The Future of Project Management

Igor Vrečko, PhD, is an associate professor of general management and Vice Dean for Development Projects and Cooperation with the Environment at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia. His research focuses on project management and its integration with strategic, innovation, and crisis management. He has published over 100 papers in national and international journals and books. He was a director of the international project management certification process in Slovenia and is currently the president of the Slovenian Project Management Association. He is the Head of the Institute of Project Management at the University of Maribor.Associate professor Brigita Gajšek, PhD, holds a teaching position at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Logistics, Slovenia. She is Vice President of the Slovenian Project Management Society. She consults Slovenian production companies on intralogistics and the digitalization of business processes. Her research interests include digital maturity, industry 4.0 in logistics, renewal of business processes, project management, and ergonomics. She masters logistics 4.0, maturity models, ergonomics in logistics, survey methodology and statistical analysis, as follows from her research work. She has published over 40 papers in national and international journals and books.