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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. 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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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&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=0bbdf43b-38f3-48dc-9a55-5afb1285caa2&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Jun 3, 2010 9:13 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Jun 3, 2010 9:13 PM UTC These days every manufacturer sets out to pack everything including the kitchen sink into a device but very few actually achieve such nirvana. HTC, however, managed to cram everything and anything into the EVO 4G for Sprint. At its core, the EVO 4G is a beast of a device, both in size and specs. The 4.3-inch 800×480 screen is nothing short of amazing. No other device available in North America has an 8-megapixel camera that shoots 720p video **and** a forward facing camera for video chat. The EVO 4G is a well-oiled machine thanks to the 1GHz Snapdragon processor. And let’s not forget about the kickstand or 4G WiMax support, as well as wireless hotspot functionality. Bottom line: It has everything you need.  Investigators say a gas line adjacent to one of the Harlem buildings destroyed in a deadly March 12 explosion has a leak Investigators on the scene of the destroyed buildings in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood have discovered a leaky gas main adjacent to one of the collapsed apartments.rnrnA team from the National Transportation Safety Board discovered that an 8-inch cast iron/plastic main on Park Avenue between 116th and 117th streets didn't pass a pressure test at the normal operating pressure, and identified a leak in the pipe right next to one of the collapsed buildings on 1646 Park Avenue. The NTSB said in a press release Tuesday that it was removing two service lines recovered in the basements of the destroyed buildings.rnrnInvestigators said they will continue to expose pipes beneath rubble in order to fine evidence of gas leaks that may have caused an explosion March 12\. Eight people died and dozens were injured when the two buildings collapsed. The one caveat and this is nothing against HTC is that the EVO 4G is running Android 2.1 even though Google announced Android 2.2 at the I/O conference. Fragmented release builds are nothing new for Android owners but everyone at the conference received an EVO 4G after the Froyo announcement. And neither HTC nor Sprint has said when Froyo will be rolled out for the EVO. (**More on Techland:** [Hands-on With Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Flash 10.1](http://techland.com/2010/05/20/hands-on-with-android-2-2-froyo-and-flash-10-1/)) With that being said, the EVO 4G lacks the following features that are now available on devices running 2.2, which is currently limited to Nexus One devices. • Automatic application updating • OTA app downloads • Remote wipe for enterprise • iTunes sync • Native hotspot support (There is Sprint Hotspot, though) • Support for Flash 10.1 • App storage on a microSD card From a day-to-day usage perspective, the EVO falls short mainly because the battery sucks. I’ve said in the past that any 3G device – 4G in this case – is going to have terrible battery life but the EVO takes the cake. I can’t even imagine what battery life is like when connected to 4G, but running on Sprint’s 3G network with moderate usage (web browsing, push e-mail, Twitter, Gchat, Google Maps) will fetch roughly 4.5 to 5 hours. Anytime you’re near a power port, I suggest you keep this vampire plugged in.  At least two people are dead after a Seattle news helicopter crashed in a burning wreck just steps from the city's iconic Space Needle.nnThe crash, which also struck at least two vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on Seattle's Broad Street, near the office of local news station KOMO-TV, which operated the news helicopter. The Seattle Fire Department confirmed two people were killed at the site of the crash, both of whom were on board the helicopter. KOMO identified the deceased as longtime KOMO News photographer Bill Strothman and pilot Gary Pfitzner.nnKOMO-TV reporter Kelly Koopmans reports a witness said one person on fire was seen crawling out of a car.n\[time-brightcove videoid=3357096075001\]nnEmergency crews immediately rushed to the scene.nnWitnesses snapped photographs of the wreckage in flames, emitting a plume of black smoke, and later smoldering.nnhttps://twitter.com/KellyKOMO4/status/445936224054673409nn\[KOMO\] Like its [T-Mobile