3 Project Management Trends That Will Change The Face of Project Management in 2019
While it would be nice if project management skills, strategies, and technology stayed stable in order to fully master all of them but the trough is that all of life, including business, is a process of continuous evolution in response to changes in the environment.
Project management is no exception to this rule!
Project management technologies and strategies continue to push past their former limits and create more efficient and effective ways to control outcomes and achieve goals in lesser amounts of time.
2019, will most likely prove to be no different.
Here are the expected upcoming trends in project management for this year (2019).
Remote Working
Technology has made remote working a viable option for many workers across the globe wishing to blend both their professional and work life in a harmonious loop.
This trend will more than likely continue in 2019 and project managers and project management offices (PMOs) will have to adjust for this fact.
The bright side is that project management will become more flexible in the upcoming year due to this fact and project managers will have more options – a bigger pool of workers which they can tap into from anywhere in the world and at any time.
Project Management Software
The business trend as of late is to provide less of a budget to project managers and at the same time demand higher output in less time.
It seems like an impossible task, but with the help of technology, such expectations can be met.
2019 should see the rise of more project management software, especially in the areas of resource management and AI-driven data, which will help project managers and their teams obtain greater insights into multi-channel synchronicity and individual task management.
Automation
Again, technology will play a significant role in assisting project managers and teams with its ability to automate the more repetitive project tasks so team members can focus their attention on more valuable and urgent work.
Automation is likely to become one of the most useful resources available to project management teams this year as it will help them to increase their productivity, while at the same time reducing their workload.
Higher quality and lower quantity are the main benefit automation can bring to project managers and their teams.
Conclusion
There can be no doubt that project management is not a luxury but a necessity in today’s business environment;
With the right skills, leaders, embers, and technology, a project management team can really help a business get a hold of their desired outcomes and make them more achievable in a shorter amount of time.
While project management technologies and methodologies continue to change each year, the benefits derived from such changes help project managers and their teams produce more quality work in less time, using less money.
Ultimately, this is the main purpose of project management.