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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. 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Can Jenny recover from the explosion that nearly killed her? Will Julie and Tyler be able to adopt Scotty? And where is Ryan’s Hope? The answer to the last question, at least, is easy. Ryan’s Hope is one of three ABC soap operas that have been booted off the air for two weeks to make way for coverage of the Olympics. (The others: The Edge of Night and Loving.) The network’s remaining soaps—All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital—are continuing during the Games, but in shortened, 40-min. episodes so that all three can be squeezed into a special two-hour time slot. No matter how well ABC’s Olympics coverage does in the ratings (which have been excellent so far), the disarray in the network’s daytime schedule could have a lasting and damaging effect. The nail-biting question that programmers face: Once the Olympic flame has been extinguished and the last gold medals awarded, will ABC’s soap fans tune in again? Not if rival networks have anything to say about it. Attempting to capitalize on the Olympic disruption, NBC chose last week to introduce a lavishly produced new soap, Santa Barbara. The network built a $12 million state-of-the-art studio in Burbank, Calif, especially for the show, and early segments have featured an array of opulent sets alternating with outdoor locales. The cast, headed by Dame Judith Anderson, has been introduced in a series of action-packed plot lines designed to hook viewers. For starters, there is the return to town of Parolee Joe Perkins, accused of murdering a member of Santa Barbara’s wealthy Capwell family five years earlier. Says Brian Frons, NBC’s vice president of daytime programs: “This is a terrific opportunity for us, because we get to premiere a show when ABC’s soaps are not in competition. Normally, a viewer has to be dissatisfied with her own soap opera for a good six months before she changes the channel and checks out what you’re doing.” NBC has tried to add competitive luster to its other soap operas as well. Days of Our Lives is airing episodes taped at the World’s Fair in New Orleans, and Another World has shot several segments on locations around New York City. The network has also increased on-air promotion. In one spot, Clara (“Where’s the beef?”) Peller demands, “Where’s the soaps?” in a pointed reference to ABC’s pre-emptions. CBS, meanwhile, corralled Jermaine Jackson for a two-day guest appearance last week on As the World Turns. The show’s scripts were tied in with a contest in which the sponsor (Procter & Gamble) offered some lucky viewer a trip to the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles with a male star from the cast. CBS also introduced a new promotion campaign for its daytime schedule. “We expect and hope the audiences that have been watching ABC might, at some time during the two weeks, tire of watching sports events and sample us,” says Laurence Caso, CBS East Coast director of daytime programs. “Then the hope is that they stick around.” ABC did what it could to offset its vulnerability. The network increased soap stars’ visibility by featuring them in promotional spots for the Olympics. Tag line: “The ’84 Summer Olympics on ABC, the greatest daytime drama of them all.” Several ABC soaps, moreover, have resorted to cliffhangers in an effort to keep viewers from straying. All My Children’s Jenny, the victim of last week’s jet-ski explosion (caused by an ex-lover, who had intended it for her new boyfriend), will linger in a coma until the Olympics are safely finished. On the last episode of The Edge of Night before its Olympic hiatus, two characters were being pursued by a gang of bikers toward the edge of a cliff. The reason for all this schedule jockeying, of course, is money. Daytime TV has become the most lucrative source of income for all three networks. ABC earns an estimated 25% of its revenues and fully 40% of its profits ($235 million last year) from daytime programming. Yet after six years as the No. 1-rated network during the day, ABC has recently stumbled. It was nudged out of first place by one-tenth of a rating point for the 1983-84 season by CBS, and has fallen farther behind in recent months. Even NBC, the perennial door mat in daytime, has made ratings gains at ABC’s expense. Industry executives attribute ABC’s sudden fall-off to a number of factors, including the loss of several top producers and writers to other networks, and the departure of popular stars like Tony Geary and Rick Springfield of General Hospital. But the impact of the Olympics should not be underestimated. Starting in mid-1982, the network forced its soap producers to speed up their shooting schedules, stockpiling an extra show or two each month so that technicians could be freed up for the Olympics and political conventions this summer. As a result, says Vice President for Daytime Jacqueline Smith, the soaps had less leeway to make last-minute changes. “It’s driven us all crazy,” says Smith. “Daytime must respond to the moment: ‘Hey, this isn’t working, let’s shift it a little bit.’ We have been unable to do that. We must never, ever let this happen again, because it really destroys the whole foundation upon which daytime programming is built: the living novel.” Has ABC learned a lesson? Will the soap fans come back? For the answers, as always, tune in next week. —By Richard Zoglin. 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