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Project Management Trends [2022]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management trends shape our profession. Trends come and go, or they stay with us and evolve into new ways of working that stick around and become “the way we do things around here.”. The trouble with trends is that you might not notice they are happening.

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Future Trends in Project Management: The Debate

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Recently I spoke with Lela Machaidze on Clubhouse about future trends in project management. The trend that is here to stay is remote work and digital teams. Another trend is AI and simple admin tasks will be accomplished by bots. Read next: Project Management Trends.

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PMO: The Gap Closers

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

The report – Emerging Trends in Project Management and Project-Based Organisations – is telling us how much more projects and a project way of working have grown over the last 14 years. All these insights form the basis of the latest survey from Strategy Execution which focuses on the emerging trends and the impact on skills. The PMO: Gap Closer. It’s the PMO. The only entity that exists today that can support that is the PMO.

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Four Project Management Trends for 2022

Brad Egeland

Trends happen, ideas and methodologies change a bit, and companies work to build PM infrastructures that manage projects better and have better tools at their disposal. Please think about trends you might be witnessing as well and share your thoughts after reading.

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., and so it is sensible for anyone who is engaged to help an organisation set up a new PMO or advise on improvements to an existing PMO to reach out for some help. The risk to not doing so is to, at the very least, slow the return on investment of the new PMO down. Is the PMO model the right one?

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Transform the Way Your PMO Operates

International Institute for Learning

Check out the latest stats from the 2022 Research Report from The PMO Squad: Only 43% of PMOs would rate themselves as successful,  78% don’t have a process in place to measure PMO Value, and  Only 59% measure executive leader satisfaction. 

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Trends in Project Management

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

The latest Project Management Trends for 2019 from Strategy Execution highlight the complexities and uncertainties that many businesses face today. In this year’s trends technology features heavily – not just about technology being major deliverables on programmes and projects but also how project-based work utilises tech. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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What’s New? Project Management Trends: Your 2020 Update

Online PM Courses

But we can spot project management trends and infer how we need to prepare. Project Management Trends: Your 2020 Update appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. Project Management Career Project Trends and Changes APM EPMO PMI PMO PMO 3.0 PMTQ project management trends

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The Insights Behind the Project Management Trends

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Strategy Execution released the top ten trends for 2019 a few weeks ago and my first thoughts were; we’re seeing a lot of them in the PMO community which is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. In this article I’ll take a look at all ten of the trends and highlight some of the insights, thinking and activities we’re starting to see and what that means for project management practitioners today. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Project Management Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Bridge the Gap Consulting

To that end, I’ve been following six project management trends that have started and will continue into the new year, and beyond. DEATH TO THE PMO!! At least, the PMO in the traditional sense. Trends we have seen will only accelerate in the new year and beyond.

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Project Management Trends in 2022

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Below are my thoughts on eight 2022 trends based on what I’ve experienced, talking to others, and reading insights and articles from other project professionals. There are a lot of processes a company, PMO and project professional can subscribe to.

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Our Top 10 Project Trends for 2019

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

>> Read the full Top 10 Trends report for 2019. Strategy Execution’s CEO, Christoffer Ellehuus, gives a preview of this year’s Trends: This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. At every level, leaders of project-based work are forced to be more responsive to unanticipated market shifts, more resilient to unpredicted disruptions, and more adaptive in situations where what “has always worked” no longer does. Business 2.0

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Healthcare PMO: BCBS Roundtable Exchanges Thought Provoking Ideas

Planview

A healthcare PMO today must have a strong constitution. Not only are they faced with challenges unique to healthcare, PMOs are also going through the trends mentioned in our recent post, “ Conquer Your Business Transformation.”

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Project Management Trends: A Fresh Look

Online PM Courses

3 years ago, we wrote about the most important Project Management trends. And there are some new trends to add.3 years ago, we wrote about the most important Project Management trends. And there are some new trends to add. The post Project Management Trends: A Fresh Look appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. Project Management Career Project Trends and Changes APM EPMO PMI PMO PMO 3.0 PMTQ project management trends

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Project Management Trends: 2018 Topics to Watch

LiquidPlanner

Here are five trends that project managers should be watching out for in 2018. It does take a while for practice to catch up with guidance, so expect to see some changes in your PMO soon; we can expect more flexibility with how to apply project management best practice. I firmly believe this is a huge trending topic: project managers taking responsibility for their own professional development.

