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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. 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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&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=6494a200-5ee5-4fe9-8733-3b76f0783c30&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Dec 14, 1962 5:00 AM UTC by [TIME](https://time.com/author/time/) Dec 14, 1962 5:00 AM UTC Man of the Year Sir: I nominate Adlai E. Stevenson for Man of the Year. His conduct and statesmanship during the Cuban crisis, as well as throughout his entire public career, have been a representation to the world of this country’s integrity and firm determination in its quest for a genuine peace. THOMAS NOONAN, ’63 Chaminade College Preparatory St. Louis Sir: For two years in succession my fifth-grade class selected the same Man of the Year as the one chosen by the editors of TIME. This year the 28 pupils in the class gave John F. Kennedy 15 votes, John Glenn eight and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt five. CURN C. HARVEY McCoy Elementary School Aztec, N. Mex. Sir: The “Eurocrats,” be they the political leaders of the Common Market countries or the great industrialists of these countries. K. D. SCHAEFER Johannesburg Sir: A man who is still defending the once highly regarded principle of self-determination—President Moise Tshombe of Katanga. IAN W. MORRISON Toronto Sir: Prime Minister Nehru has won the respect of other leaders all over the world. In this time of crisis, Nehru is proving his worth in that high position. GARY L. GROTE Council Bluffs, Iowa Sir: Why not name the Man in the Moon for Man of the Year? Who else would remain placid and “shine on” in undisturbed splendor while the great nations of the earth tossed rockets at his head ? HELEN ROSE EIKHOUD Hamilton, Ont. Sir: The doctors of Massachusetts General Hospital, who rejoined the severed arm of Everett Knowles Jr. A. GILBERT BELLES Lincoln, Neb. Sir: As in 1958, I recommend George Romney, new Governor of Michigan. EDWARD EIKMAN Tallahassee, Fla. Sir: U Thant, for his humanitarian efforts in the face of the Cuban crisis. The whole world must pay respect to his achievements. BRENDA SHAFFER Montreal Sir: Dr. John F. Enders, the man most responsible for the new measles vaccine, now doing basic research on cancer. ANDREW A. FEENEY South Norwalk, Conn. Sir: The small businessman, who gives his soul to stay against the powerful cartels that are stampeding him. CHARLES BOJUS Willimantic, Conn. Sir: I nominate Edmund G. Brown, Governor of the greatest state in the Union. GELLA TANNENBAUM Tucson, Ariz. Sir: Anastas Mikoyan, for outdoing Castro in the big bluff, bully and threat, and for providing an out for all parties in a sticky mess. T. M. STEDMAN Captain, U.S.A. A.P.O., New York Sir: Billie Sol Estes, for revealing to the country the deplorable conditions in the Department of Agriculture. LER.OY GOERTZ Hillsboro, Kans. Sir: Jackie Kennedy. ANN McADAMS New York City Sir: Richard Burton. KENNETH S. THORBURN Van Nuys, Calif. Somebody Cares Sir: We were appalled by a quote mistakenly attributed to a Hertz executive in the Dec. 7 article on car renting. The statement—”Businessmen on expense accounts just don’t care about a bargain”—certainly was not made by I anyone at Hertz. Please, therefore, set the record straight. M. D. KRAMER The Hertz Corp. New York City — Straight it is.—ED. Nehru & Neutralism Sir: After having spent more than three years in India, I agree with most of your comments on Nehru \[Nov. 30\]. Once India is strong enough to liberate itself from Nehru and his peremptory idealism, liberating its territories from the Chinese invaders will be child’s play. Had Nehru not failed as a nation builder, the Chinese would not have risked attacking India. GEORGE A. FLORIS London Sir: Your excellent article, “India’s Lost Illusions,” reminds me of Nehru’s press conference a few years ago at the Istanbul airport. One of my Turkish colleagues asked who would succeed Nehru when the Pandit dies. After a dead silence, the answer came from the Indian press attache: “When the sun shines, you cannot see the stars.” Unfortunately, right now the sun is covered by red clouds. LOUIS GOLDENBERG Istanbul Sir: Deep down, India and Pakistan possess an enormous reservoir of mutual good will. But they have been sorely in need of sympathetic guidance from the more sophisticated democracies of the West to resolve their unfortunate political differences and establish a great alliance. Will American leadership today finally rise to the occasion and save democracy in Asia? ALY WASSIL Salt Lake City Sir: I think the following poem will interest your readers. It is a pretty old one, but it simply and effectively sums up the temperament of the belligerently aggressive Chinese: How courteous is the sweet Chinese; He always says, “Excuse it, please.” He climbs into his neighbor’s garden And smiles and says, “I beg your pardon.” He bows and grins a friendly grin, And calls his hungry family, in; He grins and bows a friendly bow, “So solly, this is my garden now.” R. D. BHATTACHARJI Delhi Sir: You will have some satisfaction in knowing that your magazine, many a time, reaches common men beyond the educated elite in India. The lift boy in my office glanced at the cover photograph on the copy of TIME that I was reading in the elevator, and observed, “That’s the shadow of a brigand falling on Nehru’s face. We will remove this shadow.” He took the magazine and then chanced to see the inside picture of Nehru embracing Chou Enlai, and said in horror: “Ghost of our sinful past! Bury it.” B.P. JAIN New Delhi Reviewing the Reviewer Sir: I have just returned home from a trip to Pakistan to find your Nov. 16 issue awaiting me. It contains your most friendly review of my book about Rudolf Hess, The Uninvited Envoy, for which my thanks. I feel I must point out, however, that I do not “assert,” as your reviewer claims, that England in 1941 was nearer to capitulation “than anyone now likes to admit.” This is just not so. My claim was that a negotiated peace would have “found considerable favor in many parts of the country.” “Many people . . . sensing the weight of opposition against Britain, thought privately that peace on any terms that did not offer actual humiliation was preferable to taking the brunt of the ferocious German assaults that would presumably grow worse.” To prefer peace is not capitulation. And although to my own knowledge many people did feel like this, they were not the majority; and they were not England. Capitulation was never contemplated. To suggest that it was—and to credit me with the suggestion—is, I feel, unfair both to the living and to the dead. JAMES LEASOR Radlett, England Franc Talk Sir: I was astonished to see your quotation from National-Zeitung’s article on Trujillo’s Swiss ventures \[Nov. 23\]. We did not say that the Trujillos brought $800 million to Switzerland but between 400 and 800 million Swiss francs, which is less than a quarter of the sum you mentioned. WERNER MEYER Economic Editor National-Zeitung Basel, Switzerland . Candle in the Darkness Sir: In Adlai Stevenson’s eulogy for Mrs. Roosevelt, he said: “She would rather light candles than curse the darkness,” which I believe was a paraphrase of “It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” Can you tell me the original source? BOB YOUNG Whittier, Calif. — An ancient Chinese proverb, it is also the motto of the Christophers, a Catholic-sponsored organization.—ED. The Ultimate Sir: The ultimate in airport design \[Nov. 30\] will come in a few years when a stretcher will pick us up in the airport parking lot, where we lie down holding a magnetic encoded ticket that enables the conveyor system to switch us through the checking-in procedure and onto the plane. Then we can say to the fellow on the next stretcher: “Remember the old days when we had to walk nearly half a mile?” Meanwhile, the rest of the world laughs at our idea of vigah. B. A. 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