2008

Current Trends and Future Predicitons
Project management as an industry may be used to describe companies that sell PM products, services and technologies in the open marketplace. Those products and services primarily include PM software and related services, PM consulting services, PM training and educational products and services, and turnkey project and construction management services. Here are a few interesting trends:

(December 2008)

Growing Your SME
Project management (PM) has become an essential reality for business and government as they aim to encourage innovation, improve efficiency, solve problems and manage scarce resources. However, despite the common misconception that project management is solely for large organisations, it is a powerful business tool for businesses of any size. As any SME owner will tell you, effectiveness and efficiency is never about size - it is about working intelligently.

(December 2008)

Project Management and the Celtic Tiger
This paper explores the hypothesis that, in contrast to accepted wisdom, micro practices of work and management, and project management practices specifically, are a (overlooked) reason for the transformation of the Irish economy since 1990, a phenomenon known as the Celtic Tiger. The paper computes the weighted number of IPMA and PMI certificates per million population as an indicator of the intensity of project management in selected countries and compares this data with each country's wealth (measured as GDP/capita), and innovation ranking.

(December 2008)

Challenges and Opportunities Facing Project Management in Ireland
The Celtic Tiger is now more of a Cub driven primarily by a dramatic slowdown in construction that is impacting the entire economy. There are, however, still a number of sectors offering potential for project management growth in the immediate future

(September 2008)

Future Skills Needs - What Role for Project Management Imperative
"Projects accounts for in excess of 25% of the world GDP or ¹/4 of the world's value generation. How come not one of the three expert panelists identified project management as a required Future Skill Need even though one in every $4 spent was on projects?"

(June 2008)

From Multi-National to Startup - The Project Manager Entrepreneur
It is just over six months ago that Ed Naughton interviewed Pat Lucey, former Director of Program management with Motorola. Pat shared his insights into Project Management and revealed his plans to set up a new company - AspiraCon - to focus on Project Management. At the recent IPMI National awards ceremony, Ed caught up with Pat to see how business has progressed.

(February 2008)

Significant Changes Affecting Project Management
As the discipline evolves, it is instructive to step back from time to time and consider what changes have been taking place and to look into the crystal ball to see what the future might hold.

(January 2008)