HD2](http://techland.com/2010/04/22/htc-hd2-review-if-only-it-was-running-wp7/) (review) counterpart, the EVO 4G’s screen is massive making it a rather large device to lug around. It’s relatively lightweight given its size but has just enough heft to it that it doesn’t feel dainty. The[Incredible for Verizon](http://techland.com/2010/04/19/htc-incredible-review/) (review) was the complete opposite. I’m pretty sure my house key weighs more than the Incredible, but that’s besides the point. When I showed the EVO 4G to a friend last week in San Francisco, the first thing he said was “that’s not a phone, that’s a boat!” and I sort of agree. But viewing web pages, checking Twitter, finding out WTF I am via Google Maps and watching videos is so much more pleasurable. In other words, there’s plenty of breathing room. And having a kickstand that’s sturdy with satisfactory viewing angles makes a difference when watching video.  At least two people were killed and another injured after a KOMO-TV news helicopter crashed into several cars parked near Seattle's famous Space Needle, causing the vehicles to explode At least two people are dead after a Seattle news helicopter crashed in a burning wreck just steps from the city's iconic Space Needle.rnrnThe crash, which also struck at least two vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on Seattle's Broad Street, near the office of local news station KOMO-TV, which operated the news helicopter. The Seattle Fire Department confirmed two people were killed at the site of the crash, both of whom were on board the helicopter. KOMO identified the deceased as longtime KOMO News photographer Bill Strothman and pilot Gary Pfitzner.rnrnKOMO-TV reporter Kelly Koopmans reports a witness said one person on fire was seen crawling out of a car.rn\[time-brightcove videoid=3357096075001\]rnrnEmergency crews immediately rushed to the scene.rnrnWitnesses snapped photographs of the wreckage in flames, emitting a plume of black smoke, and later smoldering.rnrnhttps://twitter.com/KellyKOMO4/status/445936224054673409rnrn\[KOMO\] If that weren’t enough to sate your appetite, the screen isn’t OLED or AMOLED so you can actually use it outside under the sun. Oh, and let’s not forget the keyboard. Since the EVO is running HTC’s Sense UI, you get the Sense keyboard, which is nice but until now has been relegated to small screen devices. With a 4.3-inch screen, I found myself tapping away at lightning speeds.  Rider Strong, Betsey Randle and William Russ will reprise their roles from Boy Meets World in Disney's upcoming comedy series It looks like Boy is going to meet Girl this summer on the Disney Channel.rnrnSeveral actors from the popular coming of age television show Boy Meets World will reprise their roles in Disney’s highly anticipated Girl Meets World, when the series premieres later this year.rnrnE! Online reports that Rider Strong will revisit his role as Shawn Hunter, Cory Matthews’ (Ben Savage’s) best friend, and Betsey Randle and William Russ will once again play Cory’s parents Amy and Alan Matthews for a holiday episode of Girl Meets World.rnrnDanielle Fishel, who plays Topanga Matthews (Cory’s girlfriend-turned-wife), posted a first look at the reunion on Instagram:rnrnhttp://instagram.com/p/lsqrWcGGvW/rnrnBoy Meets World, which ran on the Disney Channel from 1993 to 2000, followed the lives of Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) and his best friend Shawn Hunter (Rider Strong) and then-girlfriend Topanga Lawrence (Danielle Fishel) as they navigated the trials and tribulations of high school. Girl Meets World will tell the story of Cory and Topanga’s children.rnrn\[E! Online\] nextpage In America we typically think “the bigger the better” and most times that’s not true. As is the case with the 8-megapixel camera attached to the rear of the EVO 4G. When lighting is adequate – when you’re outside and not in dimly lit bar – the thing excels but the same could be said for any and every camera phone released in the last year. Camera controls are impressive thanks to HTC’s Sense.  