me as well as this.” Cinemactress Kim Novak winged back to the U.S. from a 30-day conquest of Europe, where her name was linked with enough swains to make a chain. On the honors list: Cinemactor Gary Grant (“We speak the same language”), Cinemactor Anthony Quinn (whose wife Katherine was not amused by a report that he bussed Kim feelingly in a Paris marketplace). After 59 years, eleven Broadway musicals and 31 movies, twinkle-toed Hoofer Fred Astaire published his highly informal, do-it-yourself autobiography titled (on Noel Coward’s suggestion) Steps in Time (Harper; $4.95). More a theatrical log than a self-portrait, the book brings Astaire from his Omaha boyhood (papa was a brewer of Austrian descent) to the pinnacle of popular dancing, a position he has enjoyed for half his life. Astaire fans will be elated to hear that the end of his career is nowhere in sight. Writes the mellowing top-hatter: “What is this age bit that goes on about actors and athletes, anyway? . . . For some years I’ve been looking for the quitting signal . . . the time when the years would simply show too much, even if they photographed me through three lace curtains . . . It’s nice to hear, ‘How does the old boy do it … why isn’t he falling apart?’ And all that jazz … In fact, I feel a lot better than when I was belting around at eighteen.” Her beauty crisply framed in a black veil, Monaco’s Princess Grace, accompanied by Prince Rainier III, made her second Vatican visit since the royal wedding. The couple were received in a 35-minute’ state audience by jovial Pope John XXIII, who praised them as good Roman Catholics, exhorted them to set a Christian example for their subjects in the gambling mecca. Ever since he saw the Broadway hit. Sunrise at Campobello, New Brunswick’s able Tory Premier Hugh John Flemming has thought hard about the New Brunswick island where Franklin D. Roosevelt spent so many summers. Last week Flemming told of a project that he recently proposed to his good neighbor next door, Maine’s Democratic Governor Clinton A. Clauson: Why not restore F.D.R.’s old summer haunt, now in slight disrepair, and open it to the public as an international shrine, jointly maintained by Maine and New Brunswick? Clausen’s response was favorable: “I’m in perfect sympathy (TM) with the suggestion.” In dead of night, vandals sneaked into a Bridgeport, Conn, cemetery, made off with a marble statue of “General” Tom Thumb (1838-83), whom P. T. Barnum glorified as the most exhibited midget of all time. Swiping the grave marker was quite a feat: the stone Thumb stood atop a 3O-ft. pedestal, weighs 100 Ibs. Multi-octaved Peruvian Songbird Yma Sumac, happy as a lark, checked into Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Palace Hotel, registered in the same suite as her manager, ex-Husband Moises Vivanco, who was divorced by her after he admitted that he was the papa of Yma’s secretary’s twin girls. Diva Sumac’s current Latin American tour will take her soon to Brazil’s brave new, jungle-fringed capital of Brasilia. There, announced Yma, she will remarry Vivanco, just as if nothing had ever happened. Planting a soulful kiss on Vivanco’s lips, Yma broke it off to trill (in a range that extends from shrill soprano to throaty baritone): “We cannot live apart. There’s nothing like love!” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6802287/people-jun-29-1959/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6802287/people-jun-29-1959/"},"headline":"People, Jun. 29, 1959","datePublished":"1959-06-29T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T21:55:38.252Z","description":"Chain Store Scion Huntington (A. & P.) Hartford, 48, quietly mimeographed word that he has acquired the bulk of a coral isle in the Bahamas, just off the city of Nassau. 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