OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR Volume X - Issue III - March 2008

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EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• New Frontiers for Project Management – Nanotechnology
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On a Student Research Project on IT Project Failures
  From Matthew Miller

• More Help Sought for Research on IT Projects
  From Gemma Smith

VIEWPOINTS

• Governance: Key to Successful Program Management Delivery
  By Robert Prieto

• The Strategic Project Manager
  By Morris Panner

FEATURED INTERVIEW

• Interview with Felix Valdez
  (Charter member  and first president of the PMI Lima Perú Chapter)
  Interview by José Machicao, PMP

FEATURED PAPERS

• Managing Complex Projects Is Not a Simple Matter
  By Kathleen B. Hass

• Creating Intelligence and Knowledge
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 19
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Creating Project-Based Organizations to Deliver Value
  By Michel Thiry

• Contemporary Aspects of Critical-Path Planning and Scheduling
  By Earl Glenwright

CASE STUDIES

• Starting a PMO from Scratch: A Challenge or Unbearable Burden?
  By Florin Gheorghiu, PMP

PERSONAL STORIES

• “It’s a Network Diagram… No it’s a Workflow… No it’s a Monster!";
  By Ammar Mango

PM TIPS & TECHNIQUES

• Meetings and Meeting Sickness!
  How to Improve the Productivity of Your Project Team
  By Germán Bernate
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• Mission-critical: Why the Kick-off is the Most Important Meeting
  in the Life of Your International Project
  By Sue Freedman and Lothar Katz

• Motivating Managers
  By J. Ajith Kumar

• Maximizing Project Investment:
  Why Achieving Project Delivery Excellence is Not Enough!
  By Andrea Nicholas

• Personal Recovery: Using Project Management
  to Survive Personal Disaster
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• The Project Leader’s Credibility!
  How to improve this critical project management success factor!
  By Alfonso Bucero
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• How to Choose a Datacenter
  By Scott Whitney

SECOND EDITION

• The Origins of Modern Project Management
  By Patrick Weaver

• Proven and Practical Focus to Program Success
  in Real Estate Developments
  By Yamal Chamoun
  Read the complete paper English | Spanish

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

• Project Management News from Perú
  By José Carlos Machicao
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Project Management News from Ecuador
  By Irwin J. Franco, PMP
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

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

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

• 2007 retrospective: Learning highlights of global experiences
  in IT and Project Management
  By Carol Dekkers

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• The Six Dimensions of Project Management
  Reviewed by  Donald R. Hammons, MBA, PMP

• Professional Project Management, the Guide
  Reviewed by Earl W. Crisp, D. P. A.

• Applied Software Project Management
  Reviewed by Mei-min Peng

• Professionalizing Business Analysis:
  Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects
  Reviewed by Ronda D. Hayes, PMP

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers: Deadline Extended for Abstracts for
  August UT Dallas Project Management Symposium

• Call for Papers - AIPM National Conference - October in Canberra

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Project Management Learning at NASA!
  Ed Hoffman to provide 2nd Keynote Speech
  at PMAJ Symposium in Tokyo

• Wayne Abba to Keynote DYNAMICS 2008
  Project Management Conference in Turkey

• APM Governance of Change Conference in London
  - 1 April 2008

• P2M Highlight at PMAJ Symposium in Tokyo

• The Big Dig! Dan McNichol to keynote MegaProjetos 2008
  International Symposium in Sao Paulo

• APM Risk SIG Conference on Soft Skills set for April in the UK

• Award Winning Author Robyn Meredith to address PMI Global Congress
  on 3 March in Sydney, Australia

• Adesh Jain to address the Global Project Management
  Landscape at PMAJ Symposium in Tokyo

• Seminar @ Sea III Project Management Cruise - Getting Ready!

• 1st Annual Women in Project Management
  Conference Announced

• Danish Mega Projects expert to address MegaProjetos 2008
  International Symposium in Sao Paulo

• PMSA Conference 2008 - Second International Plenary Speaker
  Confirmed for May event

• Latest Announcements from IPMA World Congress in Rome

• Gopal Kapur to keynote CBP Summit 2008
  Strategy & Projects - in Arizona

• PMForum named Media Partner for the DYNAMICS 2008
  Project Management Conference in Turkey

• Avoiding Disputes - Dr. Martin Barnes to Provide Advice

• Publication Opportunities announced for authors and presenters
  at May Project Management Conference in Greece

• David Pells named Master of Ceremonies for Opening
  of International Project & Program Management
  Symposium Tokyo 2008

• PMI Dallas Chapter announces participating companies
  for March 13 Vendor Showcase in Texas

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Project Management Learning at NASA!
  Ed Hoffman to provide 2nd Keynote Speech
  at PMAJ Symposium in Tokyo

• Wayne Abba to Keynote DYNAMICS 2008
  Project Management Conference in Turkey

• The Big Dig! Dan McNichol to keynote MegaProjetos 2008
  International Symposium in Sao Paulo

