Future of Project Management: Top 10 Trends on the Horizon

Over the years, the project management landscape has seen drastic changes that led organizations from sticky notes to enterprise SaaS solutions. With the advent of newer technologies and management paradigms, project management continues to undergo significant evolution, and organizations need to keep up with these changes or risk failure.

Project management over the last few decades has made a paradigm shift. PMP in the coming years will strongly reflect agile, traditional and hybrid project environments. The trends, however, do not apply to all industries and types of projects in the same way.

Let us take a glance at the top trends :

• Artificial Intelligence in Project Management is on the rise
• Focus on Change Management
• Rise in Remote and flexible working situations
• Inclusion of hybrid project management approaches
• Resource Planning will continue to gain importance.
• Increasing focus on Data Analytics for Data-Driven Project Management
• The PMO Becoming more strategic
• Cloud-first approach becoming the standard
• Continued focus on Agile
• Emphasis on avoiding physical and mental stress