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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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&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=9d99f498-b8b9-4ae3-8748-017546754e9a&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Feb 14, 2013 1:00 PM UTC  NEW YORK - DECEMBER 1: A pedestrian walks in front of NBC Studios on 50th Street on December 1, 2009 in New York City. General Electric is poised to buy Vivendi's NBC Universal stake. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images) NEW YORK - DECEMBER 1: A pedestrian walks in front of NBC Studios on 50th Street on December 1, 2009 in New York City. General Electric is poised to buy Vivendi's NBC Universal stake. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)Getty Images—2009 Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Feb 14, 2013 1:00 PM UTC Comcast’s $16.7 billion deal to purchase the remaining half of NBCUniversal from [General Electric](http://topics.time.com/general-electric/) solidifies the cable and broadband giant’s role as a media titan and represents a triumph for CEO Brian Roberts, whose father [founded](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/key-dates-in-the-history-of-comcast-corp-leading-up-to-takeover-of-nbc/2013/02/13/176c48a2-75b5-11e2-9889-60bfcbb02149%5Fstory.html) Comcast in 1963 by buying a 1,200-subscriber cable TV company in Tupelo, Miss. for $500,000\. Since then, Comcast has steadily grown through acquisitions and savvy business deals. It is now the largest cable company in the United States, and one of the largest providers of broadband Internet and home phone service. moreGE’s sale of its remaining NBCUniversal stake marks a symbolic milestone in the history of American broadcast media, and the arrival of a new, digital era in which cable-giant Comcast has emerged as a dominant force in entertainment and communications. By assuming full ownership of [NBC](http://topics.time.com/nbc/) Universal — which includes NBC’s famed “[Peacock Network](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1956%5FNBC%5Flogo.svg),” NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Universal Pictures, the Universal theme parks and resorts, and several popular cable channels, including Bravo — Comcast takes full control of a crown jewel of American news and entertainment, whose history mirrors the emergence of modern broadcast media in the 20th Century. For Comcast, the deal represents a clear commitment to cable and broadcast television, even as the Internet revolution has given [consumers](http://topics.time.com/consumers/) more entertainment choices than ever before. Despite past fears that the Internet would eviscerate TV advertising, much as it has done to print media, television — especially cable TV — remains a highly profitable and growing business. (**MORE**: [Liberty’s Virgin Deal Sets Up Media Clash Between Malone and Murdoch](http://business.time.com/2013/02/08/libertys-virgin-deal-sets-up-media-clash-between-malone-and-murdoch/#ixzz2Kq6tKox5)) “Our decision to acquire GE’s ownership is driven by our sense of optimism for the future prospects of NBCUniversal and our desire to capture future value that we hope to create for our shareholders,” Roberts [said](http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-to-acquire-general-electrics-common-equity-ownership-interest-in-nbcuniversal) in a statement. Comcast shares jumped [3%](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CMCSA&ql=1) Wednesday in response to the deal, touching a multi-year high; the company’s stock price has increased [46%](http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=CMCSA+Interactive#symbol=cmcsa;range=1y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;) over the past year and [68%](http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=CMCSA+Interactive#symbol=cmcsa;range=2y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;) over the past two years. For GE, divesting its remaining NBCUniversal stake is part of CEO Jeffrey Immelt’s plan to focus on the company’s industrial businesses. GE, whose [roots](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%5FElectric%5Ftimeline) date back to [Thomas Edison](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%5FEdison), manufactures a wide array of products including lightbulbs, locomotives, and jet engines. Nevertheless, the sale must be bittersweet for GE, whose [history](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC) with NBC goes back to 1926, when the company’s RCA unit created the National Broadcasting Company, the first of its kind in the United States, ushering in the modern radio and television age. GE was forced to sell NBC in 1930 over federal antitrust concerns, but re-purchased the company in 1986. The deal is also the latest evidence of intensifying mergers and acquisitions activity in the media and technology space, which has seen a wave of consolidation in recent years. Last week, U.S. cable giant Liberty Global [announced](http://business.time.com/2013/02/08/libertys-virgin-deal-sets-up-media-clash-between-malone-and-murdoch/#ixzz2KpeGop7B) a $16 billion deal to buy British cable giant Virgin Media, in a move that will create one of the largest broadband companies in the world, and set up Liberty mogul John Malone in a clash of the media moguls against longtime rival Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. conglomerate. (**MORE**: [What News Corp.’s Breakup Means for the Future of Murdoch’s Media Empire](http://business.time.com/2013/02/08/libertys-virgin-deal-sets-up-media-clash-between-malone-and-murdoch/#ixzz2Kq75I0vV)) Also last week, computer giant Dell [announced](http://business.time.com/2013/02/05/dell-in-24-4b-founder-led-deal-to-go-private/) plans to go private in a $24.4 billion deal. And on Wednesday, _Fortune_ [reported](http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/13/time-warner-time-inc-sale/) that