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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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But there was nothing mellow or complacent about the New Mexican who addressed the liberal Americans for Democratic Action in Los Angeles last week. “The hands that pick our lettuce, the hands that pick our cotton, are the hands that can pick the next President,” thundered Governor Toney Anaya. “I will travel the length and width of this great nation as many times as I have to to ensure that Ronald Reagan is retired in 1984.” A scant ten months after taking office as the nation’s highest-ranking Hispanic and its only Hispanic Governor, Anaya, 42, has established himself as a colorful and controversial activist with national ambitions. In New Mexico, a state with a weak Governor system, he has already earned a reputation as an ironfisted leader. Nationally he has gained visibility as chairman of Hispanic Force ’84, an effort by elected and appointed Hispanic officials to mobilize the nation’s approximately 6 million voting-age Hispanics into an influential force in the Democrats’ 1984 presidential campaign. Says Anaya: “My political options in New Mexico are limited. I don’t want to stop here.” Born the seventh of ten children in the small town of Moriarty in central New Mexico, Anaya grew up in a three-room adobe house with a dirt floor, outdoor plumbing and no electricity or telephone. His father was a laborer and broncobuster; his mother spoke almost no English and was only semiliterate in Spanish. By the age of seven he was working before and after school at his brother’s grocery store as well as milking the family cows and chopping wood. “I’ve been on the same treadmill ever since,” he says. “I’ve never learned to relax.” After he was elected New Mexico’s attorney general in 1974, Anaya transformed the office from a sleepy political backwater into one of the most visible and independent positions in the state by crusading against white-collar crime and championing consumer and environmental issues. In 1982 he was elected Governor by a margin of 25,000 votes out of 406,000 cast, considered a landslide in New Mexico. Under state law, however, Anaya cannot succeed himself, a fact that has made him work feverishly to put his populist stamp on state government and consolidate power in the Governor’s office. He has persuaded the state legislature to place more state policy and planning functions under his control. To keep the bureaucracy in line, Anaya is in the process of naming six “policy aides” to be his personal liaisons with the state’s 13 cabinet secretaries. Predictably, his aggressive tactics have drawn fire. But it is his appearances across the country to promote Hispanic Force ’84, and some say himself, that particularly irk New Mexicans. “There is a feeling out there that he is not taking care of things at home,” admits Harvey Fruman, Anaya’s executive assistant and former law partner. In a single week last August, Anaya appeared on Night Line, Meet the Press and The Mac Neil-Lehrer Report. Cars in New Mexico sport bumper stickers that say TONEY, PHONE HOME. Anaya is unapologetic. Nevertheless, to allay the criticism, he has canceled some trips outside New Mexico and stepped up his public appearances instate. But he is unlikely to absent himself from the circuit for long. Since his Governor’s stint ends in January 1987, and the only near-term Senate contest would pit him against popular Incumbent Republican Pete Domenici, Anaya personally has a great deal riding on a Democratic victory in 1984\. “In the short term, my involvement with the Hispanic Force is for the party and for the state of New Mexico and for Hispanics,” he says. “But in the long term, the involvement is for myself. If a Democrat gets elected President, it opens up a lot of possibilities for me.” He is known to aspire to a Cabinet post, perhaps U.S. Attorney General or Secretary of the Interior, or even the vice presidency. “I’m not promoting myself for the ticket,” he maintains, “but if a Hispanic were considered, I would be one of them.” The main goal of Hispanic Force ’84 is as ambitious as its chairman: to register 1 million new Hispanics by November 1984, bringing the total to 4.4 million (4.5% of the projected 1984 voter rolls). Coordinating the national sign-up campaign is the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project in San Antonio, a nominally nonpartisan group credited with great success in registering Hispanics in electorally critical Texas and California. Hispanics are concentrated in six populous states — California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas — that cast 173 electoral votes, about three-fifths of the 270 needed to elect a President. On paper they have enormous clout: in California, for example, which has 47 electoral votes, 19% of the population is Hispanic. But the raw numbers over state their political strength. Nearly one-third of voting-age Hispanics nationwide are resident aliens and thus ineligible to vote. Of those who are eligible, slightly more than half are registered, and their turnout rate, 30%, is 23 percentage points below the national average. More over, Hispanics, who can be Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, or South or Central Americans, are diverse culturally and economically. Though they are overwhelmingly Democratic, they rarely vote as a bloc. Indeed, in 1980, 30% of the Hispanic vote went to Ronald Reagan. In 1984 the G.O.P. is hoping for close to 35%, most of it from upwardly mobile Hispanics in the Sunbelt. The Republicans, like the Democrats, are heavily courting the Hispanic vote: Reagan recently proclaimed a National Hispanic Heritage Week, and the G.O.P. has established Viva ’84, a program aimed at registering half a million new Hispanic Republicans. Despite their fragmented power and loyalties, Anaya feels that Hispanics, hurt by Reagan’s programs and galvanized by a national movement of mostly Democratic Hispanic leaders, will make a difference for the Democrats in next fall’s election. “Hispanics have been awakened to the in fluence they can have,” he says. “The time and the issues are right in 1984.” If they are, Toney Anaya hopes to ride them all the way to Washington. — By Susan Tifft. Reported by Robert C. 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