Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
The Shape of Things to Come
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Technological change is coming fast and furiously. The IT acronyms come and go, and the consulting firms keep socking away megabucks forecasting what CIOs will be spending their money on. It’s all vital food for thought for IT PMs whose careers depend upon making smart decisions.
It’s great fun to predict the future, and it’s easier still to blast technologies that are soon to go the way of the Edsel and quadraphonic sound. More important is knowing what technologies matter most--right now, in this economy--and what will still be vital and enduring many years down the road.
I’ve spoken to some experts, done my research and pinpointed a few of the technologies that will be shaping PMs’ bottom-line IT decisions--at the same time that they pave the way for tomorrow’s projects.
First, it’s important to look at the context in which decisions are being made, which is likely to continue for the next 12 months. The state of the economy has a lot to do with where and how CIOs will be spending their IT dollars, and that will dictate how PMs will be approaching projects.
It took economists--even our own president--several months to authoritatively say that the economy has slowed considerably and that we are actually in a recession. (Like we didn’t know that three months ago.) In February, planned layoffs…
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