Volume IX - Issue XII - December 2007

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EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• Time to Celebrate! - 2007, the year of PMForum's emergence
  as a global resource for the world of project management
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the Subject of Project Management in Russia today
  From Viatcheslav Poznyakov

• On the subjects of PMForum, Mentoring & “Moving up” in PM
  From Ted Koval

VIEWPOINTS

• Is Best Practice Always identical with the Best Project Management?
  By Morten Fangel

• Why Program Management?
  By Russ Martinelli

• Checklist Project Management
  By Rebecca A. Winston

FEATURED PAPERS

• UPMM – A Full Model for Portfolio Management
  By Stanisław Gasik

• Churchill's Team - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 16
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Why do Developers contribute to Open Source?
  By Bas De Baar

PM TIPS & TECHNIQUES

• Are you ready to advance your organization’s e-discovery capabilities?
  By Cheryl L. Strait

• Purchasing Project Management Software: How to Appraise References
  Knowing the Real from the Fake When It Counts
  By Curt Finch, CEO Journyx

• 10 Ways to Inspire Your Team
  By Michelle LaBrosse

• The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 5 – Personalization
  By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP

• Sharing and Collaboration – Enable your team,
  while holding them accountable.
  By Anders Heie

• "Juggling School" for Project Managers: Seven Reasons
  to Overhaul Your Project Management System
  By Rudolf Melik

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management in Australia End of November 2007
  By Brenda Treasure

• Project Management in Spain - End of November 2007
  By Alfonso Bucero, PMP
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• Project Management in Ireland Today
  By Ed Naughton

• December 2007 in Austria
  By Renate Prantner

• Project Management in South Africa End of November 2007
  By Jaycee Krüger

• The Project Manager Profession at a turning point: PM practitioners
  must face the main public stakeholders
  By Florin Gheorghiu, PMP

• Project Management in Ecuador Monthly Report – End of November 2007
  By Irwin J. Franco, PMP
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

• Project Management in France - End of November 2007
  By Thibaut Goupil
  Read complete paper in English | French

• Greek Project Management Congress 2007 was a great success!
  By Theofanis Giotis

• Report on Projects & Project Management in Switzerland
  By Alexander Matthey, PMP

• Report on Projects & Project Management in the UAE
  By Mounir Ajam

• Project Management News from Germany
  By Manfred Rieck

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Head First PMP: A Brain Friendly Guide to Passing the PMP Exam
  Reviewed by Donald Gubbins, PMP

• Seven Steps to Strategy Execution
  Reviewed by Hussein Mzee

• The Zen Approach TM to Project Management: Working from
  Your Center to Balance Expectations and Performance
  Reviewed by Kathryn H. Phillips – MBA, PMP®

• Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
  Reviewed by Annett Brown, MBA

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers: International Student Paper Award'08

• Call for Papers - PMSA 2008 Conference in Gauteng, South Africa

• Call for Papers - 22nd IPMA World Congress in Rome, Italy

• 1st Call for Papers - 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium
  in Plano, Texas, USA - August 2008

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Date and Place for the PMI Latin American Global Congress 2008 Announced

• PMI Anuncia Lugar Y Fecha Para El Congreso Global LatinoAmerciacno 2008

• International Project & Program Management Symposium
  to be held in Tokyo, Japan in March 2008

• Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 - Exhibition set for 5-8 May 2008 in Amman, Jordan

• PMForum to co-sponsor 2nd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
  in August 2008

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Finnish Software Measurement and Benchmarking Expert
  elected President of ISBSG

• Jaycee Kruger named International Correspondent for PMForum in South Africa

• Tim Carter of Davis Langdon wins APM 2007 Sir Monty Finniston Award

• APM 2007 Project Managers of the Year Awards Announced

• Brenda Treasure named International Correspondent for PMForum in Australia

• American author Randall Englund named PM Ambassador™
  announces global availability as speaker for PM events

• Romeo Mitchell named International Correspondent for PMForum in Canada

• Project Management Graduate of the Year Awards 2006-7 announced in Ireland

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• PMUni workshop held 26th - 27th November 2007, Esbjerg (Denmark)

