OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR Volume X - Issue VII - July 2008

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EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• New Frontiers for Project Management: Earth Science,
  Monitoring the Planet & Climate Control
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the Subject of your June Editorial: Seven Reasons
  for the Rapid Growth of Project Management in IT
  From Jed Simms
  Australia

• On the Subject of Fred Baker’s Letter to the Editor
  in the June PM World Today
  From Bob Youker 
  World Bank (retired)
  Virginia, USA

• On the Subject of Emergency Project Management
  From Scot Phelps
  Connecticut, USA

VIEWPOINTS

• A New Challenge: the Project Management Divide
  By José Moro Melón
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Fence project failed to corral project stakeholders
  By Kevin Archbold

• Multi Criteria Project Evaluation and Prosperous Africa
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

FEATURED INTERVIEW

• An interview with Luigi Iperti
  Chairman of the XXII IPMA World Congress
  to be held in Rome, Italy on 9-11 November 2008

FEATURED PAPERS

• Personal Perspective: Program Management and Events of Scale
  By Robert Prieto

• Certification of PM competences in the Mediterranean area
  By Gilles Caupin

• Historical Events of August 1940 - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 23
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Requirements for assessing the managerial capability of organizations
  implementing projects of public interest – the Greek Standard ELOT-1429
  By P. Fitsilis, K. Kirytopoulos, V. Leopoulos, J.P. Pantouvakis & I. Saridakis

• Enhancing Vocational Language Skills and Working Culture Awareness
  of European Construction Professionals
  By The ELVAC Group
  E. Oral, P.M. Rogerson-Revell, J.P. Pantouvakis,  M. Maier, M. Oral,
  Arzu kılıç, G. Mıstıkoglu, E. Erdiş &  O. Mıstıkoglu

STUDENT PAPERS

• Selling a PMO to Management as a Centralised
  Repository of Project Expertise
  By Barry RODGERS
  ESC Lille Graduate School of Management

CASE STUDIES

• Transforming an Organization by Using a New
  Project Management Approach
  By Jacob Kashiwagi, Marie Sullivan, Kenneth T. Sullivan
  & Dean Kashiwagi

PM TIPS & TECHNIQUES

• Making Lessons Learned a Worthwhile Investment
  By Melvyn Lee, PMP

• The Technical Support Project:
  How to Create a Winning Team, Part 2
  By Randy Miller, Director of Services, Journyx

• Avoiding the Top Five Traps of Technical Project Management
  By Bob McGannon, PMP

• Project Management Office
  By Thomas B. Clark, Ph.D

• Think, Dream and Do!
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• It’s About Changing Behaviors (Part 1 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management News from Brazil
  By Peter Mello

• Project Management Research – the Norwegian Way
  By Erling S. Andersen

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

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

• Celtic Tiger in poor shape
  By Ed Naughton

• Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

• New From Ethiopia
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Project Management News from Germany
  By Manfred Rieck

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

• Board of Director Election Results At the Project Management
  Institute – Houston Chapter, Inc.
  By Quang Ton, CABM, CISM, PMP

• Project Management in Australia
  By Brenda Treasure

• Current Events Affecting Projects & Project Management in Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke, PhD, MBA

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Cheetah Negotiations: How to Get What You Want, Fast
  Reviewed by Donald Gubbins, PMP

• Cheetah Negotiations: The Fastest Way To Reach Your Goals
  Reviewed by Karen Jefferson

• Human Resource Management in the Project-Oriented Organization
  Reviewed by Nina Felt, PHR and Philip Felt, MBA, PMP, CPHIMS

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers - ISPIM Innovations Symposium in Singapore
  December 2008

• Call for Papers - Deadline approaches for APM 2008 Conference
  Speaker Proposals

• Call for Papers extended for September ProMAC 2008
  Project Management Conference in Anchorage

• Call for Papers - PMI Risk Management SIG November Conference
  in France & Monaco

