Making project management indispensable for business results The

Making project management indispensable for business results. ® The Value of Project Management PMI’s 2018 Pulse of the Profession® Caterina La Tona – Chair, 2018 PMI Board of Directors March 2018

Project managers make dreams come true

“What do you do? ”

Business Disruption is all around us

Strategic change looks toward the future and happens through projects

Strategic change looks toward the future and happens through projects Yet fewer than 3 in 5 organizations understand the value of project management

Strategy-Execution Gap

On average, organizations waste $99 million for every $1 billion invested

On average, organizations waste $108 million for every $1 billion invested * Pulse of the Profession ® 2018 Research Findings – UK

Pulse of the Profession®

Drivers of Success Skills Are you ready to be a project leader? Benefits Sponsor Can you connect your team to the dream? Do you know what motivates your executive sponsor? Agility Can you identify when to use the correct approach?

PMI Talent Triangle®

Learning from communication failures

Drivers of Success Skills Are you ready to be a project leader? Benefits Sponsor Can you connect your team to the dream? Do you know what motivates your executive sponsor? Agility Can you identify when to use the correct approach?

Benefits Realization Maturity

Benefits Realization is about the “why”

Drivers of Success Skills Are you ready to be a project leader? Benefits Sponsor Can you connect your team to the dream? Do you know what motivates your executive sponsor? Agility Can you identify when to use the correct approach?

Executive sponsorship is essential

Drivers of Success Skills Are you ready to be a project leader? Benefits Sponsor Can you connect your team to the dream? Do you know what motivates your executive sponsor? Agility Can you identify when to use the correct approach?

Agility - Knowing when to use agile approaches is key In our study, twice as many champion organizations reported frequent use of agile practices than low performers. 21

Giving Back!

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