For release on:
1 September 2009

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Newtown Square, Pa., 1 Sept. 2009 — Project Management Institute (PMI®), the world’s leading project management organization, announced today the upcoming release of Project Management Circa 2025 (500 pp, hardback, US$49.95).

Project Management Circa 2025 brings together 41 project management experts to envision and describe the practice of project management across regions and industries, in the year 2025. The book, scheduled for release on 11 October 2009, is the first of its kind to discuss what future changes can be expected in the use of project management, and how organizations around the world might be impacted by these changes.

Project management has evolved over many decades as a means for organizations to deal with change, and is currently one of the fastest growing professional disciplines in the world,” said Gregory Balestrero, PMI’s president and CEO. “It is our hope that Project Management Circa 2025 will inspire dialogue about the project management profession; create awareness of what industry changes can be expected in the future and help facilitate the management of these changes.”

Edited by project management luminaries David Cleland, PhD, and Bopaya Bidanda, PhD, Project Management Circa 2025 is comprised of 29 chapters grouped into five sections that depict the following aspects of the future practice of project management:

·         Geographic and industry applications

·         Systems applications

·         Organizational applications

·         Government

·         Trends

Contributing authors collectively represent industry, government agencies, academic institutions, associations and consulting teams from around the world. Each chapter in Project Management Circa 2025 follows a general outline that sets the stage with the current state of project management with respect to the chapter’s topic. The authors then provide an overview of the expected technological, economic, political and competitive changes they foresee in the years leading to 2025 and identify future trends and major characteristics that are implied by these predicted changes. With this structure, each chapter grounds the reader in the present practice of project management, in addition to envisioning the practice of the future.

Project Management Circa 2025 will launch during PMI^® Global Congress 2009—North America (10-13 October, Orlando, FL, USA). The book is available for pre-order at PMI.org/Marketplace, where it is being offered at the introductory sale price of US$39.95 (regularly US$49.95) until 14 October. 

About Project Management Institute (PMI)
The world’s leading project management organization, PMI shares knowledge with nearly 500,000 members and credential holders in 185+ countries. Since its founding 40 years ago, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners, businesses, governments, students and training organizations. Today, PMI’s products and services range from world-class standards for project, program and portfolio management to five professional credentials, including the gold standard Project Management Professional (PMP^®). PMI’s exclusive Global Corporate Council and European Corporate Networking Group engage large multinationals and government organizations in endorsing the value of project management. The only project management association with an established academic research program, PMI has invested more than US$14 million in support of dozens of research projects since 1997. Learn more at PMI.org. 

Project Management Circa 2025  | ISBN: 978-1-933890-96-8 | Hardback, 500 pp. | Retail: US$49.95

Resale availability: PMI titles are available through Baker & Taylor, Ingram and other major book resellers, or you may order direct from the PMI Book Fulfillment Center, phone: +1 866 276 4PMI (US & Canada); +1 770 280 4129 (globally). E-mail: Book.Orders@PMI.org