Comments on: Project Management: the next 10 years http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/2010/01/project-management-the-next-10-years/ Project Management musings for one and all Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/2010/01/project-management-the-next-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-273722 Elizabeth Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:05:03 +0000 http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/?p=1636#comment-273722 David, there is a school of thought that says everyone will become a PM of one sort or another. Then there's another school of thought that says Chartered PM status is the way to go and actually PMs will be more specialised and sought after. There is some interesting opinion on the future evolution of PM in the book 'Project Management Circa 2025' by Cleland and Bidanda which I am currently reading. But there are no guarantees in it as to what we will evolve into! David, there is a school of thought that says everyone will become a PM of one sort or another. Then there’s another school of thought that says Chartered PM status is the way to go and actually PMs will be more specialised and sought after. There is some interesting opinion on the future evolution of PM in the book ‘Project Management Circa 2025′ by Cleland and Bidanda which I am currently reading. But there are no guarantees in it as to what we will evolve into!

]]> By: David Andres http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/2010/01/project-management-the-next-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-273690 David Andres Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:02:57 +0000 http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/?p=1636#comment-273690 On workforce - Collaborative and "flexiforce"... Very interesting. I was wondering about the future of PMs, would organizations become more project oriented and rely on PMs more and more to manage teams and people and not "only" project tasks? But the section on Workforce mentions a move of everyone else to the PM model of individual contributor in a collaborative environment... Mmm, interesting. On workforce – Collaborative and “flexiforce”… Very interesting. I was wondering about the future of PMs, would organizations become more project oriented and rely on PMs more and more to manage teams and people and not “only” project tasks? But the section on Workforce mentions a move of everyone else to the PM model of individual contributor in a collaborative environment… Mmm, interesting.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/2010/01/project-management-the-next-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-271089 Elizabeth Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:49:16 +0000 http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/?p=1636#comment-271089 We've just had a major revision of PRINCE2, Elizabeth, so I expect OGC want to wait a little while before embarking on another big rewrite! But it will have to change. Personally, I want to see the Daily Log disappear and a greater reflection of the way in which we do business now, which is increasingly online. Brian, I completely agree, older project team members bring a lot of experience to the table. The letters pages of the computing press often have stories of ageism and the inability to get recruiters to understand that employees over 50 still have something to contribute. I hope that one of the things we see as the decade advances is a great appreciation of the benefits of diversity in teams. We’ve just had a major revision of PRINCE2, Elizabeth, so I expect OGC want to wait a little while before embarking on another big rewrite! But it will have to change. Personally, I want to see the Daily Log disappear and a greater reflection of the way in which we do business now, which is increasingly online.

Brian, I completely agree, older project team members bring a lot of experience to the table. The letters pages of the computing press often have stories of ageism and the inability to get recruiters to understand that employees over 50 still have something to contribute. I hope that one of the things we see as the decade advances is a great appreciation of the benefits of diversity in teams.

]]> By: Elizabeth (another one!) http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/2010/01/project-management-the-next-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-270972 Elizabeth (another one!) Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:06:36 +0000 http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/?p=1636#comment-270972 Fascinating post, thanks. It'd be interesting to consider how the best practice guidelines (particularly PRINCE2, M_o_R, and P3O) might evolve over the next decade, in order to take into account the changes discussed above. Fascinating post, thanks. It’d be interesting to consider how the best practice guidelines (particularly PRINCE2, M_o_R, and P3O) might evolve over the next decade, in order to take into account the changes discussed above.

]]> By: Brian http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/2010/01/project-management-the-next-10-years/comment-page-1/#comment-270924 Brian Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:56:36 +0000 http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/?p=1636#comment-270924 Teams of grey haired old men working towards their 70's was conjured up for me while I was reading this. But actually that is not a bad thing with everyone living longer anyway and needing to contribute towards their retirement for longer. That's not even taking into account the amount of experience an older project team member can bring to the party. Teams of grey haired old men working towards their 70′s was conjured up for me while I was reading this. But actually that is not a bad thing with everyone living longer anyway and needing to contribute towards their retirement for longer. That’s not even taking into account the amount of experience an older project team member can bring to the party.

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