Project Management the Teenage Years
Author: Parallel Project Training
Author: Parallel Project Training
As we enter the Teens (if that what this decade is called), what will future hold for project management? Take a look at what history has to reveal to us to try and predict the trends for the future and then vote in our poll at Parallel Project Training.
Vote Now 50s Conception The 1950s were the start of project management with the application of Taylors scientific management. Project management was based on the marriage of the Henry Gantt time based chart and Fayols five principles of management planning organising, commanding, coordinating and controlling. These principles still form the foundation of our modern bodies of knowledge. 60s Learning to Walk The value of project management was demonstrated on major projects. Many of these projects have attained mythical status in project management including the Polaris missile programme, the DuPont Corporation and Remington Rand Corporation development of the critical path (I bet they wish they had patented that!) The decade finished with the formation of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) in 1967, the PMI in 1969, forerunner of the APM, called Internet (another good name) in 1972. 70s Slow Growth of Early Adopters. Project Management saw slow growth in recognition during the 1970s, along with the birth of IT systems, Apollo space programme project management and the application of project management to the development of cold war defence systems. The membership of the APM reached 1000 by the end of the decade. 80s Gantt chart for the masses and a decade of unconscious incompetence. The development of microcomputers in the 1980 saw the explosion of the project management for all, with its ubiquitous symbol - the Gantt chart. Some adventurous people even implemented earned value management. During the 80s every organisation and government department had its own approach to project management, with the associated not surprising chaos. 90s Codification and certification 1989 saw the launch of PRINCE (followed by PRINCE2 in 1996) following the PMI PMP certification launched in 1984. The 1990s became the decade of codification, standardisation and with growing acceptance that a common approach to project management was beneficial. Noughties the decade of embedment, globalisation and information overload (and the credit crunch). For project management the Noughties were decade of globalisation for project management with the connectivity of the internet leading to teams outsourced across the world, increasing recognition for project management certification across the globe be it PRINCE2 or the PMIs PMP. Towards the end of the decade management in general including project management discovered the Blackberry and all of a sudden we struggled with information overload. What had been manageable communication channels became frenetic with ongoing 24 hour activity to suit the new global projects. What will be the project management trends in the teens? They say the past is no predictor of the future but what will be the up and coming trends for the teens. Will 1) The fallout from the credit crunch and severely reduced public spending lead to a severe reduction in the demand for project management and a decade of cost cutting and cancelled projects? 2) Will the increasing pressure for change lead to an increasing demand for truly professional project managers, maybe (or maybe not) linked to chartered status? 3) Will pressure for consistency continue with consolidation between the different methodologies (PRINCE2, APM, PMP)? 4) Will new social media tools such as Google Wave help us organise the mass of information generated by projects using meta tags and search tool in the same way Google Search Engine made sense of the web. Or (5) all of the above?
VOTE NOWAbout the Author:
Paul is a co-founder and director with Parallel Project Training. Paul is an experienced project management practitioner and has particular expertise in change programme management, risk management, earned value management and project management training development and delivery
Stuart Weitzman Scrinchable Boots Overview Creative Writing Assignment Tool - Real Opportunity ! 4 Helpful Tips In Choosing The Most Suitable Gift For Your Yuppie Groomsmen Getting Your Ex Girlfriend Back: The First Step Robot VS Manual Forex 4 Ways To Increase Blog Comments
Where Can You Find Replacement Laptop Screens Immediately Stop Gums From Bleeding With Natural Treatments Resentment And Expectations: Big Fat Life Hold Ups Jewelry advertisement cost down for recession digs in The Origins and Development of Ninja Cult Office Refurbishments Services London I Hear That I Have To Wear A Compression Garment After My Liposuction--why?