2026 Process & Performance Management Priorities & Challenges: 2023, 2024, 2025, & 2026 Comparison Report

Published On:

February 17, 2026

Authored By:

APQC

Members-Only Content:

In November of 2025, APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners for 2026.

This report explores trends by comparing survey responses from the 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 surveys in process and performance work and reveals the top five priorities and challenges in:

process management:
- business process management, and
- continuous improvement.
organizational performance management:
- measurement and data, and
- strategic planning.
Additional topics:
- project management,
- benchmarking,
- operational KPI setting,
- and digital solutions.

Type:

Data and Measures

Topics:

Project Management, Strategic Planning, Process and Performance Management, Benchmarking, Measurement, Continuous Improvement

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