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I was pleased to read in a recent Project Times article (Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2010) that "The Implementation of New PPM Solutions Will Soar." Of course, representing a portfolio project management software developer it makes sense that I'd be happy to see more companies adopt a PPM software solution. But to be honest, I'm pleased that people in the know (in this case, J. LeRoy Ward at ESI International) are convinced that "Program and project managers, under pressure from senior management to demonstrate project portfolio performance and its impact on the enterprise, will make the pitch for - and win - resources to implement project portfolio management solutions. This will provide the fact-based decision-making senior management needs.

I believe this trend to adopt comprehensive software tools, combined with the skills of trained project managers (see Ty's blog post "Six Keys to Successful Project-Based Work") will go a long way to improve the success rate of projects. Right now, about 66% of all project fail. I can't imagine anyone would complain if that failure rate dropped significantly.

Ward listed a number of other preditions for 2010 (metrics, governance, risk management, etc.) ... what are yours? What do you see changing and improving in project management in the next year or two?