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• APM 2007 Academic Awards Announced in London

• First Female Graduate from British University in Dubai with a Masters Degree
  in Project Management is UAE National

• Keller Graduate School of Management releases Project Management White Paper

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• International Project Management Day - Time to Celebrate

• 4th Annual Project Management Forum in Romania - A Brief Report

• First PMI GNO Professional Development Summit in New Orleans
  declared a Huge Success

• Winners of APM 2007 Project Management Awards announced in London

• APM 2007 Project of the Year Award goes to BAE Systems

• PMI GLOBAL CONGRESS - CANCÚN 2007 (in Spanish)

• Report from PMI Global Congress - CANCÚN 2007

• Primera Reunión de Camaradería de PMI Buenos Aires Chapter,
  Mendoza Branch (in Spanish)

• First Networking meeting of the PMI Buenos Aires Chapter, Mendoza Branch
  held November 20 in Mendoza, Argentina

• APM 2007 Programme of the Year Award goes to White Young Green for MoD programme

• PMForum named Media Partner for IPMA's ROMA 2008 World Congress in Rome

• Great Success of First Meeting of PMI Buenos Aires Chapter, Mendoza Branch

• Gran éxito en la Primera Reunion del PMI Buenos Aires Chapter,
  Mendoza Branch (in Spanish)

• APM's 2007 Community Project of the Year Award goes to Turner and Townsend
  for Birkenhead Park Project

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• New Zealand-based Project Plus expands into UK, appoints Chris Seabury
  UK General Manager

• PMForum named Media Partner for International Project & Program Management Symposium Tokyo 2008

• Keller Graduate School of Management announces project management survey
  results from PMI Global Congress

• PMForum launches Project Management Governance & Oversight Advisory Services

• APM 2007 Project of the Year Award goes to BAE Systems

• PM 2007 Overseas Project of the Year Award goes to MWH for Iraqi municipal project

• APM's new Project Management Company of the Year Award goes to
  Arup Project Management

• PMForum named Media Partner for IPMA's ROMA 2008 World Congress in Rome

• CPM Consulting announces new international alliance structure

• Report from World Project Management Week in Singapore

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• United Nations, Google and Cisco announce Collaboration to Battle Global Poverty

• Space Shuttle Discovery returns safely to Earth

• Japan's SELENE Satellite Reaches Moon - Returns First HDTV Photo

• UN Environment Agency announces Two New Projects with $100M to boost Clean Energy

• Early start for London's Olympics Stadium

• Death of a Satellite Project reported by New York Times

• NASA breaks ground for Constellation Program Test Flights

• Australian IPY Project - Aliens in Antarctica!

• Tony Blair Unveils Projects aimed to Boost Palestinian Economy

• Shuttle Atlantis preparing for December 6 Launch to deliver
  European Laboratory to the International Space Station

• Mali to Get Sweetness, Power and Fuel from Sugar

• World Bank & Global Environment Facility support
  Pollution Control Project in Romania

• Media City Project underway in Salford, UK

• France to bankroll Viet Nam rail project

• La France finance un projet ferroviaire au Vietnam (in French)

• UN Project helps Earthquake survivors in Peru

• Undersea Cable Project to Link East Africa & Europe gets go ahead

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Max Wideman discusses PMI and the Project Management Profession
  in November PM World Today eJournal

• Wideman PM Website Updates Announced for November

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• World Bank To Offer $944 M Loans To Fund India Projects

• UN calls for "Greater Global Protection against Predictable Disasters"

• White House to Demand Better Program Performance in US

• UN Fund approves $1.1 Billion for Projects to Fight Major Diseases

• UN Internet Governance Forum Concludes in Rio

• Engineers Canada to Chair Global Environment Committee

• G20 Finance Ministers Stress Need for New Energy Supplies at Cape Town Meeting

• World Bank Offers US$250 Million to Aid Bangladesh Cyclone Recovery and Mitigation

• News affecting projects: ASEAN leaders sign Blueprint for Economic Integration
  in Singapore

• Japan Pledges US$1.8 Blllion for Green Projects in Asia

• UN Forum in Bangkok spurs investment in Asian Highways Projects

  
  

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