The top 10 Global Project Management Trends for 2011.

According to J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, Executive Vice President, ESI.

1) Leadership - Leadership skills will be the PM’s critical success factor. In current business environment leadership skills become more and more important

2) No Industry Will Be Spared from the War for PM Talent. Especially with growing number of projects going overseas, there is a growing need for experiences PMs.

3) Agile Project Management Not As Popular As Before - More organizations will realize that Agile does not suite all organizations

4) Competency Models Will Be Core to Managing Professional Development and Promotions for PMs - Hiring managers will be more sophisticated on selecting PMs. They will base their selections on comprehensive competency models.

5) Experiential Learning Will Be More the Norm than the Exception – Learning at work become more important. PM courses having hard time to keep up with the changes.

6) Informal Learning for PMs Will Gain Momentum – More learning will be acquired by using social learning technologies and approaches, such as wikis, blogs, videos, podcasts and other methods of communication.

7) Project Sponsorship Will Become an Area of Focus in South Asia - especially in India and Bangladesh, as organizations try to accelerate their structured approach to project management.

8) Outsourcing Will Remain a Risky Business – It means that PMs will have to focus more on the risk management and recognize the value of best practices in contract management.

9) PMs Will have to collaborate more with Change Management Experts – In a constantly changing environment PMs will drive the change, but they will need a reliable assistance.

10) The PMP® will continue to be the most popular project management credential in the world, but Will No Longer Be Enough – Companies worldwide will continue to support PMP®, but will value the proven experience and demonstrated competency beyond the certification itself.