Project Management Institute’s latest
Pulse of the Profession In-Depth Report explores how agile,
change-ready teams will thrive in The Project Economy
PHILADELPHIA-Tuesday 17 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The world’s most brilliant strategies are only as strong as the teams
behind them, Project Management Institute (PMI)’s latest Pulse of the Profession® In-Depth
report claims. According to the report, due to unprecedented workplace
evolution and complexity, more than half of all organizations are
already reorganizing their activities around projects – requiring
employers to reimagine how talent is deployed to solve problems and get
work done. The study, Tomorrow’s Teams Today,
explores how the future of work has led to the future of teams, and how
agile, change-ready teams—led by strong power skills including
collaboration, empathy and innovation—will thrive in and drive The
Project Economy.
The
introduction of automation, demand for flexible working conditions, and
desire for agility has shifted individual roles and responsibilities
within organizations. The report identified three core principles to
prioritize when building ready-for-anything project teams:
- Make agility part of the team DNA: As roles and responsibilities are reimagined, teams that adopt an all-for-one mentality will be best prepared to adjust on the fly.
- Look beyond technical prowess: Bring together talent who have the new power skills: empathy, collaboration and communication.
- The customer is king: Forward-thinking teams make user feedback the core of planning and execution to generate meaningful solutions with long-term benefits.
“The rapid
evolution of the workplace has led to many companies organizing task
flow through projects, leading to teams who thrive on change and embrace
a more agile workstyle,” said Michael DePrisco, vice president, global
experience & solutions at PMI. “We see this as a positive step and
expect teams that excel in a changing environment will better navigate
priorities from multidisciplinary stakeholders.”
According to
the report, organizations need teams that can gracefully pivot amid
changes to a scope or customer demands, and when embracing new
technology. More than 50 percent of project professionals say they’ve
worked on at least one team that uses disruptive technology like
artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning, and half of those
respondents expect to work on more AI teams over the next year.
As tasks increasingly become automated, executives are starting to look beyond the technical realm when evaluating talent. The Tomorrow’s Teams Today report identified five essential team skills valued the most:
- Collaborative Leadership
- Empathy for the Voice of the Customer
- Risk Management
- Innovative Mindset
- Methodology or Framework Governance
With
recruiting practices relying more on soft skills than ever before,
organizations are transforming to agile working models to incorporate
new talent with modern skills. Nearly 1 in 4 projects completed over the
past year used agile and half of project management offices expect this
number to increase in the next 5 years. The 2020 Pulse of the Profession
also found that 42 percent of projects in the past year were
characterized as having “high complexity,” which average 24 core team
members compared to 8 members for “low complexity” projects.
“The
must-have skills for projects have evolved well beyond the usual
technical skills that have been used for generations,” DePrisco added.
“This will be especially apparent as more large-scale projects are
introduced to improve world infrastructure, enhance cybersecurity
measures and more.”
Read more about the 2020 Pulse of the Profession In-Depth Report: Tomorrow’s Teams Today.
About Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project
Management Institute (PMI) is the world's leading association for those
who consider project, program or portfolio management their profession.
Through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research, we work
to prepare more than three million professionals around the world for
The Project Economy: the coming economy in which work, and individuals,
are organized around projects, products, programs and value streams. Now
50 years in the making, we work in nearly every country around the
world to advance careers, improve organizational success and further
mature the project management profession through globally-recognized
standards, certifications, communities, resources, tools, academic
research, publications, professional development courses and networking
opportunities. As part of the PMI family, ProjectManagement.com creates
online global communities that deliver more resources, better tools,
larger networks and broader perspectives. Visit us at www.PMI.org, www.projectmanagement.com, www.facebook.com/PMInstitute and on Twitter @PMInstitute.
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