Google's phone service hasn't changed in years. Fine by me. Way back in 2007, I reviewed a new service called GrandCentral for Slate. It gave you a new virtual phone number which, among other things, rang all your phones at once and used speech-recognition technology to turn your voicemail messages into text. I was intrigued, but didn't give it a rave, in part because I had trouble convincing my friends to call me on a new number.rnrnLess than a month after my piece appeared, Google bought GrandCentral. It renamed it Google Voice and steadily improved it, and along the way, I became a believer. That same number I got in 2007 has been my work number for the past six years; it's even printed on my TIME business card and is the one my coworkers use to call to me. (I couldn't even tell you what my official TIME phone number -- the one which rings the phone on my desk -- is.)rnrnNow 9to5Google's Seth Weintraub is reporting news which has me worried: He says that Google is getting ready to kill Google as a stand-alone service. The story is that it's going to incorporate the basic idea into Google Hangouts, the video-and-voice communications component of Google+, and add full-blown VoIP capability so that the virtual number wouldn't require that you have a real number at all. (Google Voice has mostly been about redirecting calls to your virtual number to a real one, though it's dabbled in VoIP for years.)rnrnThis doesn't come as a shock. Google Voice has changed very little in eons. Last July, Google added voice calling to Hangouts and declared that it was "the future of Google Voice." I figured that the other shoe was going to drop, probably sooner rather than later.rnrnAs Eric Limer of Gizmodo points out, it's possible for a Google Voice fan to be optimistic about the merger into Hangouts. It's pretty clear that Google has lost interest in Google Voice. Hangouts, however, it cares about very much -- which means that Google Voice's functionality is more likely to get attention and resources if it's folded into Hangouts.rnrnBut you know what? I don't particularly want Google Voice to change, or to be more cleverly integrated with other Google services. It already does what I need, and for the most part, it does it well. (The accuracy of its speech-to-text transcriptions is an exception, but at least they're sometimes hilarious.) The notion of having to rummage around to find it amongst other Hangouts doesn't sound appealing. Nor do I crave my phone number being linked up with Google+ in any manner that requires me to spend more time in G+ than I already do.rnrnWith art, there's such a thing as knowing when to stop. Picasso never returned to Guernica and added extra brushstrokes; Sgt. Pepper is still the same album it was in 1967, even if you download it as a collection of digital files. And the producers of TV programs as diverse as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Breaking Bad decided to call it quits even though the public would have welcomed additional seasons of their work.rnrnBut with software and services, there's no such thing as reaching an ideal state and willfully staying there. The Google of 2014 probably wasn't going to kill Google Voice altogether, in a Google Reader-like termination; the PR fallout would have been too intense, given how many people have their phone numbers associated with the service, including some who ported landlines and conventional mobile numbers. Which means that the most viable remaining option was Google Voice being sucked up into the Google+ machine.rnrnMaybe the Hangout-ized version of Google Voice will turn out to be neat. It's even possible that Google won't shut off the service in its current form, and will instead let Luddites such as myself cling to what they know. But if worse comes to worse, there are options out there which are similar to Google Voice in its current form, such as Line2. And I'd rather use something reminiscent of the old Google Voice than a Google Voice which is unrecognizable to me.  Google's phone service hasn't changed in years. Fine by me. Way back in 2007, I reviewed a new service called GrandCentral for Slate. It gave you a new virtual phone number which, among other things, rang all your phones at once and used speech-recognition technology to turn your voicemail messages into text. I was intrigued, but didn't give it a rave, in part because I had trouble convincing my friends to call me on a new number.rnrnLess than a month after my piece appeared, Google bought GrandCentral. It renamed it Google Voice and steadily improved it, and along the way, I became a believer. That same number I got in 2007 has been my work number for the past six years; it's even printed on my TIME business card and is the one my coworkers use to call to me. (I couldn't even tell you what my official TIME phone number -- the one which rings the phone on my desk -- is.)rnrnNow 9to5Google's Seth Weintraub is reporting news which has me worried: He says that Google is getting ready to kill Google as a stand-alone service. The story is that it's going to incorporate the basic idea into Google Hangouts, the video-and-voice communications component of Google+, and add full-blown VoIP capability so that the