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Your Top Projects 2010
January 19, 2010
There were plenty of projects that didn't go well in 2009, and maybe a few you were really proud of. What's in store on the project management front this year? To answer that question, ESI International revealed its 2010 Top 10 Global Project Management Trends last week. Here are the big ones they think are headed your way:
• The implementation of new program and project management solutions will soar: Program and project managers, under pressure from senior management to demonstrate project portfolio performance and its impact on the enterprise, will make the pitch for—and win—resources to implement project portfolio management solutions.
• Reliance on requirements metrics to measure performance will increase: In 2009 ESI experts predicted a greater role for requirements management and development, also known as business analysis. Reliance on metrics to track project performance will increase this year, helping to quantify organizational performance improvement for management.
• Senior executives will embrace the value of project and program governance: To facilitate improved organizational performance, project and program governance will be embraced by all, from executive management to the project managers.
• Project management operations (PMO) will go to the next level with business application centers of excellence: During the previous decade, ESI saw the number of PMOs and their positive business impact increase significantly.
• Demand for agile project metrics will increase: With the increased use of agile project management approaches, including the various implementations of agile methods, senior management will demand quality metrics that clearly demonstrate the value of agile over other PM approaches for specific projects, as well as agile's impact on the achievement of organizational objectives.
• Vendor management and program outsourcing will move front and center: The trend of outsourcing will leap forward in 2010 as organizations continue to look to do more without permanent increases in staffing and other resources.
• Risk management will become a project management obsession: The greater emphasis on financial risk management will trickle through to other parts of the enterprise where risk assessment principles can be used to drive performance. This will lead to an increased focus on PM risk assessment with an emphasis at the program, as well as the portfolio, level.
• Crisis environments will leverage project portfolio principles for better outcomes: War zones, global pandemics, and natural disasters will continue to present new challenges for non-governmental organizations and governments worldwide as they seek to do more with limited resources.
• Project management learning measurement no longer will be a "nice to have:" In 2009, many organizations implemented first-time learning initiatives focused on project management maturity as a way to jump ahead of the competition.
• Project management learning will push out of the classroom: To improve project management learning retention rates, and keep employees on the job as they learn, organizations will seek to leverage recent technological advances that help adults learn outside of the traditional classroom.
What kinds of projects will your company roll out this year? Are you worried they might not go well? Join the discussion on
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