The goal is 3 million more apprenticeships in England by 2020 implemented by means of an Apprenticeship Levy. In this guest post, Michelle Symonds explains what the new UK Higher PM Apprenticeship scheme means for aspiring project managers and employers. MORE

A ‘ Talent Gap’ report by PMI estimates that by 2020, there will be 15.7 The demand for digital project managers is booming. As more and more organizations switch from traditional to digital, they increasingly need managers trained to deliver digital projects. MORE

With the upcoming Dubai 2020 Expo there is now another burst of ambitious Dubai mega projects. I have just returned from the Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management. MORE

Procter & Gamble will break its supply chain links to deforestation completely by 2020. MORE

This will be needed as PMI have predicted that by 2020 some 15.7 In our book “Strategies for Project Sponsorship” (published by Management Concepts) we made the suggestion the company should be making every effort to interview for project sponsors. Not external candidates, but internal ones. MORE

Your hourly rate must be related to the actual working hours you have in a year (this is based on The European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Methodology ). This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. MORE

million new project management roles will be created between 2011 and 2020, so we’re still expecting to see growth in the next couple of years. As we move into the New Year, it’s the time for reflecting on what’s happened and what is to come. It feels to me like 2017 passed by in a flash. MORE

million by 2020. Skill shortages are now a global phenomenon, impacting organisations in virtually every industry sector. In the field of project management, however, the skills gap is growing at a faster rate than was anticipated just a few years ago. MORE

With the upcoming Dubai 2020 Expo there is now another burst of ambitious Dubai mega projects. I have just returned from the Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management. Mark Langley, president and CEO of the PMI, gave a keynote presentation on the importance of innovation. MORE

A recent Linked In forum post posed this question: 2020 – Agile Coach Extinction. “ Well, there are only 4 values and 12 principles…which of those do you want me to break? ” I actually said that to a client once. MORE

Cisco predict that 80% of internet traffic will be video by 2020. YouTube is thought of as the second-largest search engine. Pinterest has exploded in recent years. Visual, easily-understood communication is what your project stakeholders are seeing everywhere else. MORE

The mission statement up to the year 2020 is to become the world's leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility.”. There have been a couple of news stories in the news recently that reveal some important facts about motivation and purpose. MORE

million project management roles will be added worldwide between 2010 & 2020. This is the first in what is anticipated will be a long running series where the Sensible Project Manager mentors an aspiring project manager. MORE

50 billion devices will be connected by 2020. In this guest blog, Esther from Planview talks about a new whitepaper focused on resource management in VUCA environments – digital transformation. Like it or not, we are surrounded by a world of digital transformation. MORE

According to a study by PWC, millennials will make up an estimated 50% of the workforce by 2020. Let’s face it, Millennials are taking over the world. Some of the most profitable and disruptive companies today, such as Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb are led by millennial leaders. A lot is being discussed about millennial leadership styles and rightly so; after all the next decade is going to see a lot of millennials move into leadership positions. MORE

The gig economy in the US is now estimated to be about 34% of the workforce and expected to be 43% by the year 2020. Some of our earliest users might still remember that Paymo initially started out as a free tool back in 2008, mainly used by the freelance community to track time. Years have passed and the software matured as well as the company and the team developing it. We grew in complexity, size, user-base, and over time the free version of the software was phased out. MORE

Earlier this year I set myself the (ambitious, I think) goal of helping 50k project managers to feel more confident at work by 2020. This article, Can You Help With A Few Questions? first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. I’m on about 16k right now, so I have some way to go! But I reckon I can get there, especially if I get to know what’s really bothering you and make sure I’m providing the information you really need to succeed in managing your projects and teams. MORE

trillion between 2010 and 2020. In today’s business environment, the traditional ‘job for life’ doesn’t exist anymore. The average person changes jobs up to fifteen times over the course of their career, with an average job duration of five years. Reasons for changing jobs are numerous and vary by individual circumstance and career trajectory. In this age of job-hopping, it’s important to cultivate transferrable, in-demand skills to propel your career. Project management is one such skill. MORE

The latest edition of Project, the magazine from APM quoted the PMI figures that between 2010 and 2020 the number of new project management roles estimated to be created globally will be 15.7 The group was sipping coffee and chatting until I interrupted them. MORE

By 2020, half the workforce is expected to work remotely. There is a lower turnover rate at companies that use remote workers than those that don’t for a reason – in many ways, it’s a better lifestyle. MORE

The latest edition of Project, the magazine from APM said between 2010 and 2020 61% of organisations offer project management training for their staff. The group were sipping coffee and chatting until I interrupted them. MORE

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trillion by 2020. Project management is one of the most rapidly growing fields globally, because of its highly valuable application towards strategic business goal attainment. MORE

The Internet of Things, automation, and artificial intelligence were the buzzwords of 2017 (and most likely 2018, 2019, 2020…). What project manager skills do you think employers will be looking for in 2020? MORE

A 2016 report from the World Economic Forum on the future of jobs found that skills that were high on the must-have lists today will be less needed or disappear by 2020. Emotional intelligence, or EQ as it also known, has become something of a bellwether for effective leadership. MORE

Its mission is to have an interdisciplinary, global organization committed to mapping the genome of Flow by 2020 and open sourcing it to everyone. This year’s Nobel for Economics has gone to the Behavioural Economist Richard Thaler. MORE

By 2020, customers will manage 85% of their interaction with the enterprise without interacting with a human. [Source: Gartner]. Rather just scroll through the raw data? Here you go … 1. 44% of salespeople give up after one follow-up. [Source: Scripted]. MORE