The 2019 Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), KPMG and International Project Management Association (IPMA) survey findings provide perspectives on current trends and practices in project and program management globally, as well as insights into the challenges the project management community faces as we look to the future.

The demands of connected and digital organisations operating in disrupted and rapidly changing landscapes, dominated by challenges of speed of integration, are applying new levels of challenge to project and program management across the world. The 2019 survey reveals that the future of Project Management lies in how the profession responds to these challenges.

The survey results reflect the views of project practitioners from around the world who are at the coalface of delivery and provides insights into what is working, and what is not, in the project management market globally today.

Key findings

Organisations globally continue to find it difficult to deliver projects that meet all objectives around the iron triangle of time, cost and scope, along with achieving stakeholder satisfaction.Our survey results point to challenges in applying consistent governance oversight, focus on managing benefits and managing change through the project lifecycle.19 percent of organisations deliver successful projects, at least most of the time

  • 44 percent of organisations are likely to deliver projects that meet original goal and business intent
  • 30 percent of organisations are likely to deliver projects that are on time
  • 36 percent of organisations are likely to deliver projects that are on budget
  • 46 percent of projects are delivered with stakeholder satisfaction