Reading the business press, you might assume that everybody’s gone agile, AI is already doing everything everywhere, and you can find project management as a service (PMaaS) with a snap of your fingers.
As we know, the reality is quite different.
There’s a significant lag between excitement about a changing approach to projects or business … and the ability to implement it successfully. And that’s because it takes time for humans and their organizations to absorb—not to say, master—new concepts. That's why our 2024 research study, The Adaptive Organization: A Benchmark of Changing Approaches to Project Management, asks participants about their training strategies as well as project management practices.
Where are we today with agile and hybrid approaches? In 2018 our research found that organizations were cautious adopters of adaptive project management. In 2024, we’ll be looking at the trends in these approaches, including what topics organizations are training for. And we will be able to compare the organizational performance of agile/hybrid organizations to their performance in 2018.
But in 2024, “changing approaches” means more than just agile. The new study also revisits questions we asked about Project Management as a Service (PMaaS) in our 2021 study of the strategies that helped organizations thrive through the pandemic. As a way to bring new knowledge and skills to an organization rapidly, PMaaS is a valuable partner to training.
Speaking of new skills needing rapid adoption … there’s AI. The 2024 study would not be complete without an assessment of AI adoption in projects and organizations. From the PM College standpoint, we’ll be most interested in how many companies are providing training in AI usage and skills. It would not be surprising if the hype has far outpaced the actual capability.
Be a part of answering all these questions by completing the research survey. Your responses are confidential, and as a thank-you, all participants will receive the full-data report of the results. Here’s the link.
