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According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the percentage of graduates in the UK has been rising steadily from 24% in 2002 to 42% in 2017.

Someone picking up a textbook for the first time could be forgiven for thinking career success as a project manager rests on the obtainment of professional qualifications and technical knowledge alone.

We spoke to project professionals who changed careers and entered the project profession after working in a different industry.

At APM, I get the chance to meet people in a wide range of organisations, all with a common interest in project management and how to do it better.

As a society and as a profession we now face a different set of challenges – whether it’s preparing for Brexit, reacting to the rapidly changing world order and its consequences, or the march of new technology and its implications, or indeed many other challenges of the modern era.

Starter packs pay.

I believe current and future project management professionals need to adapt to work together with artificial intelligence (AI) that is being or will be implemented in the coming future.

Leaner, simpler, better, repeatable, successful.

Note: The original Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in 1910 was not the same as the one we use today; it actually showed resources against time (but that’s a topic for another blog post).

Remote teams are becoming increasingly important in today’s business environment because they allow companies to tap into a wider pool of professionals, provide their workforce with flexible working options and expand their presence across multiple markets.