virtual number wouldn't require that you have a real number at all. (Google Voice has mostly been about redirecting calls to your virtual number to a real one, though it's dabbled in VoIP for years.)rnrnThis doesn't come as a shock. Google Voice has changed very little in eons. Last July, Google added voice calling to Hangouts and declared that it was "the future of Google Voice." I figured that the other shoe was going to drop, probably sooner rather than later.rnrnAs Eric Limer of Gizmodo points out, it's possible for a Google Voice fan to be optimistic about the merger into Hangouts. It's pretty clear that Google has lost interest in Google Voice. Hangouts, however, it cares about very much -- which means that Google Voice's functionality is more likely to get attention and resources if it's folded into Hangouts.rnrnBut you know what? I don't particularly want Google Voice to change, or to be more cleverly integrated with other Google services. It already does what I need, and for the most part, it does it well. (The accuracy of its speech-to-text transcriptions is an exception, but at least they're sometimes hilarious.) The notion of having to rummage around to find it amongst other Hangouts doesn't sound appealing. Nor do I crave my phone number being linked up with Google+ in any manner that requires me to spend more time in G+ than I already do.rnrnWith art, there's such a thing as knowing when to stop. Picasso never returned to Guernica and added extra brushstrokes; Sgt. Pepper is still the same album it was in 1967, even if you download it as a collection of digital files. And the producers of TV programs as diverse as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Breaking Bad decided to call it quits even though the public would have welcomed additional seasons of their work.rnrnBut with software and services, there's no such thing as reaching an ideal state and willfully staying there. The Google of 2014 probably wasn't going to kill Google Voice altogether, in a Google Reader-like termination; the PR fallout would have been too intense, given how many people have their phone numbers associated with the service, including some who ported landlines and conventional mobile numbers. Which means that the most viable remaining option was Google Voice being sucked up into the Google+ machine.rnrnMaybe the Hangout-ized version of Google Voice will turn out to be neat. It's even possible that Google won't shut off the service in its current form, and will instead let Luddites such as myself cling to what they know. But if worse comes to worse, there are options out there which are similar to Google Voice in its current form, such as Line2. And I'd rather use something reminiscent of the old Google Voice than a new and improved Google Voice which is unrecognizable to me. The dual LED flash is nice but will blind anyone caught in its path. Testing the EVO in a dark bar was a very bad idea. You’d think I had taken the curtains off a vampire nest or something. Click to enlarge all images. This one was taken in my dark living room after an episode of “The Big Bang Theory”.  A gas line adjacent to the destroyed buildings has a leak, according to investigators. The March 12 explosion has claimed 8 lives so far. Investigators on the scene of the destroyed buildings in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood have discovered a leaky gas main adjacent to one of the collapsed apartments.rnrnA team from the National Transportation Safety Board discovered that an 8-inch cast iron/plastic main on Park Avenue between 116th and 117th streets didn't pass a pressure test at the normal operating pressure, and identified a leak in the pipe right next to one of the collapsed buildings on 1646 Park Avenue. The NTSB said in a statement it was removing two service lines recovered in the basements of the destroyed buildings.rnrnInvestigators said they will continue to expose pipes beneath rubble in order to fine evidence of gas leaks that may have caused an explosion March 12\. Eight people died and dozens were injured when the two buildings collapsed. This was taken on Minna Street in San Francisco.  John Minchillo—AP Workers stand beside the recently cleared basement of the two buildings leveled by an explosion in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City on March 16, 2014 This was taken from my hotel room in San Francisco last week around 8AM.  This was taken under harsh lighting conditions.  