• Steve Fahrenkrog promoted to PMI Vice President

• Alfonso Bucero named PM Ambassador™ in Spain

• Adesh Jain to address the Global Project Management
  Landscape at PMAJ Symposium in Tokyo

• Danish Mega Projects expert to address MegaProjetos 2008
  International Symposium in Sao Paulo

• Michel Thiry named PM Ambassador™

• Gopal Kapur to keynote CBP Summit 2008 Strategy & Projects - in Arizona

• Avoiding Disputes - Dr. Martin Barnes to Provide Advice

• Professor John-Paris Pantouvakis in Athens named International
  Editorial Advisor for PMForum & PM World Today

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Opportunity to Participate in Research on IT Project Failures

• Another Research Project on IT Project Management
  seeks participants

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Kerzner Scholarship Fund for PM Students established
  by International Institute for Learning (IIL)

• Professor John-Paris Pantouvakis in Athens named International
  Editorial Advisor for PMForum & PM World Today

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• PMI Romania Chapter Election Day Results

• PMI Montreal Chapter announces its 2007 Project of the Year

• PMI Issues Call for Nominations for 2008 Professional Awards

• Report on Transparency and Project Management Event
  in Athens, Greece

• Exposure Drafts of 4 updated Standards announced by PMI

• APM Governance of Change Conference in London - 1 April 2008

• asapm and Business Development Institute International
  announce Alliance Agreement

• PMSA Conference 2008 - Second International Plenary Speaker
  Confirmed for May event

• David Pells named Master of Ceremonies for
  Opening of International Project & Program Management
  Symposium Tokyo 2008

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Foster Wheeler to execute Project Management contract
  for new Hydro-processing Complex in Russia

• MEUN Announces 1st Meeting of Dallas Chapter - March 11
  for Users of Microsoft(R) Project

• Successful Seminar in Libya reflects growing demand for PM
  in Mediterranean - building up for IPMA Congress in Rome

• International BPUG Congress Awards Announced
  for Best Practice Achievement

• Call for Nominations for 3rd Annual PMO of the Year Award

• Planview Announces 2007 Growth and Successes

• Report from the Corporate Portfolio Management Conference
  in Florida Keynote address by Thomas Stewart,
  Harvard Business Review Editor

• Report from Destination 2013, Cape Town 2008 -
  Primavera International PARS' Meeting

• Report from the Corporate Portfolio Management Conference
  in Florida - Advanced Project Portfolio Management Workshop

• PMForum named Media Partner for the DYNAMICS 2008
  Project Management Conference in Turkey

• Report from the Corporate Portfolio Management Conference
  in Florida - Using Corporate Portfolio Management to
  Drive Shareholder Value

• Hill International Acquires Majority of Gerens in Spain

• Report from the Corporate Portfolio Management Conference
  in Florida - Sponsors & Exhibitors

• Report from the Corporate Portfolio Management Conference
  in Florida - Stopping Investile Dysfunction

• PMI Dallas Chapter announces participating companies
  for March 13 Vendor Showcase in Texas

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Across the Universe - NASA to beam Beatles music into Deep Space

• Proyecto de Analisis prospectivo de la Tecnologías Limpias en Valencia

• Clean Technologies Project in Community of Valencia (Valencia Spain)

• Successful Launch - Space Shuttle Atlantis heads for Space Station
  with European Lab Aboard

• Biodiversity Project in Brazil receives World Bank Funding

• UN-Backed Project to assist Rural China announced in New York

• Massive hydropower project in the cards for Democratic Republic
  of the Congo

• Space Shuttle Atlantis returns safely home after Successful Mission

• Education Project in Morocco receives USAID support

• Jordan to relocate Aqaba Port

• USAID project responds to severe floods in Ecuador

• Results of meeting on the Great African
  Greenbelt Project announced

• Creative Project to trap surface water in Djibouti announced

• New submarine cable network to link Northern Egypt to France

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• Robust new PMP Prep Guide hits the Market

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for March 2008

• Human Resource Management in the Project-Oriented
  Organization - Important New Book published by PMI

• Publication Opportunities announced for authors and
  presenters at May Project Management Conference
  in Greece

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• EBRD provides funds for energy-efficiency projects in Ukraine

• Report from Davos: Brown Seeks New Drive on Millennium Goals

• Bangladesh's Donors Propose $4 Billion Post-Cyclone Plan

• Big Money for Projects to help Neglected Problems

• NASA unveils $17.6 Billion Budget for FY2009

• Malaysia launches multi Billion-Dollar Renewable Energy Program

• Airbus Executive Predicts Dramatic Industry Growth

• World Bank to Support Power and Water Management
  Projects in South Asia

• Indian cabinet minister stresses more coordination
  and project management for Defence Projects

• Ban Ki-Moon seeks US support for Millennium Development Goals

• Director of Africa Water Facility call for more investment
  in Sanitation Projects at Durban Meeting

• New UN Report indicates Climate Change is resulting
  in shift to Green Economies

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