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How the PMO Can Help Align Projects with Operations

International Institute for Learning

The first thing the PMO Leader should do is to communicate how operations and projects complement each other. PMO Joe is an internationally recognized leader in the Project Management and PMO community. By Joe Pusz. It’s happened to all of us before.

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The PMO Series (5): The PMO as the Driving Force of Agile Transformation

Inloox

The last part of our PMO blog series will try and answer this question. Implementing ‘new’ agile methods such as Scrum or Kanban will have a significant impact on the PMO, as it’s the project management center of the organization. So it is important that the PMO reacts to these new developments in project management as soon as possible. Agile is the trend “Agile” is one of the biggest buzzwords in project management and other industries at the moment.

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Fuel Decisions with Data by Making the PMO a Strategic Partner

Planview

But data shouldn’t be a burden, and the PMO has the opportunity to bring it to life. Three methods to fuel decisions with data and make the PMO a strategic partner. Start by viewing the PMO as a business partner, rather than simply an executor of work, and provide solutions that equip the PMO with data insights that enable them to effectively tie the current state of the portfolio to strategic initiatives. PMO Vision and Trends

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Done Is Better Than Perfect: How To Manage Your Projects The Right Way – Guest Post by Andrea Bell

Celoxis

best practices Blog collaboration conflict management Leadership PMO PPM Project Management Resource Management risk management TrendsWhat makes a perfect project? Ask any project manager and they will all have conflicting answers. Some may quote cost effectiveness, others may say delivery before the deadline and some may say planning. But do we really have a scale to measure how perfect a project is?

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Top Skills Employers Are Looking For in 2020 and How to Get Them

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Technology is constantly improving and modern businesses are striving to keep up with the latest trends. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Cutting cost? Don’t Touch That PMO – It’s Your Key to Cost Savings!

Planview

You will have to re-prioritize and replan your project investments and no one knows how to do that better than the Project Management Office (PMO). Here are three trending scenarios where the PMO can have a serious impact.  Digital

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3 Steps to Dominate Digital Disruption

Planview

In the final part of the “Your PMO at Hyper-speed” workshop series, we will examine how operating at hyper-speed is all about moving beyond projects and will present three simple steps on just how to launch your organization’s PMO into action. Part 2: Fuel Decisions with Data by Making the PMO a Strategic Partner. Part 3: Project Management Software to Boost Your PMO into Hyper-speed. What does that mean to the PMO? PMO Vision and Trends

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10 Point Checklist for Better Project Estimates

Planview

PMO Vision and TrendsThe following content is based on the whitepaper, “Bigger Than a Breadbox: 10 Tips for Better Project Estimates, Part 2,” written by Jerry Manas. For your reading convenience, we’ve decided to give it everlasting life here on the blog. From all the previous six parts of this series, it should be clear that effective estimation is a primary driver of project success, resource planning, and portfolio alignment.

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The Importance of Project Management: Q&A with PMO Leader Robert Kelly

Wrike

We spoke with Robert Kelly, PMO leader and Managing Partner of Kelly Project Solutions, LLC , about the value of project management and the impact it has on business. What are the top issues you face as a PMO leader? I believe there are several challenges facing the PMO leader, which are shared across the organization : 1. As a PMO thought leader, do you think it’s imperative that companies embrace standard PM methodologies? PMO as a Service.

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PMO Lifecycles: Interview with Bill Dow [Video]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At the PMO Conference on 13 June 2018, Bill Dow gave a presentation about PMO maturity, reporting and building credibility as a PMO team through the use of the right metrics. I caught up with him after his presentation to find out more about what he’d been up to at the conference and his workshop on the PMO lifecycle. You did a one-day workshop for the PMO Conference, didn’t you? Bill: I did, yeah, on how to build, run, and shut down a PMO.

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6 Reasons Why Projects are Late

Planview

PMO Vision and TrendsThe following content is based on the whitepaper, “Bigger Than a Breadbox: 10 Tips for Better Project Estimates, Part 2,” written by Jerry Manas. For your reading convenience, we’ve decided to give it everlasting life here on the blog. So far in this series, we’ve examined a number of ways to improve problems with project estimates.

