What the Next Generation of Project Management Will Look Like

Traditional project management skills, such as project governance or project management methodology, aren’t sufficient to meet changing organizational needs.  Gartner recently surveyed 373 project management leaders to identify the “next generation” skills — from organizational awareness to financial acumen — that have a disproportionate impact on performance. They also identified three future-focused project manager roles: the teacher, the fixer, and the orchestrator — all of which highlight the uniquely human aspects of project management that go beyond performing discrete, repetitive tasks.