Building Project Communities

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How are organizations building and developing their project communities? A new survey of more than 1,800 project managers sheds light on the hiring, training and promotion of project managers across 13 industries in the public and private sectors.

Those responsible for project teams face short- and long-term challenges when it comes to the staffing and development of their project communities. As projects continue to increase in complexity and size, many project organizations find themselves with understaffed and underdeveloped workforces. In light of budget constraints, an aging base of experienced professionals, and a likely talent war on the horizon, those without a strategy for hiring, developing, and retaining top project talent are going to find it difficult to meet the increasing demand of their organizations.

In order to uncover how public and private sector organizations are going about building and developing their project communities, ESI International conducted the ESI 2013 Project Manager Salary & Development survey. ESI polled more than 1,800 project managers to gain insight on the hiring, development, and promotion of project managers within their respective organizations. The survey takes into account regional and industry differences as it seeks to answer critical questions surrounding the most effective and efficient ways of building a project…

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