Project management circa 2025 / edited by David Cleland, Bopaya Bidanda.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Examples of projects from geographic and industry applications -- The deployment of project management : a prospective view of G8, European G6 & outrach 5 countries in 2025 / Christophe N. Bredillet -- Passion, persistence and patience : keys to convert project management vision to reality in Spain / Alfonso Bucero -- India in 2025 : the role of project management in meeting opportunities and threats / Raju Rao -- The likely future of project management in the Pacific Rim circa 2025 / Brian R. Kooyman -- Project management in the Arabian Gulf region, circa 2025 / Charles R. Franklin, Naceur Jabnoun, Shriram R. Dharwadkar -- pt. 2. Project management systems applications -- The constant evolution of timeless management / Elaine Bannon, David Pericak -- Shaping the future of project management research / Janice Lynne Thomas, Jenny Krahn, Stella George -- How project managers will interface with the law and lawyers in 2025 / Randall L. Speck -- Visions for the project management software industry / Stacy Goff -- The likely growth of quality management in projects circa 2025 / Sandra K. Ireland -- The future integration of scientific evaluation in project management / Edmund M. Ricci, Beth A. D. Nolan -- Project portfolio management circa 2025 / James S. Pennypacker -- pt. 3. Project management organizational application -- Future trends in project management : a macro-environmental analysis / Kam Jugdev, Ralk Müller, Maureen Hutchison -- Project management circa 2025 : challenge of managing financial services projects / Howard Bruck -- The coming evolution of the research and development project manager / Belle Collins Brown -- Connecting and networking circa 2025 : the role of professional associations / Hugh Woodward -- Emotional and social intelligence : competencies of effective project managers / Richard E. Boyatzis, Mary Fambrough, David Leonard, and Kenneth Rhee -- The likely future of project management in the construction industry circa 2025 / Stephen R. Thomas, Edward J. Jaselskis, Cory McDermott -- pt. 4. Project management in government -- U.S. defense acquisition 2025 / Michelle R. Brunswick -- New frontiers in space exploration project management / Dorothy J. Tiffany -- State government--project management 2025 / Jonathan Weinstein, Tim Jaques -- pt. 5. Likely growth of project management -- The future of team leadership in complex project environments -- Global trends in project management / Storm Cunningham -- New frontiers for project management : nanotechnology and future energy / David L. Pells -- New frontiers for project management : earth sciences, monitoring of the planet, extreme weather response & climate control / David L. Pells -- Why are we still conducting risky business? / Rebecca A. Winston -- Sustainable manufacturing and project management circa 2025 / Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Bopaya Bidanda -- Project management in a flat world circa 2025 / Ozlem Arisoy, Murat Azim, David Cleland, Bopaya Bidanda -- "The future of project management education and training circa 2025" / Jang Ra.

Presents a series of essays on the future of project management, discussing new techniques and tools which might be needed and examining opportunities for its use in such areas as energy development, extreme weather response, and climate control.