Lifelong learning and dialogue in a VUCAWorld

In this paper, the authors continue the discourse on lifelong learning as it relates to Project Management1. In previous editions in this series, the first author raised the topic about Rethinking Project Management and the trend and development towards the reflective professional. In addition, a number of presentations have been held in June at the conferences TEMSCON 20172 and ICE/ITMC 20173 that relate to these two subjects. In particular at the latter conference there was a special session dedicated to Rethinking Project Management with ten papers accepted and presented for the session. These topics, together with a view on these papers, and using a perspective offered through a literature review comparing traditional IT project organization with more current DevOps IT project organization, leads to a model depicting the inevitable tensions between the "business," "development," and "operations" in an organization that also needs to run projects. But also on how models can foster lifelong learning and support research through project management as previously introduced.