OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR Volume X - Issue V - May 2008

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EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

• Editor's Perspective on The May Issue of PM World Today
  By David L. Pells

EDITORIAL

• New Frontiers for Project Management: Future Energy
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• More on the Subject of the History of Project Management
  From Russell D. Archibald,
  PhD (Hon), MSc, PMP, Fellow PMI and APM/IPMA

• On the Use of PMForum Case Studies
  From David Maynard, MBA, PMP

• Letter to the Editor
  From John Ndubuisi
  Department of project management technology,
  Federal University of Technology,
  Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.

VIEWPOINTS

• Infrastructure Project Management; What can we learn from Chinese???
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Getting "Buy-in" to anything "New"
  By Peter de Jager

• Codes of Ethics and Fiduciary Responsibility to the Consuming Public
  By Paul Giammalvo

• You’re a PMP, But… Are You a Project Management Professional?
  By Lee R. Lambert

FEATURED PAPERS

• Foundations, Frameworks & Lessons Learned in Program Management
  By Robert Prieto

• Storey’s Gate - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 21
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Catapulting Productivity with IT Project Management and Corporate Governance
  By Jim Miller

• Adaptive Project Management
  By Lev Virine, Ph.D.

• The trend of Earned Value Management as a Cross-Industry Best Practice:
  Conclusions and Lessons Learned From Real-Life Implementations
  By Alexandre Rodrigues

CASE STUDIES

• Streamlined Decision-Making and Sharper Project Focus at BAE Systems
  By Liz Fletcher

• The People Side of Program and Project Retrospectives - Part 3 in a series
  By Debra Lavell & Russell Martinell

PM TIPS & TECHNIQUES

• Transparent Project Management: Giving your customers what they really want
  By Myroslava Symonenko, Dimitry Korolkov and Oleg V. Fonarov

• Managing Your Company’s SAS 70 Audit
  By Amanda Finch

• Recognition: Key to success
  By Germán Bernate
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Spring Cleaning Your Work and Your Life
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• Making International Project Kick-off Meetings Work
  By Sue Freedman, Ph.D. and Lothar Katz

• How to address the “Gray Areas”! Tough Questions for Leaders
  By Jerry Manas

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management Update from Ireland
  By Ed Naughton
  Read complete report in English

• Project (Change) Management News from Germany
  By Manfred Rieck

• Project Management News from Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke, PhD

• Project Management from Spain
  By Alfonso Bucero
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Project Management Update from Greece
  By Theofanis Giotis

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

• Perspectives of the PMI in Ecuador - Interviews with Enrique Cappella,
  PMI Regional Mentor for North Latin America
  By Irwin J. Franco, PMP
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

• Project Landscape: A Collaboration Project and An example
  of Right-Brain Project Management
  By Quang Ton, CABM, CISM, PMP

• Prizes and Prices in Perú
  By José Carlos Machicao
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• PMP Exam Prep “An A+ Guide”
  Reviewed by Jerry Partridge

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Presentation Proposals: APM 2008 Project Management Conference in London

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Latest News from the 22nd IPMA World Congress:
  Project Management to Run in Rome!

• Next PMUni workshop set for 28th May 2008 in Vienna!

• Project Management Conference announced in Iran

• Government UK IT Summit returns as The Public Sector Performance
  Summit 23 June 2008

• MedNet Seminar to be offered during 22nd IPMA World Congress
  in Rome in November

• Interactive Sessions to be featured at Best Practice Showcase 2008 in UK -
  Free event on 24 June in Westminster

• Lean & Agile Project Management: Workshop in Manchester, UK
  on 14th July 2008

• Free International Expert Project Management Seminar
  at ZPM Symposium in Slovenia, 4 June 2008

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Quang Ton named International Correspondent for PMForum in Houston - USA

• Eric Jenett to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from PMI College of Scheduling

• The World of Project Management loses Otto Zieglmeier in Germany

• Brantlee Jacobs promoted to Director at PMI

• IPMA Chair pays tribute to Otto Zieglmeier

• Ron Black captivates and educates at PMI Dallas PDD

• Archibald, Liberzon & Mello to showcase Success Driven PM and Multinational
  Cooperation at PMI COS Conference in May

• Larry Bull promoted to PMI Director

• Theofanis Giotis named PM Ambassador™ in Greece

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Next PMUni workshop set for 28th May 2008 in Vienna!

• Infrastructure Projects Database available to PM world

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• New MSc in Major Programme Management begins recruiting
  at Oxford's BT Centre for Major Programme Management

• EMI to undertake the 2nd round project planning, implementation,
  monitoring and evaluation training of 2007-2008

• New Centre of Excellence for Project Managers established
  at Aston Business School in Birmingham, UK

• Online Project Management Seminars Available from PMI

• New project management competence team introduced
  at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

• Lean & Agile Project Management: Workshop
  in Manchester, UK on 14th July 2008

• Free International Expert Project Management Seminar
  at ZPM Symposium in Slovenia, 4 June 2008

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• PMI Opens Office in Mumbai, India

• PMI Launches new Scheduling Credential (PMI-SP)

• The Power of PM - PMI Dallas Chapter's PDD features
  powerful presentations, speeches & The Drum Cafe

• MedNet Seminar to be offered during 22nd IPMA World Congress
  in Rome in November

• PMI GNO 2008 "Project of the Year" Award Goes to
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• PMI honors Dr E Sreedharan as Champion of Project Management in India

• Quang Ton named International Correspondent for PMForum in Houston - USA

• Results of NASA's PM Challenge 2008 Announced

• AMEC acquires Rider Hunt International

• Interactive Sessions to be featured at Best Practice Showcase 2008 in UK -
  Free event on 24 June in Westminster

• PMForum named Media Partner for APM's October
  national Project Management Conference in London

• UK Construction Firms accused of Bid Fixing

• Colombian Company becomes 1000th
  PMI Registered Education Provider

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• European ATV Jules Verne successfully docks with International Space Station

• Successful UN Schools Program in Sudan results in soaring enrollment

• A Big overrun for the 2 billion Birr Ethiopian Hydropower Project

• Dredging contract for Panama Canal Expansion awarded

• 68 million USD sought for emergency food aid and
  strengthening the relief-to-development project in Ethiopia

• King Mohamed VI launches thermo-solar energy plant in Morocco

• Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan - American, Korean
  & Russian Astronauts return safely to Earth

• Fascinating Project: UN - Backed Effort to remove dangerous Nuclear Fuel
  from Serbia moves forward

• Brasov International Airport Construction Project launched

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• PM World Today eJournal grows in global scope and content

• NASA's "ask the academy" PM Newsletter available to the World

• PMI Launches new Scheduling Credential (PMI-SP)

• New PM book by ex-Microsoft executive - Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun

• New Book by Meri Williams announced by O'Reilly Media & SharePoint

• New Book marries Project Management with Systems Engineering

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for May 2008

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Turkey joins African Development Bank

• Mobile Phones approved for use on Planes in Europe

• UN Official says more Meteorological Projects
  needed in Africa to help combat natural disasters & poverty

• PMs Pledge to Boost Transport, Power, Telecoms in Southeast Asia

• Management Reform at the UN! Does it include more Professional PM

• World Bank says Rich Nations way behind on Pledges to Aid
  Developing Economies

• World Bank says Rich Nations way behind on Pledges to Aid
  Developing Economies

• World Bank Endorses $476 Million Loans for Projects in Azerbaijan

• Worldwide Food Price increases forecast through 2009

• EITI++ - New global Initiative to increase transparency & help
  Developing Countries increase benefits from Natural Resources Projects

• Infrastructure Projects Database available to PM world

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