The State of Project Management 2020: Trends and Practices for a New Decade

The project management profession turned fifty and right on the heels of that anniversary, the first global pandemic in 100 years began to spread. This research report takes a look at the immediate past to celebrate the progress we’ve made. And it is also a wake-up call. Project management has a role to play wherever new initiatives, big risks, short timetables, and major changes are taking place. In these times, some of these initiatives – the movement of a company’s operations and projects to a virtual workplace, for example – will be a matter of economic survival. Others – the opening of a new hospital – quite literally a matter of life or death. Are we ready to step up?