Honoring a Legacy.
Empowering the Future.
Practical learning. Shared experience. A community that helps you take your next professional step.
Help people grow. Help good work move forward.
Project work brings together people, decisions, and change. We help professionals build the skills and judgment to navigate that work, whether they are building a foundation, exploring new technology, or growing their influence.
Our learning community brings together people starting out, experienced practitioners, career changers, and leaders. Start with the goal that matters to you, and choose a pathway that supports it.
To empower project professionals to lead with confidence, adaptability, and purpose through education that is relevant, inclusive, and future-ready.
Jim Snyder kept showing up.
James R. “Jim” Snyder helped found the Project Management Institute in 1969 and founded PMI’s Delaware Valley Chapter. Those accomplishments gave project professionals a shared foundation and a community in which to learn, volunteer, and grow.
His contribution continued long after those organizations were established. Jim attended events, supported chapter leaders, talked with members, and shared what he knew throughout his life. He stayed curious, engaged, and connected to the community he had helped create.
That continued commitment is central to the legacy we want The Snyder Center to carry forward.
Why we chose to honor him
We chose to honor Jim because his example gives us a responsibility to keep contributing. Teaching someone, offering guidance, asking a thoughtful question, or opening a door can make a lasting difference. The Snyder Center carries his name to keep that spirit of service and learning active.
Powered by PMI-DVC, we build on that foundation through education and connection. Our pathways bring established project-management practice together with new tools and leadership challenges. We honor Jim by continuing to learn, question, adapt, and help the next generation of project professionals find its way.
Three pathways. One learning community.
Each pathway offers a different place to grow. Choose the direction that fits your goals, and connect your learning to the work you want to do.
Project Mastery
Build practical project-management skills and prepare for the PMI certification that supports your professional goals.
Explore Project Mastery →Digital Innovation
Apply AI, workflow automation, and emerging tools to real work through courses and labs that help you create something usable.
Explore Digital Innovation →Strategic Leadership
Strengthen strategic thinking, influence, and the judgment needed to lead people through complexity and change.
Explore Strategic Leadership →Make it relevant. Make it usable.
We design learning around the challenges professionals face and the capabilities they can put to work.
Learn from practice
Connect concepts to the experience of educators and practitioners who work with projects, teams, and change.
Apply what you learn
Use exercises, real situations, and lab activities to turn ideas into practical next steps.
Start where you are
Choose learning that fits your goals and experience, from foundational skills to focused professional growth.
Build sound judgment
Work through decisions, tradeoffs, and uncertainty alongside the methods and tools you use.
Explore responsibly
Consider value, human oversight, and responsible use as you apply new technologies and approaches.
Grow through community
Share perspectives, ask questions, and learn with people who bring different experiences to the work.
Start with what you want to do next.
Explore the pathways, or tell us what you are working toward. We can help you find a useful place to begin.