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From PMP (2005) to DBA (2026): A Journey of Lifelong Learning 🎓

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Dr. Anand Jayaraman Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Dear PMI community,

I am Anand Jayaraman, PMP-certified since 2005, a technology and delivery leader, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), and an alumnus of IIM Calcutta.

Happy to share that I have officially received my DBA degree certificate from Golden Gate University, conferred on April 23, 2026. 🎓

For me, this milestone represents the power of continuous learning and professional growth over the last two decades.

I would love to hear from fellow PMI professionals: How has lifelong learning shaped your project management journey?
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Congratulations, Anand, on this important milestone and on a journey that clearly reflects a sustained commitment to learning.
For me, lifelong learning has increasingly become less about accumulating knowledge and more about continuously refining judgment.
Experience teaches us, formal education challenges and structures our thinking, and new perspectives force us to reconsider assumptions that may once have served us well.
Perhaps that is one of the greatest values of lifelong learning in project management: not simply knowing more over time, but becoming better at questioning, integrating different perspectives and making sound decisions in increasingly complex contexts.
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Aug 08, 2026 1:37 PM
Dr. Anand Jayaraman
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Thank you Luis for your thoughtful perspective.

I completely agree that the true value of lifelong learning lies not merely in acquiring more knowledge, but in refining our judgment and challenging our own assumptions.

My DBA journey reinforced the idea that while experience provides wisdom and context, formal learning encourages us to question established patterns, integrate diverse viewpoints, and make better decisions in increasingly complex environments.

In many ways, effective project leadership is not about having all the answers, but about continuously evolving the quality of the questions we ask.

Thank you for sharing such a profound insight. 🙏
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Dr. Anand Jayaraman Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Aug 08, 2026 5:04 AM
Replying to Luis Branco
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Congratulations, Anand, on this important milestone and on a journey that clearly reflects a sustained commitment to learning.
For me, lifelong learning has increasingly become less about accumulating knowledge and more about continuously refining judgment.
Experience teaches us, formal education challenges and structures our thinking, and new perspectives force us to reconsider assumptions that may once have served us well.
Perhaps that is one of the greatest values of lifelong learning in project management: not simply knowing more over time, but becoming better at questioning, integrating different perspectives and making sound decisions in increasingly complex contexts.
Thank you Luis for your thoughtful perspective.

I completely agree that the true value of lifelong learning lies not merely in acquiring more knowledge, but in refining our judgment and challenging our own assumptions.

My DBA journey reinforced the idea that while experience provides wisdom and context, formal learning encourages us to question established patterns, integrate diverse viewpoints, and make better decisions in increasingly complex environments.

In many ways, effective project leadership is not about having all the answers, but about continuously evolving the quality of the questions we ask.

Thank you for sharing such a profound insight. 🙏

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