• Appel pour soumission d'articles - Conférence du SIG Management
  des Risques du PMI en Novembre a Nice & Monaco

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Exhibition & Sponsorship Opportunities still available
  for 2nd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
  in Texas August 18 & 19

• Diversity up for Discussion at Project Management Conference

• Value of PM Study to be presented at PMI Research Conference in Poland

• 5th Annual Project Management Australia Conference 2008
  to be in Melbourne during 18-20 August

• TI Strategy Manager George Consolver confirmed as 2nd Keynote Speaker
  for UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in August

• Techint Chair Gianfelice Rocca to keynote IPMA Congress in Rome

• General Colin Powell to Keynote PMI Global Congress
  North America in October

• August Project & Programme Management Conference announced
  in Wellington, New Zealand

• Invitation to Exhibitors for APM 2008 National Project Management
  Conference in October

• Come to Rome for Project Management & Business!
  Exhibition Opportunities still open for 22nd IPMA World Congress
  in November

• Registration Opens for August PMI Global Congress -
  Latin America 2008 set for Sao Paulo, Brazil

• 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium
  announced for October

• Senior Fujitsu Executive to Keynote ProMAC 2008 Project Management
  Conference in Anchorage in September

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Report on the PM-04 Project Management Conference
  organized in Chios, Greece from 29-31 May 2008

• Report from happy projects 2008 in Vienna

• Ahmed Mokhtar named International Correspondent
  for PMForum and PM World Today in Egypt

• Student paper award winners' 08 announced in Vienna

• New book by Lothar Katz on Principles of
  Negotiating International Business

• Adesh Jain to keynote International Luncheon
  at AACE Congress in Toronto

• APM Fellow David Shannon named International Correspondent
  for PMForum in the UK

• Rethinking Project Management - new book by Erling S. Andersen
  in Norway offers Organizational Perspective

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• New Survey suggests increased Transparency to reduce
  Risks on Construction Projects

• New Survey results: Complex Service Work Requires Oversight,
  Precision, Advanced Technologies & Schedule Performance

• Update & Invitation to join the PMUni Network!

• Value of PM Study to be presented at PMI
  Research Conference in Poland

• New Research Project launched in Austria -
  Sectoral Process & Project Management

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• CIOB launches training programmes in China

• Student paper award winners' 08 announced in Vienna

• A Workshop on Quality and Standards Resumed in Addis Ababa

• Update & Invitation to join the PMUni Network!

• Portfolio Management is presented in Seminars in
  Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Report on the PM-04 Project Management Conference
  organized in Chios, Greece from 29-31 May 2008

• Report from happy projects 2008 in Vienna

• Diversity up for Discussion at Project Management Conference

• Techint Chair Gianfelice Rocca to keynote
  IPMA Congress in Rome

• General Colin Powell to Keynote PMI Global Congress
  North America in October

• International Approaches in Project Management PMI, IPMA, OGC
  and RGC - Differences and Commonalities - presented in Bucharest

• Project Risk Management Symposium 2008 in Greece a great success!

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• URS Corporation Selected to Manage DOE Hanford Site in USA

• New Survey suggests increased Transparency to reduce Risks
  on Construction Projects

• Jacobs awarded PM Contract for construction of tallest building in Turin, Italy

• AMEC signs global support agreement with BP

• New Survey results: Complex Service Work Requires Oversight, Precision,
  Advanced Technologies & Schedule Performance

• History of Bechtel available online

• Alstom allegedly paid bribes for Brazil project

• Hill International to Manage Renovation of New York City Hall

• Exhibition & Sponsorship Opportunities still available for 2nd Annual
  UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in Texas August 18 & 19

• On-Demand PPM Vendor Innotas raises $6 Million in Financing

• Ahmed Mokhtar named International Correspondent
  for PMForum and PM World Today in Egypt

• TPG The Project Group turns Ten - announces global strategy
  to support Microsoft Project

• August Project & Programme Management Conference announced
  in Wellington, New Zealand

