Green is safe. Green is defensible. So we ask the safe question, forever, and we call it governance. That's a problem. Here are six questions to retire from your steering committee—and what to ask instead.
AI is powerful, but it only works as well as the experience of the person using it. This practitioner has learned through experience that even with advanced tools, judgment remain critical to achieving the right results.
Change management is once more having to adopt new approaches. For more progressive organizations, that means elevating it from the project level to the portfolio level.
In mission-critical IT environments, supply chain volatility can quietly undermine traditional installation strategies. Learn how hybrid installation—paired with disciplined milestone reframing—can protect accreditation timelines, preserve operational continuity, and prevent perceived project failure before it occurs.
Too few organizations can consider small and iterative planning for products and the portfolio. That’s because they plan to address both product roadmaps and the project portfolio quarterly or yearly. That’s not good enough when the world changes daily.
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IntroductionArtificial Intelligence is transforming the way Agile teams approach project delivery. With AI-powered tools, teams can generate requirements, code, tests, documentation, and analysis at u ...
The "AI vs Project Management" debate isn't really a battle — it's an evolution. Here's the breakdown:h31. AI Won't Replace Project Managers/h3AI excels at:Scheduling & resource allocation (a ...
Why AI-Native Organizations Need Institutional GuardrailsEvery organization must adapt.Markets change.Technologies evolve.Customer expectations shift.New risks emerge.Competitive advantage rarely last ...
Agility helps projects respond to change, learn faster, and continuously adapt to emerging needs. At the same time, sustainability asks us to look beyond immediate value and consider the longer-term c ...
Designing Boundaries Before Decisions HappenOrganizations often make governance most visible when an important decision reaches the boardroom.A strategy is presented. An investment is approved. A proj ...
After several years in management consulting and project management, I am exploring a transition into project management within the healthcare industry.My consulting experience has involved leading co ...
IntroductionAgile changed the way products and services are developed, aligning processes with the fast and complex changes in the business environment. Nowadays, in the high-velocity world of tech in ...
Many experienced PMs are now operating in an environment that bears very little resemblance to the one that they were trained in. And that can be disconcerting.
Ignoring career development with your organization's talent is like ignoring a persistent and long-lasting body pain after a workout. It may not seem like a problem until it becomes one.
How do you advance your career if the roles you aspire to are undefined? Your tactics must show you have the newly prioritized skills—and get this information to those who can influence your career.
In a world of constant change, agile practices must evolve to meet new challenges. The Agile Practice Guide – Second Edition helps practitioners navigate complexity, adapt to shifting priorities, and deliver value across projects, products, portfolios and enterprise initiatives.
Low productivity is often treated as a performance issue, but it is really a health issue. This article explores how to diagnose energy drains, eliminate metabolic blockers, and restore peak organizational performance through targeted interventions.
Welcome to PMI Community Numbers, a quarterly feature we will share on ProjectManagement.com to keep you informed about all the exciting activity and growth in our large community!
The industry mourns Robert G. Staples. a PMI Fellow whose contributions helped shape both the profession of project management and the growth of PMI as a global community.
PMI research for Pulse of the Profession® found three common challenges projects face when complexity is poorly managed. PMI Thought Leadership Advisory Council members share how they have successfully navigated project complexity.
Ethics Under Pressure: Why Good People Make Dangerous Decisions challenges one of the most comfortable assumptions in professional life: that major ethical failures are mainly caused by bad people.
This panel discussion explores how to build and sustain a strong, safe and diverse culture across fully distributed teams. The panelists have complementary perspectives and share practical frameworks that project managers can apply when leading or collaborating within virtual, cross-cultural teams.
Managing AI projects without understanding AI can create uncertainty, misalignment, and risk.AI literacy enables project managers to plan realistically, manage risks effectively, collaborate with AI teams, and deliver meaningful business outcomes. “AI Literacy for Project Managers” is designed for PMs leading—or preparing to lead—AI-driven initiatives.
In this interview, Johan Roos frames enterprise agility as a matter of change readiness, rooted in people’s capabilities. He emphasizes leaders’ role in modeling desired behaviors while noting that everyone must build the curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration needed for continuous change. Roos also discusses AI as a tool to amplify human judgment and concludes that agility requires stronger collaboration across interconnected ecosystems.
Many organizations are experimenting with AI, but only a small number successfully move beyond pilots into measurable enterprise impact. AI initiatives often stall because project teams focus on the technology while underestimating governance, data readiness, stakeholder alignment, risk management, change adoption, and value realization.
**PMI Led Webinar** As the first and only global standard for AI in portfolio, program, and project work, "The Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management" (PMI 2026) gives project professionals a practical foundation for applying AI responsibly. This webinar will help attendees understand the Standard’s guiding principles, performance domains, and applied use cases — and how to use them to bring more structure, accountability, and confidence to AI adoption. The Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management - https://www.pmi.org/standards/artificial-intelligence
To its proponents, there is very little that artificial intelligence can’t do. In those areas where there are limitations and constraints, the expectation is that they will be overcome exponentially quickly. We are told that automation fueled by artificial intelligence will fundamentally remake and reshape the work place.
Designed for leaders responsible for outcomes, not experiments, this session reframes AI implementation as an execution and change problem—not a technical one—and offers a practical way to move from ambition to impact without unnecessary complexity.
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