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Project Management Institute is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: July 2026. ## Project Management Institute: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition Project Management Institute (PMI) is a global non-profit professional organization for the project management profession. Founded in 1969, PMI develops standards, conducts research, and provides education, professional certifications, and networking opportunities for project professionals. 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Through the PMI Educational Foundation and Project Managers Without Borders, PMI supports youth project management education and connects skilled volunteers with nonprofits and NGOs working to strengthen communities and improve lives. ### FAQ #### Is a PMP certification worth it? A Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification is widely considered a valuable certification for project managers seeking to advance their careers. According to PMI's Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—Fourteenth Edition, professionals with a PMP certification report median salaries 17% higher on average across the 21 countries surveyed than those without it. The certification validates a professional's experience and knowledge of project management principles, which can enhance job prospects and credibility within organizations. #### What are the best certifications for project managers? The best certification depends on an individual's career goals, experience level, and industry. 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. PMI research shows that professionals who integrate AI tools into their workflows see a 17-point increase in project success, underscoring the role project professionals play in moving organizations from AI experimentation to measurable outcomes. #### What are the most important skills for a project manager? Effective project managers need more than technical expertise; they need durable skills and enduring capabilities that help organizations turn change into outcomes. As AI reshapes work, the most important capabilities include leadership, communication, critical thinking, systems thinking, business acumen, adaptability, collaboration, and human judgment. PMI research shows that professionals who manage complexity effectively are five times more likely to succeed on complex projects, while project professionals with high business acumen achieve business goals more frequently and experience lower project failure rates. #### How can I get involved with the PMI community? 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. 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It was a speech to the world.\* The message was longer than any of its eleven predecessors. It was also on a higher level of statesmanship than any Roosevelt utterance since the Presidential campaign began. U.S. and foreign critics alike had been crying for two things: a clear and coherent conception of U.S. foreign policy, and a willingness to define, accept and fulfill U.S. responsibilities abroad. In broad but heartening generalities the President stated such a conception and such a willingness. And in so doing, he apparently wiped clean the State Department slate —on which his new Secretary Stettinius had recently scrawled the hasty word “abstention.” Reassuring to the rest of the world were the attitudes Franklin Roosevelt urged on Congress and the U.S. people: the U.S. should not turn away and wash its hands in disgust if Europe’s problems continued for a time to plague the world. “We delude ourselves if we believe that the surrender of the armies of our enemies will make the peace we long for. . . . Unconditional surrender … is the first and necessary step—but the first step only. … “We ourselves, like all peoples who have gone through the difficult processes of liberation and adjustment, know of our own experience how great the difficulties can be. … Our own Revolutionary War left behind it, in the words of one American historian, ‘an eddy of lawlessness and disregard of human life.’ There were separatist movements. . . . There were insurrections. These difficulties we worked out for ourselves as the peoples of the liberated areas of Europe . . . will work out their difficulties for themselves.” Difference v. Blindness. “The nearer we come to vanquishing our enemies, the more we inevitably become conscious of differences among the victors. We must not let these differences divide us and blind us to our more important common and continuing interests. . . . “International cooperation and progress are not helped by any nation assuming that it has a monopoly of wisdom or of virtue. In the future world the misuse of power, as implied in the term ‘power politics,’ must not be a controlling factor in international relations. That is the heart of the principles to which we have subscribed. We cannot deny that power is a factor in world politics, any more than we can deny its existence as a factor in national politics. But in a democratic world, as in a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility . . . \[for\] the general good.” Perfection and Isolation. “Perfectionism no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation, but against the alleged imperfections of the peace. . . . We gave up the hope of gradually achieving a better peace because we had not the courage to fulfill our responsibilities in an admittedly imperfect world. We must not let that happen again. . . . We can fulfill our responsibility for maintaining the security of our own country only by exercising our power and our influence to achieve the principles in which we believe. …” Mr. Roosevelt conceded that the Atlantic Charter might not be immediately applicable to all of “this war-torn world’s tangled situations.” But: “It is a good and a useful thing—it is an essential thing—to have principles toward which we can aim. . . .” Abstention Repealed? Ed Stettinius had said that the U.S. took direct responsibility only “where important military factors are concerned” in Italy, Greece, elsewhere. The President clearly extended U.S. interest and responsibility to the politics of liberation. Said he: “We have obligations, not necessarily legal, to the exiled Governments, to the underground leaders and to our major Allies, who came much nearer to the shadows than we did. . . . We and our Allies have a duty, which we cannot ignore, to use our influence to the end that no temporary or provisional authorities in the liberated countries block the eventual exercise of the people’s \[will\]. . . .” Applied to Greece, these words on their face were as much a warning to the new Provisional Government in Athens (and to its British sponsors) as they were to the rebellious leftists. But what were they, applied to Poland? (See FOREIGN NEWS.) In any case, if this line was actually to be followed, a new course had been set. The first big test would soon come probably at the forthcoming meeting of the Big Three (see Foreign Relations). Trade and Tariffs. “We support the greatest possible freedom of trade and commerce. We Americans have always believed in freedom of opportunity, and equality of opportunity remains one of the principal objectives. . . . What we believe in for individuals, we believe in also for nations. We are opposed to restrictions, whether by public act or private arrangement, which distort and impair commerce, transit and trade.” Mr. Roosevelt’s next sentence deserved the close attention of the British, who have been fearfully certain that U.S. “equality of opportunity” in world trade would mean equal access to world markets everywhere except in the U.S. Said the President: “We have housecleaning of our own to do in this regard. But it is our hope . . . that trade and commerce and access to materials and markets may be freer after this war than ever before in the history of the world.” Did this remark mean, as the British would surely hope, that the President was prepared to demand a reciprocal reduction of U.S. tariffs? At Home. Turning to domestic affairs, the President’s message struck a new tone long absent in his statements to Congress. Gone was the demanding or sarcastic note of earlier Roosevelt messages; no man or group was denounced. Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress, gravely and seriously, as his equal and partner in the Government, and complimented Congress on its contribution to “the common good.” (This approach was not without its effect: there was not a single caustic criticism of the speech immediately forthcoming from any Congressman.) He asked for a National Service Act, but he did not ask for it as he had a year ago, when he laid other conditions on its passage. He requested it as something he believed now to be necessary, however belated it was (see Manpower). He also asked for a draft of nurses (see Army & Navy). He asked for universal military training, not equivocally, as he had stated his position in a press conference last November, but as something which he thought was needed to insure against World War III. And he recommended a reduction of taxes after V-E day, Congressional consideration of a vast new postwar building program of houses, roads and airports. Perhaps most notable of all to Congressmen was the conservative cast of his discussion of the postwar economy. Private enterprise, said Franklin Roosevelt, should bear the brunt of the financing, with Government aid merely to insure special risks. And when he called for more public works, especially for more TVAs, he did not demand the harnessing of U.S. rivers. He merely pointed out that TVA was “a bargain” ($750 million). The President ended on a note of cautious hope. Said he: “This new year can be the greatest year of achievement in human history. 1945 can see the final ending of the Nazi-Fascist reign of terror in Europe. 1945 can see the closing in of the forces of retribution \[against\] Japan. Most important of all, 1945 can and must see the substantial beginning of the organization of world peace.” \* Franklin Roosevelt did not deliver the message in person, but sent it to Congress to be read to a joint session. It took 54 minutes. 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