October 2019 March/April 2020 A Supplement to PM Network® Published by Project Management Institute
here’s been a lot of dialogue
over the past couple of
years about how PMI is
enabling its new strategy through
a digital transformation, and I’m
delighted that in 2020 we will be
delivering on our planned strategic
goals and objectives. Having spent
the last several years building
the foundational elements of PMI
2.0, we will now be enabling new
functionalities that directly benefit
all of our stakeholder communities.
The PMI Board is excited to help
implement these promised changes,
which will provide substantive added
value to the organization and the
profession in 2020 and beyond.
We are pushing through the
constraints of our old legacy
systems, and now, we have a clean
slate on which we can do so much.
For example, a new enterprise
Making Ideas a Reality
Tony Appleby, MBA, C.Dir., PMP, Chair, 2020 PMI Board of Directors
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PMI Volunteer Leaders Plan for
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Congratulations to the 2019 PMIEF
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PMI China and Alibaba Group Share
R&D Performance Practices Using
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
Dear Readers,
PMI’s 2019 was an amazing
year of transformation as we
celebrated our 50th anniversary
and launched our new brand. In
2020 PMI continues to evolve,
bringing a fresh focus to
provide you, our membership,
with content and tools to help
advance your professional goals.
So with this issue, I am excited
to share some changes around
PMI’s publications. After listening
to member feedback, we are
moving PM Network® and PMI
Today® to bimonthly publications
that will continue to provide you
with compelling content, new
trends, thought-provoking topics
and inspiration for you and
your organization’s continuing
innovation and success. From
IT to financial services, virtual
reality to infrastructure,
whether you’re a developing
project manager in the United
Kingdom or a seasoned veteran
in China, PM Network and PMI
Today will remain your source for
new ideas, fresh perspectives
and emerging trends. There is so
much to learn from each other!
These are bold, expansive
ideas that will ensure the
viability of our profession
for decades to come.
resources planning system, which
was activated at the beginning of
the year, will allow us to transact
in local currencies and let us test
new membership options. Our new
customer relationship management
system will allow us to deliver
more relevant content to our
practitioners based on where they
are in their careers and where
they want to go. We’re also putting
structures into place that will allow
our upcoming edition of A Guide to
the Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) to be
digitally enabled.
Beyond these operational and
systems-related items, we have
also been standing up mechanisms
that are going to drive genuine
value to our practitioners. As the
need for information on a just-in-time basis continues to shift how
people learn and succeed, roles and
organizations are becoming more
project based than ever before.
PMI recognizes that the concept of
The Project Economy is not on its
way, but has already arrived.
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