- Report
Step Up: Redefining the Path to Project Success with M.O.R.E.
Ready to unlock transformative value for your teams, your organization, and beyond?
PMI’s new research reveals what today’s project professionals must do to drive success in a dynamic project landscape, and how they can amplify their impact.
Summary
As change accelerates and disruption becomes the norm, project professionals have a powerful opportunity to step up as transformation leaders and steer progress with confidence. The real question is: how do we activate the power of project management to meet challenges, build resiliency, and evolve the profession?
PMI’s groundbreaking study uncovers the essential strategies project professionals need to maximize success and elevate their impact in this new era of project management. When project professionals lead with the complete M.O.R.E mindset – Manage Perceptions, Own Success, Relentlessly Reassess, Expand Perspective – project success becomes supercharged, taking success scores from just 27 to a boost of 94. Yet only 7% of project professionals are leveraging the full benefits of these practices. Based on insights from over 5800 project professionals, key stakeholders, and knowledge workers, this research helps you unleash transformative value for your teams, organization, and community.
- Date
December 2025
- Content Type
- Topics
Project Success, Business Value, Evolution of Project Management
69%
of Stakeholders & Executives expect project professionals to take primary responsibility for the elements embodied by M.O.R.E.
27 => 94 NPSS
Project success scores substantially increase when project professionals consistently practice all elements of M.O.R.E.
45%
of projects that ultimately succeeded were once at risk of failure — adaptability and communication were key to recovery.
Vision, Measurement and Prioritizing Value are Fundamental
M.O.R.E. Has a Transformative Impact on Process Success
Removing Barriers to Maturity
Sustainability Delivers Success
See how projects tied to sustainability or purpose-driven goals achieved substantially higher success scores.
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Managing Perceptions for Project Success: How Stakeholders Shape Reality
Learn the strategies that help you balance hard data with active perception management so you can maximize project success and elevate your impact.
The Future of Project Management: Why Doing M.O.R.E. Matters
Explore the critical factors reshaping our profession and how project professionals are redefining success beyond delivery metrics to create real, measurable value.
Less talk.
More walk.
It's time to take greater agency in our work. Step up to lead projects with confidence and deliver what matters.
