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Table 10. Ranking of the twelve trends in the Delphi survey - 1st round.
Trend Rank
Coping with complexity 1
Project management goes boardroom 2
Project-oriented organization 3
Professionalisation of project management 4
Virtualization of project management 5
Projectification of societies 6
Trans-nationalization of project management 7
Projects as business 8
Education in project management 9
Stakeholder management 10
Women in project management 11
Project management research 12

The trends ranked 1 to 6 were used in the 2nd round of the Delphi study. The results can be seen in
Table 11.
Table 11. Ranking of the twelve trends in the Delphi survey—2nd round.
Trend Rank
Project-oriented organization 1
Project management goes boardroom 2
Coping with complexity 3
Professionalisation of project management 4
Projectification of societies 5
Virtualization of project management 6

Focus group discussions
The focus questions were based on the top four future trends, according to the Delphi survey, and were
as follows:

• Trend 1: Project-oriented organization—How do you see the project-oriented company in the year
2030? Rationale: To explore how the organizational structure of companies might change as a
consequence of the foreseen development that a large part of the value creation of companies will
be in the form of projects.
• Trend 2: Project management goes to the boardroom—How do you see the support and
understanding of top management of organizations for projects and project management
developing between now and the year 2030? Rationale: To explore whether leaders and managers
of organizations will be involved in projects in a different way in the future, and if so how?
• Trend 3: Coping with complexity—What will be the response to the increased complexity of projects
and project management between now and 2030? Rationale: To explore how traditional PM
methods will have to change as to deal with increased future complexity.
• Trend 4: Professionalism of project management—How do you see project management developing
as a profession between now and the year 2030? Rationale: To explore this development and