George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Look 10 years behind and you realice the strenght the Project Management as a concept has developed, will it increase? will it decrease with any other new tendency?
A couple year back "re-engineering" was the big thing, other tendencies as well...
What do you think is in the future for Project Management?
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
I think Project Management will continue to mature, since proper planning for business endeavors of any size will always be needed. Project Management will become as essential to successful business operation as Accounting. Lastly, I believe smaller, less formal implementations of Project Management will become commonplace. Saving Changes...
Michelle PaughFacilities Coordinator & Building Supervisor| West Virginia UniversityMount Morris, Pa, United States
I also believe that Project Management will continue to grow and mature. I am starting to see the trend in higher education positions. More emphasis is being placed on this area and it is being valued more than financial positions. There will always be a need for renovations, remodeling, new projects of all types.
I am interested in seeing more job descriptions that are actually geared toward project coordination through project management. This area should have it's own group of descriptions just like accountants. Saving Changes...
Locally, at least, it seems like project management is currently in a growth cycle. Over the next five years, we should see project management continuing to expand, overall. With pending economic shifts and more rumors about big companies leaving California, we may see areas where project management appears to decline, within the next ten years. I expect to see growth in project management for clean energy, but given the potential for shifting politics, it's hard to say how much of this will be in the US.
Agile will mature, with greater understanding of where and how to best apply it. This is starting, now, but there is still plenty of hype and occasional news of not-so-successful implementations for various reasons. Agile will become more prominent outside areas of traditional project management. I touch on one of these areas where it is gaining traction in my last blog post:
As with businesses, nothing can grow perpetually. While we should see greater demand for credentialed project managers over the next five years, within ten we could expect to see that demand either slow or shift, barring changes or innovations that revive the demand. Saving Changes...
Hylton FerreiraProject Management Practitioner and Trainer| International Project Leadership Academy Namibia LtdVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Project management is not going anywhere anytime soon. More and more people are realizing that the ability to lead projects is becoming an essential part of today's professional toolkit. Project management knowledge and skills are a valuable addition to some with superb domain knowledge.
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This could almost be considered an argument for less formal project management, in the sense that companies want more people using project management skills, but not more project managers.
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Mohamad FararjehProject Management - Electrical Engineer| San Francisco Bar Area Rapid Transit (BART)Santa Clara, Ca, United States
It will stay with us for a long time to come. I do expect project management to keep evolving. Saving Changes...
Deepa KalangiManager, Program Management, Author, Trainer| CVS HealthCharlotte, NC, United States
Bigger companies that are retail and constantly deliver based on TTM are definitely needing efficient, effective PM's for sure. And I would totally agree that is the right approach, I have observed almost every program/project I managed, that without a PM sitting and driving/facilitating or tracking, it would be a total chaos. Only thing is, every company should align their processes or build new processes based on their market, strategy and company vision for the PMO, which is based on the PMBOK framework. Then Projects run more successfully. Saving Changes...
Project management will definitely evolve in coming years.
Different methodology may come up, some changes in roles n responsibilities may be seen.. but PM would be an integrator. Saving Changes...
Project management is not going anywhere anytime soon. More and more people are realizing that the ability to lead projects is becoming an essential part of today's professional toolkit. Project management knowledge and skills are a valuable addition to some with superb domain knowledge.
This could almost be considered an argument for less formal project management, in the sense that companies want more people using project management skills, but not more project managers. Saving Changes...
Project management is one of the important parts of all industries and the need of project management will be continued. Over the years, Project Management has become an essential element to achieve business goals. Saving Changes...
...make it sound like, in India at least, there is a growing trend of expecting project managers to have and use technical skills beyond project management. It raises the question - will there be greater regional divergence in project management, over time? How much will market demand drive changes to the role(s) project managers fill? Saving Changes...
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