A gas line adjacent to the destroyed buildings has a leak, according to investigators. The March 12 explosion has claimed 8 lives so far. Investigators on the scene of the destroyed buildings in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood have discovered a leaky gas main adjacent to one of the collapsed apartments.rnrnA team from the National Transportation Safety Board discovered that an 8-inch cast iron/plastic main on Park Avenue between 116th and 117th streets didn't pass a pressure test at the normal operating pressure, and identified a leak in the pipe right next to one of the collapsed buildings on 1646 Park Avenue. The NTSB said in a statement it was removing two service lines recovered in the basements of the destroyed buildings.rnrnInvestigators said they will continue to expose pipes beneath rubble in order to fine evidence of gas leaks that may have caused an explosion March 12\. Eight people died and dozens were injured when the two buildings collapsed. This was taken with the forward facing camera.  Big teams fall in the NCAA tournament almost every year and underdogs sometimes rise to the top. And many of us end up puzzling over a March Madness bracket, the one some that guy from IT is emailing everyone about. Faced with all those blank spaces where your projected winners should go, it can be enticing to take a chance and choose the 15 seed over the 2 seed upset -- especially if you're guessing anyway. There's got to be a chance right?nnTuns out, long-shot is an understatement. Picking a 15 seed, or a 16 seed to win is so close to statistically impossible it just got a charging foul.nnProtip: If you let math be your guide, you can significantly improve your bracketology odds. Here's a method derived from averaging the number of teams from each seed that have moved on by round in the last 29 years.nnRound of 64: Choose four #1 seeds, four#2 seeds, four#3 seeds, three #4 seeds, two #5 seeds, two #6 seeds, two #7 seeds, two #8 seeds, two #9 seeds, one #10 seed, one #11 seed, one #12 seed, and one #13 seed to advance. There are three picks left over for you to use at your discretion.nnRound of 32: Choose four #1 seeds, three #2 seeds, two #3 seeds, two #4 seeds, one #5 seed, one #6 seed to advance. There are again three picks left over for you to use at your discretion.nnSweet 16: Choose three #1 seeds, two #2 seeds, one #3 seed to advance. There are two picks left over for you to use at your discretion.nnElite 8: Choose two #1 seeds, one #2 seed to advance. There is one pick left over to use at your discretion.nnFinal 4: Pick one #1 seed. There is one pick left over to use at your discretion.nnChampionship: There is one pick left over to use at your discretion. (Note: 62% of the ultimate winners have been #1 seeds).nnNumbers from cbssports.com and bleacherreport.com nn\[Special thanks to Jim Sannes and Mark Moog for the assist.\] HD video capture is certainly something to boast but it ain’t pretty on the EVO. Check it out. Unfortunately, I can’t comment on 4G at this time, as there is no 4G running in NYC. And that’s a huge part of what makes this device special. Otherwise, it’s just another Android device from HTC. But I can speak to data plans and what features excel under broadband-like speeds. One downside to having an EVO in parts of the country where there is no 4G service is the inability to avoid the 4G WiMax tax (it’s not really a tax) that adds $10/month to your bill. Aside from that, the Sprint Hotspot is an additional $30/month allowing up to eight devices to leach off your Sprint connection. During my testing, I was only able to tether two additional devices (iPhone, Laptop and/or BlackBerry). • $69.99/month – 450 anytime minutes including unlimited text • $89.99/month – 900 anytime minutes including unlimited text • $99.99/month – Unlimited Minutes Keep in mind that you have to tack an additional $10/month for any of the above plans and an additional $30/month for Sprint Hotspot. It ain’t cheap, but you’re getting a whole lotta phone. The EVO 4G retails for $199.99 from Sprint after a two-year contract and $100MIR. My one major complaint with the EVO 4G is that it doesn’t support TIME’s Exchange server. When I set it up and restarted the device it went into a loop of the Sprint animation. It’s a known issue and I’m told HTC is working on a patch. Not all Exchange accounts will trigger this bug, but mine did. It seems as though every new HTC device ends up being the best Android device available. The same could be said for the EVO 4G, but this is likely the one device to stand the test of time. It has all specs to make any fanboy drool and once Sprint/HTC roll out Android 2.2, the EVO 4G will reign supreme. That is until HTC decides to one up itself. 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