CIO Spending Countdown: Investing in Project Management Skills

CIO Spending Countdown: Investing in Project Management Skills

Forrester Research Inc. says project management (PM) skills are a top priority for CIOs, but these skills are also in short supply:

60% will spend resources to

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train employees in change management.

59% plan to train staff in PM this year.

55% will train their staff to better manage third-party relationships.

29% plan to hire project managers.

23% plan to hand off responsibility for packaged application support to a third party.

18% plan to outsource application maintenance skills this year.

16% will contract with third parties to satisfy their legacy maintenance needs.

N=281; Source: "Trends 2007: Hot IT Skill Areas," Forrester Research Inc., March 2007

This was first published in July 2007