Time Warner (parent company of TIME) is in talks with Des Moines-based publisher Meredith about selling its Time Inc. division, although it will reportedly hang on to TIME, _Fortune_, and _Sports Illustrated_. In 2011, Comcast closed a deal with GE to purchase a 51% controlling stake in NBCUniversal for $13.8 billion in cash and assets. By only buying half of the company at that time, Comcast protected itself somewhat from deteriorating performance at NBC, which was struggling to emerge from the Great Recession amid a dismal media climate. Although there was a structure in place to purchase the remaining stake gradually by 2018, Comcast executives concluded that it made more sense to complete the deal in one shot right now, especially given improving performance at NBC — which topped its rivals in last fall’s ratings for the first time in nearly a decade — and better-than-expected revenue from last year’s Summer Olympics, which was broadcast exclusively on NBC networks. Also, by completing the deal now, Comcast executives — as well as financial analysts and media observers — believe that the company received a very favorable price for NBCUniversal. (**MORE**: [Google Fiber Issues Public Challenge: Get Up To Speed!](http://business.time.com/2013/01/09/is-broadband-internet-access-a-public-utility/#ixzz2Kq7HopYV)) “Comcast got it at a steal, a phenomenal price,” Matthew Harrigan, an analyst at Wunderlich Securities, [told](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-13/comcast-s-nbc-purchase-pushes-roberts-into-entertainment.html) Bloomberg. “NBCU is worth north of $40 billion if you turned around the movie studio and got the broadcast network to work.” Comcast will fund the deal with $11.4 billion in cash, $4 billion of senior unsecured notes to be issued to GE, and $2 billion in debt. The cable giant will also spend $1.4 billion to purchase the iconic GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza — home of several NBC broadcasts, including Saturday Night Live — and CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Because ownership of the GE Building includes naming rights, it’s theoretically possible that Philadelphia-based Comcast could replace the famous[ glowing red GE logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GE%5FBuilding%5FNY.JPG) with a Comcast logo. Needless to say, such a move would be intensely symbolic, because it would alter an iconic feature of the New York City skyline, and visually reinforce Comcast’s increasingly influential presence in midtown Manhattan, the center of the media world. But Roberts [told](http://www.cnbc.com/id/100454658) CNBC that a decision on the GE Building logo is “not something we’re focused on talking about today.” Comcast’s 2011 purchase of a controlling stake in NBCUniversal was [opposed](http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/21/opponents-line-up-against-proposed-comcast-nbc-merger/) by some media reform advocates who were concerned that combining a major content creation company with a vast content distribution network would give Comcast [too much power](http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/01/comcast-and-nbc-universal-antitrust-apocalypse/), and allow it to withhold NBC content from its competitors. But after a lengthy government review process, in which Comcast made a series of concessions as part of a [consent decree](http://www.comcast.com/nbcutransaction/pdfs/Comcast-NBCU%20Consent%20Decree.pdf) — including a hands-off approach toward the news division and a pledge to make NBC content available to rival broadcast systems — federal regulators approved the deal. (**MORE**: [Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility?](http://business.time.com/2013/01/09/is-broadband-internet-access-a-public-utility/)) Comcast does not expect that any further regulatory approvals are needed, according to a source close to the company, because federal regulators evaluated the original transaction with the expectation that Comcast could eventually buy all of NBCUniversal, which it is now doing. “The only way that the government would look further at this is if Comcast violated its consent decree,” Richard Brosnick, an antitrust expert with law firm Butzel Long, [told](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/comcast-ge-nbcuniversal-idUSL4N0BC53220130213) Reuters. Nevertheless, the deal continues to rankle some critics. In her new book _Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly in the New Guilded Age_, Susan Crawford, a tech policy expert and professor at Cardozo Law School, [argues](http://business.time.com/2013/01/09/is-broadband-internet-access-a-public-utility/) that the merger created a huge conflict of interest. “Even as the Internet was becoming the world’s general-purpose network, the merger would put Comcast in a prime position to be the unchallenged provider of everything — all data, all information, all entertainment — flowing over the wires in its market areas,” Crawford writes. This week, Comcast [said](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2013-02-12/comcast-will-buy-rest-of-ge-s-nbc-stake-for-16-7-billion.html) that fourth-quarter net income rose 18% to $1.52 billion, on revenue of $15.9 billion. For the full year, the company [reported](http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-reports-4th-quarter-and-year-end-2012-results) sales of $62.5 billion, a 12% increase over 2011\. Although Comcast [lost](http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-reports-4th-quarter-and-year-end-2012-results) 336,000 cable video subscribers in 2012, it still has 22 million cable video customers nationwide. And the company’s broadband Internet user base is exploding. Last year, Comcast added 1.2 million high-speed Internet customers, as users flee DSL service in favor of faster cable broadband, and 613,000 voice customers. 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