Link: http://www.cio.com/article/3019927/project-management/5-trends-that-will-transform-project-management.html
I found this great article in CIO that talks about the “5 trends that will transform project management”. The author thinks the project management landscape may look different in this year. She summarized 5 trends of project management field in 2016. I put those five trends in my own words and listed below.
Project management team will focus more on strategy over projects.
Organization will move away from operational hierarchies to leverage employee strengths
Companies will pay more attentions to accountability and social responsibility
Employers want to project managers have strong softer skills, not just technical training
The need for remote project management tools and labor will increase
The author gave each trend in depth explanation inside the article. I want to mainly discuss two trends that I found most interesting and related with what we learned in the class: the first trend and the last one.
“What does it mean by saying focus more on strategy over projects? “ In the past, project manager likes to set all goals in the beginning and focus all efforts on reaching the goals one by one. The Gantt chart is a great example to help the manger set goals for each department. It requires certain period of time to finish those goals. However, the author told us that manager should analyze business strengths and weaknesses to determine the best chance to reach specific identified objectives. The team should look at the overall business strategy instead of individual departmental goals.
Project management is a filed that filled with high technologies. All kinds of software are used to improve the efficiency of project. As the popularity of Internet and mobile phone increase among the world, the workforce for a project becomes more widely disbursed. The needs of remote project management tools rapidly increase. Project managers want to overcome the location, distance and time zone differences and communicate timely with same data.
In order to become a better project manager, PM professionals should keep information updated and always be a step earlier than most of people. I feel like these five trends worth all of us to pay attentions to. Even if some students do not want to be project manger in the future, those ideas are still useful because all companies will have some kinds of projects need you to accomplish.
Sijie,
ReplyDeleteThese trends are a good thing to keep in mind as we are entering the workforce. Like Dr. Suzie has said, there is never a time that we will be working on just one project. These trends show how diverse teams are needed, people with go-getter attitudes and unique skills. The second trend that you mentioned is where I see her example most, "organization will move away from operational hierarchies to leverage employee strengths." This means that if one employee is great at modeling then he or she will be wanted and asked to work on many projects. This fictional company is leveraging this employee's strengths to get the best outcome for multiple clients.
Interesting article and nice summary. I found the part about there being more software tools available for remote work to be so true. Most current PM software is now allowing for remote work. Rebecca makes a good point as well about no one working on one project.
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