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What is the best path for a student to learn and involve himself more on PMI?

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Tadeo Cruz México, Mexico

Hello everyone! I am a student of project management that is mixing what i see during my class with the posts that i see here. (I also use Infinity that is very helpful integrating AI with PM concepts)

Now i'm having a couple of weeks of "holidays" from school but not from work, and the work that i do is connected to a project but doesn't have anything to do with project management.

So what is the best path of actions to keep learning and get closer to became a junior project manager?

I've read about PMI volunteers, I'm thinking to keep reading the whole PMBOK but i rather get some recommendations from real and more experienced PM's.

Thank you, i hope everyone good health.

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¡Hola a todos! Soy estudiante de gestión de proyectos y estoy combinando lo que veo en clase con las publicaciones que encuentro aquí. (También utilizo Infinity, que resulta muy útil para integrar la IA con los conceptos de gestión de proyectos).

Ahora tengo un par de semanas de "vacaciones" de los estudios, pero no del trabajo; sin embargo, mi trabajo actual está vinculado a un proyecto, pero no tiene nada que ver con la gestión de proyectos en sí.

Entonces, ¿cuál sería la mejor estrategia para seguir aprendiendo y acercarme a mi objetivo de convertirme en *Junior Project Manager*?

He leído sobre el voluntariado en el PMI y estoy pensando en seguir leyendo el PMBOK completo, pero prefiero recibir recomendaciones de gestores de proyectos reales y con más experiencia.

Gracias, y espero que todos gocen de buena salud.

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Md. Golam Rob Talukdar
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Project Manager| AWR Development (BD) Ltd. Cox's Bazer , Bangladesh
Enjoy your break Tadeo !

I'd recommend combining PMBOK study with hands-on experience—volunteer with PMI, shadow project work at your job, and practice with small real projects. Experience makes the concepts stick

Golam
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
You may be closer to project management than your job title suggests.

My recommendation would be not to wait for a junior PM role to start practising.
Use your current project environment as a learning laboratory: observe stakeholders, dependencies, risks, changing priorities, and how decisions are actually made.
Then compare what you see with what you learn from PMI.

Read the PMBOK to build understanding, volunteer to gain exposure, but also create evidence of practice through small artifacts, reflections, and lessons learned.

The transition begins when you move from studying project management to deliberately observing, practising, and reflecting on your work through a project management lens.

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