AI project management is the discipline of leading AI deployment inside organizations — and demand for people who can do it is outrunning supply. The market signal is hard to miss: postings for forward-deployed engineers, the vendor-side version of AI deployment talent, grew more than 1,000% in a year at $300,000–$550,000. Until September 2026, there […]
Maryland Apprenticeship Tax Credit and Employer Incentives: What You Can Claim in 2026
Maryland pays employers to hire registered apprentices — through direct grants and a state tax credit. And with the registration of the nation’s first AI Project Management apprenticeship (MATC Program #2575, announced via Business Wire), those incentives now apply to a category of hire most employers assumed they had to buy at market rates: AI […]
The New PMP Question Types, Explained (Plus a Mini Case Set)
The PMP® exam introduced new question formats on July 9, 2026: case or scenario sets (one detailed situation followed by several linked questions), graphic-based items, enhanced matching with drag-and-drop, point-and-click, and pull-down lists — alongside familiar multiple-choice and multiple-response questions. Here’s how each format works, how to pace all 240 minutes, and a mini case […]
How the New PMP Exam Tests AI (With Sample Scenarios)
The PMP® exam that launched on July 9, 2026 tests AI as a management competency, not a technical one. PMI’s new Examination Content Outline expects candidates to evaluate and apply AI tools for scheduling, risk analysis, and resource planning — and to exercise judgment when those tools are wrong. Below: what’s actually tested, plus three […]
The One Trait Every Elite Team Shares (and Most Project Teams Don’t)
Project managers running a team that is busy but not winning: the fix is not a new tool, a new methodology, or a bigger budget. Google spent two years and a great deal of money proving that. In 2012 the company launched Project Aristotle, a study of its own teams, to find out why some […]