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It’s Time to Start Planning for Resources

Planview

PMO Vision and TrendsThe following content is based on the whitepaper, “Bigger Than a Breadbox: 10 Tips for Better Project Estimates, Part 2,” written by Jerry Manas. For your reading convenience, we’ve decided to give it everlasting life here on the blog.

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IT Industry Outlook for Project Management Tools Adoption

Celoxis

best practices Blog PMO PPM Project Management SaaS Trends celoxis IT industry project management best practices IT project management IT projects Online project management tool project management software web based project management softwareroject management tools obviously have a central role to play in addressing most of these challenges.

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Success in Disruptive Times: PMI’s 2018 Pulse of the Profession

Online PM Courses

And to illustrate what it’s all about, I’ll requote part of a quotation the report uses, from Chintan Oza, the PMO Director at a major telecommunications company. Tracking Data: Long Term Trends. PMI Talent Triangle: Leadership PMI Talent Triangle: Strategic & Business Management PMI Talent Triangle: Technical Project Management PMO Project Benefits Management Project Trends and Changes Disruption EPMO PMI project failure Pulse of the Profession

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3 Arguments for a Project Management Office (PMO)?

Brad Egeland

​ That said, not every organization with a strong project focus needs or has a project management office (PMO). In a survey reported by PM Solutions, in 2000 only 47% of companies had a PMO. Clearly there is a trend as more organizations are recognizing that not only is project management needed, but a solid PM infrastructure – supported by a project management office – is probably the best way to consistently deliver success to your project customers.

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Top 43 Podcasts for Project Managers for Focus and Inspiration

Proggio

PMO Strategies – This one is one of our favorites! Productivity Top 10 Trends humor podcasts productivityPodcasts are Not Just for Learning . At Proggio, we love podcasts. Sometimes for learning, and sometimes not.

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2021 Online & On-Site Events for Project Managers

Epicflow Blog

February 2-3 — The Delivery Conference will let you learn about the main trends of eCommerce delivery, hear from the most famous brands, and get acquainted with the world’s most insightful leaders with a great opportunity to exchange ideas and experience. . This day will be fully PMO-focused.

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The Transformation Journey: Lessons Learned

Planview

Patrick and I provide far more details in the webinar, including how we organized Planview for Agile planning and delivery, the role of the PMO in scaling Agile, and the evolution to lean portfolio management. Watch the full webinar here : Project Portfolio Management Vision and Trends

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The Value of Combining Robust PPM with Lightweight Work Execution [Video]

Planview

We already know there is a lot of unstructured work occurring outside the PMO’s structured work world. This means marketing, sales, legal, facilities, and procurement can leverage Projectplace in a combination of both integrated to your PPM software, for those team members working on PMO-driven projects, and in standalone mode, to improve productivity on every day work done by teams across the company. PMO Vision and Trends Work Collaboration Video

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Using Hassle Maps for Strategy and Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

PMO Creating Hassle Maps of Its Stakeholders – PMO’s have the overall business units as stakeholders. This can help force the PMO to create value and maintain relevance as a customer centric corporate citizen.

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Critical Project Management Skillsets for the Future

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

This report also highlights the growing trend of Project-Based Organisations (PBO) which organise themselves around project-based work as supposed to operational activities. You can read the report Emerging Trends in Project Management and Project-Based Organisations here. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Start Viewing Your IT Department as a Strategic Partner to the Organization

Planview

PMO Vision and TrendsThe following content is taken from the whitepaper, “Portfolio-Driven Performance: The 7 Process Areas That Drive IT and Business Results,” written by Jerry Manas. To make it more easily accessible to you, we are giving it everlasting life here on the blog.

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An Executive Perspective on Getting Started with Work and Resource Management

Planview

PMO Vision and Trends“A unified approach will enable every manager and worker to see what work should be done and what is required to achieve it, which is key to fostering not only alignment but engagement.” – Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer, Ventana Research.

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Reducing Corruption in Government Projects

Celoxis

… best practices Blog PM reports PMO PPM productivity Project Management Trends work culture celoxis government corruption Online project management software project management project management best practices public sector project management web based project management toolGovernment projects are prone to corruption, even in countries where anti-corruption laws are strongly enforced.

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Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Similarly, ‘intelligent’ analysis must involve trend analysis: trends of work, efficiencies, cost, date delivery, criticality, subcritical path criticality, float degradation, liabilities, margin v cost, benefit status, changes, defects as well as other key indicators.

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