Project managers who aspire to be more than just “administrators” of scope, time and budget must think strategically and entrepreneurially and understand what value their projects add to their organization.  The Pulse of the Profession® 2025 published by PMI proves this very impressively.

Delivered value that was worth the effort and expense. This is how PMI defines project success. 

To be successful in their profession, project managers should have well-developed skills in the areas of Ways of Working (technical project management), Power Skills (leadership) and Business Acumen (strategic and entrepreneurial management), according to the PMI Talent Triangle competency model. 

Following the last two editions of the annual Pulse of the Profession®, which highlighted the importance of the first two skills clusters and substantiated them through surveys and in-depth analyses, the 2025 edition focuses on the importance of strategic and entrepreneurial thinking in order to be successful as a project manager. The report proves that project managers with a strong sense of strategic and entrepreneurial thinking are superior to their colleagues who do not have this ability in terms of project results achieved and achieve better project results.  

If you want to know more, you can download the report here: Pulse of the Profession® Report 2025 | PMI

It's worth reading!