What is the Project Management Institute?

The Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) is the project management industry’s non-profit standards body. PMI is the world’s largest not-for-profit membership association for the project management profession.

With over 250 project chapters and approximately 350,000 members worldwide, PMI is the largest project management membership group. PMI is a volunteer organization that supports and drives the project management industry forward – more information about PMI’s Thailand Chapter here.

PMI, in conjunction with its volunteer membership, developed A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), which is the agreed upon book of standard language, terminology and principles governing project management.

In the past, project managers ‘fell’ into the role. There was no formal degree or certification in project management. PMI has been instrumental in creating the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, which professionalized the career of project management. Now, project managers worldwide study agreed upon principles and demonstrate required skills to earn and pass the PMP exam. The PMP certification is formalizing and validating the profession.

PMI currently offers the following credentials in Project Management:

Credentials:

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)
• PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)

More information about the PMI here.