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THE FUTURE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3-21

● Projects, programs, and project portfolios. Project portfolio management will be in
widespread use; a global project classification system based on the characteristics of
project results will be accepted by the major project management associations and used
by most practitioners.
● Project life-cycle models. The postproject phase of “realization of project benefits” will
become increasingly recognized as a proper part of the total project life cycle.
● Areas of application of project management. Within the next five years, formalized
project management will be in use in essentially all areas of human endeavor.
● Project management planning and control systems and tools. Project management soft-
ware and the information it produces will be fully integrated with all corporate informa-
tion systems.
● Project teams. Most project managers will understand the importance of and be profi-
cient in team building and team leadership.
● The profession of project management. Project management disciplines and practices
will be known and used widely by managers at many levels in essentially all industries
and human agencies in the developed world.

Tanaka, 2004. This author offers an “opportunities/challenges” approach to the
development of project management. The following opportunities are identified:
● Tooling the strategic project management model. The strategic project management
model pioneered by P2M of Japan and OPM3 TM released by the PMI should be sup-
ported by techniques and tools ready for use by organizations and validated by suc-
cessful application cases that will have delivered innovation and other strategic
value to organizations.
● Verification of value delivered by project management. Emergence of a strategic project
management model.
● Global project management. Take profit from the experience of the engineering and
construction industry.
● Project management in public sectors. Promotion of project management by all profes-
sional bodies toward governments and public agencies.
● Social project management. One of the most prospective application area of project

management is societal management and activities.
The main challenges are
● Establishment of project management as a firm, testable academic and professional
discipline
● Harmonization of project management bodies of knowledge, competency standards, and
certifications systems
● Corporate support

CONCLUSION

The project management field is still in a preparadigmatic stage. Among the main
trends, we can note the focus around the role of project management in such strategic
issues as management, organizational issues, maturity, performance management, and/or
use of resources and cost. The contextualization of the applications and the creation of