Become Part of PMI’s Growing Communities of Practice
Would you like to network and learn from your project management colleagues in your specific industry? Do you have an interest in a particular area of the field, such as risk management or quality?
PMI has a growing number of communities of practice to serve these special interests within the project management profession. These virtual communities are designed to encourage participation through online discussion boards, blogs, wikis and other shared documents. And they are a growing knowledge source.
As a PMI member, you have complimentary access to all of the PMI communities of practice. These now include:
- Agile
- Consulting
- Government
- Innovation and New Product Development
- International Development
- Learning, Education and Development
- Organizational Project Management
- Project Human Resource Management
- Project Management Global Sustainability
- Project Management Quality
- Project Risk Management
- Retail
- Utility
PMI communities of practice complement chapter membership, which emphasizes networking in your immediate geographic vicinity. Communities of practice attract practitioners from around the world in a virtual environment, with the subject of the community as the common thread.
PMI membership allows credential holders access to colleagues, knowledge and resources that can help advance your career. If you’re not a PMI member, explore the types of membership and join today.
Additional Knowledge Resources
Check out these other PMI publications for more informative stories on project management tools, techniques and trends to help you on the job.
- Regular contributor James T. Brown, PhD, PE, PMP, makes a Case for Quality When Cost and Schedule are King in a recent issue of PMI’s Community Post e-newsletter in which he offers tips for being a champion of quality.
- PMI’s Knowledge Shelf currently holds three articles about project management offices (PMOs): “Enterprise Project Management” discusses the evolving roles of the PMO; Marlies Shipman, PMP, talks about “Showing PMO Value through Reporting;” and “The Multi-Project PMO” gives an analysis of the current state of the practice.
- Visit PMI’s new Career Central, an online hub for knowledge, connections and resources.
PMI members enjoy pragmatic articles and original stories about people, projects, tools and trends found in PMI's print publications and e-newsletters. To take advantage of this member benefit, Join PMI or Renew Your Membership. Find out more about PMI's publications.
The online Certification and Credential FAQs address topics like:
- PDU reporting,
- Credential exams,
- Credential suspension,
- Application audit, and
- PMI’s new standards.
If you have questions that are specific to your individual certification, you can direct them to PMI’s Customer Care.
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