Certifications Typically Require the Lowest Minimum Level of Education of the Project Management Education Paths Working in Top-Tier Management Consulting The formal requirements to become a management consultant at one of the three tier-one consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, Boston …
Working in Top-Tier Management Consulting Develops Excellent Project Management and Problem-Solving Skills Management consultants help organizations solve problems and manage change (e.g., targetjobs n.d.). They typically provide these services to their clients in the form of projects, making project work …
Many Seek to Demonstrate Their Projekt Management Skills Through Certification The Project Management Institute (PMI) (2021a) estimates the number of project management-oriented employees in project-related industries worldwide at approximately 90 million. If a project team consists of an average of …
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An (Academic) Course of Study Is One Way to Develop Project Management Skills Various state-recognized universities in Germany and abroad (e.g., IU International University of Applied Sciences, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, University of Sydney, and University of London) also …
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Choosing the Right Project Management Training Is Difficult The range of project management training options is enormous, from short, topic-specific crash courses to seminars lasting several days and coaching over longer periods of time for working professionals. A search in …
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Companies Struggle to Find Project-Ready Talent Unfortunately, companies seem to be in dire need of skilled people to successfully execute their projects. As the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) (2016), the world’s largest HR professional association with approximately 285,000 …
Projects Fail Primarily Due to a Lack of Expertise and Skills of Those Involved Winters (2003) and several others (e.g., Antony & Gupta 2018; MacNeil 2024; Simplilearn 2024) list the top reasons for project failure (see Exhibit). The same or …
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Most Projects Fail Due to the increasing importance of project work, its success is becoming more and more important. It is therefore fatal that most projects fail. Only 31 percent of software projects are successful, while 50 percent are not …
Project Work Becomes the Standard Way of Working Projects are not only critical to the survival of companies but also the new key to value creation (Nieto-Rodriguez 2021a, pp. 4–5). This means that they are not only relevant to business …
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Projects Are Key to Securing the Future of Businesses Becoming a large and successful company does not guarantee long-term survival (O’Reilly & Tushman 2007). In today’s world of continuous and sometimes disruptive change (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine), organizations …
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