• NBI-WRPMP invites interested firms and joint ventures
  to provide project planning and management training

• Invitation to Exhibitors for APM 2008 National Project
  Management Conference in October

• Come to Rome for Project Management & Business!
  Exhibition Opportunities still open for 22nd IPMA World Congress
  in November

• Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference to be in Houston
  during July 7-10, 2008

• Project Management with Scrum is discussed during event
  in a State University in Brazil

• New Qualification for senior programme and project managers
  launched at The Best Practice Showcase in London

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Discovery heads for International Space Station to deliver Japanese
  Laboratory module and Toilet repairs

• New Australia - USA submarine cable lands in Sydney

• Disaster Preparedness Project launched by Jamaica Government

• Hill International to Manage Renovation of New York City Hall

• GLAST blasts into space from Florida

• Petrobras and Mitsui Sign Agreement to Study Utah Oil-Shale

• WWF Brazil launches project to protect river area
  in the Federal District (Brasilia, Brazil)

• Seattle transit agency seeks volunteers for Citizen Oversight
  of major transit projects

• Space shuttle Discovery lands safely after another
  Successful Mission to the International Space Station

• Jason 2 - International Project Team launches important
  Earth Monitoring Satellite from California

• Projects funded for Environmental Clean-up in Azerbaijan

• How Space Science Projects get started - NASA selects
  Small Explorer investigations for concept studies

• DOE Selects CH2M HILL to Lead Cleanup Effort at Hanford Site

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• PMI publishes new book on Allied Disciplines - Collection of
  Studies Explores Trends in Project Management

• SOVNET PM Journal NO2 2008 published in Moscow

• Planning partnership guide to speed up new large scale
  developments in UK

• New book by Lothar Katz on Principles of Negotiating
  International Business

• Infrastructure 2008 - new ULI report outlines Global Infrastructure
  Spending and Needs

• Long awaited PM book hit the shelves in Brazil

• Bridge to Somewhere: New Brookings Institute Policy Paper
  addresses American Transportation for the 21st Century

• New Microsoft Project Scheduling book by
  Rodolfo Ambriz published in USA

• Rethinking Project Management - new book by Erling S. Andersen
  in Norway offers Organizational Perspective

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for July 2008

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• World Bank announces new $1.2 Billion Food Crisis Fund

• Saudi Arabia donates $500 million to UN World Food Programme

• UN's IT focus to be Four Main Areas

• GoE to Receive a 150 Million USD IDA Credit for Urban Development

• Japan donates $560 million to fight Killer Diseases

• NASA proposes US portion of the International Space Station
  as a National Lab

• Petersburg Economic Forum attracts world business to Russia

• Mitsubishi to invest USD 80 million in Brazilian IT Company

• Russian major steel company Severstal purchase a
  controlling stake in iron ore deposit in Western Africa

• Financing Development Projects discussed at World Economic Forum
  on Africa in Cape Town

• World Bank president calls for Urgent Action for 20
  Most Vulnerable Countries - sets three priorities

• The 87th ACP Council of Ministers and the 33rd ACP-EU joint
  Council of Ministers meeting in Addis Ababa

• Planning partnership guide to speed up new large scale
  developments in UK

• Sunrise outsources operations and projects to
  Alcatel-Lucent in Switzerland

• World Bank Board approves US$40 million for Projects in Madagascar

• Infrastructure 2008 - new ULI report outlines Global Infrastructure
  Spending and Needs

• Up in the Air! GAO sustains Boeing Bid Protest on $40B KC-X
  Aerial Tanker Contract & Recommends US Air Force
  Reopen the Bid Process

• UN Food Agency Launches Four-Year Plan for Global Food Crisis

• Bridge to Somewhere: New Brookings Institute Policy Paper addresses
  American Transportation for the 21st Century

• World Bank gives $40 million to Palestinian Authority

• World Bank launches Guide & Website to help fight Global Corruption
  in Business and on Projects

• World Bank funds Projects + Project Management in Ghana

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