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OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR Volume X - Issue X - October 2008

EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

 

EDITORIAL

• Project Management in Politics! How Modern PM can help advance Democracy Worldwide
  By David L. Pells

 

IN TRIBUTE

• in Tribute to
  PM Pioneer
  John Fondahl
  1924-2008

 

 

 

 

VIEWPOINTS

• Green Project Management: A Project Management Focus on the Environment
  By Andrea Krasnoff, PMP

• Consulting Rules of Engagement
  By Ammar Mango

• The Challange of PM Associations in Latin America
  By Ana María Rodríguez, MSE, PMP
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition Changes – An Overview
  By Cyndi Snyder Stackpole

 

FEATURED INTERVIEW

• An Interview
  with Russ Archibald
  PART 2 –
  The Formation
  & Early Years of PMI

 

 

FEATURED PAPERS

• Failure of Financial Sector Risk Management as an Analog for the Engineering & Construction Industry
  By Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation

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

• Series Wrap up (2 of 2) - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 26
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Articulating a Vision for Best Practice Project Management in Drug Development
  By Pete Harpum

• Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome
  By Eric D. Brown and Chad Jordan

• Changing the Software Outsourcing Game Multi-sourcing: The New Global Trend
  By Ram Garg and Eric Harris

 

SECOND EDITION

• Aftershocks: How Significant Global Events Can Affect the Project Management Profession
  Originally presented and published at the  PMI South Africa International PM Conference,
  Gauteng - Johannesburg, South Africa, in  November 1999
  By David L. Pells

 

CASE STUDIES

• "Bravo" Company: Lessons Learned in Project Management
  By Bob Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor

• Leadership Based Project Management Model Tested On Food Services at Arizona State University
  By John K. Michael, Dean Kashiwagi, Kenneth T. Sullivan, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

 

PERSONAL STORIES

• Love Botswana Mission benefits from Chartered Management Institute’s Diploma in Programme and Project Management
  By Kate Winter

 

PM TIPS & TECHNIQUES

• Risk in Projects - Metrics!
  (Part 4 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

• Powering Past the Post-PMP® Syndrome
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• Ten Tips to Make Change Work for You
  By Jeff Oltmann

• How can the Project Manager seize the Web2.0 movement to be a PM2.0
  By Kumar Sarma, PMP

• Testing Phase of Software Project – Much More than Testing
  By Michael Szwarc

 

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

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

• Project Management News – Perúvian Update
  By José Carlos Machicao
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

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

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

• Update on Projects & Project Management in New York
  By Lawrence Suda

 

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Program Management Professional (PgMP)sm – A Certification Study Guide with Best Practices for Maximizing Business Results
  Reviewed by Andrea Zittel

 

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Speakers for 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium Extended to 1 December

 

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• David Crane to Deliver California Keynote at the North America West Coast Infrastructure Conference in October

• PM on Beijing Olympics & World EXPO 2010 to be showcased at ROMA 2008 - IPMA 22nd World Congress on Project Management in November

• Day 1 Agenda Announced for November Professional Development Summit in Honolulu

• PMI UK Launches International Project Management Day - It's People That Count!

• How to find Project Managers for big projects? Panel discussion planned for IPMA World Congress in Rome

• International Project Management Forum 2008 in Beijing in November Announced

• Home Office Secretary Sir David Normington to keynote APM 2008 National Project Management Conference in London

• Mary McKinlay to Deliver Keynote Speech at 22nd IPMA World Congress in Rome in November

• Watermark CEO Elizabeth Larson to keynote day two of PMI Honolulu Chapter + LavaCon Professional Development Summit 2008

• Nigel Smith, CEO of UK's OGC, added to keynote roster for APM's October National Project Management Conference in London

• 3rd Brazilian Project Management Congress comes along with many options of workshops and mini-courses

• Tours of Rome Announced for Accompanying Persons at 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in November

• 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium Announced for August 2009

• Day 2 Topics & Speakers Announced for November Professional Development Summit in Honolulu

• 16th Global Project Management Symposium to be held in New Delhi, India in December

• Project Management Heavy Hitters scheduled for APM's October National Project Management Conference in London

 

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Ist AACEI Certified Earned Value Professional (EVP) from India

• PMI Director Beth Partleton to Describe PMI's Strategic Plan at ProMAC 2008 Conference in Alaska in September

• ASU Professor Dean Kashiwagi Receives Fulbright Award to Help Establish Project Management Program at University of Botswana

• Mary McKinlay to Deliver Keynote Speech at 22nd IPMA World Congress in Rome in November

• Watermark CEO Elizabeth Larson to Keynote Day Two of PMI Honolulu Chapter + LavaCon Professional Development Summit 2008

• Nigel Smith, CEO of UK's OGC, added to keynote roster for APM's October National Project Management Conference in London

• A Girl's Guide to Project Management wins IT Blog Award

• Linda Vella will lecture at PMDay in Buenos Aires

• IPMA Elects First Female President! Brigitte Schaden of Austria to assume IPMA Presidency

• Chief Executive of NRA, Fred Barry, Awarded IPMA Level A Project Manager Certification in Ireland

 

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Last Chance to participate in online Survey on Project Sponsorship

 

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• GWU's Graduate Program in Project Management Turns Lectures into 24/7 Learning with Echo Technology

• Return to Mars! One of World's Most Advanced Online Project Management Courses Now Available at Discounted Price Through PMForum

• Public Program Management Course in Oregon Offers Unique Opportunity for Both Personal and Professional Development

• ASU Professor Dean Kashiwagi Receives Fulbright Award to Help Establish Project Management Program at University of Botswana

• 3rd Brazilian Project Management Congress comes along with many options of workshops and mini-courses

 

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Ist AACEI Certified Earned Value Professional (EVP) from India

• Day 1 Agenda Announced for November Professional Development Summit in Honolulu

• Late Report from the PMI World Congress Latin America 2008 in São Paulo

• PMI UK Launches International Project Management Day - It's People That Count!

• Invitation to Attend Launch of New PMA India Chapter in Hyderabad

• Australian Defence Project wins AIPM Project Management Achievement Award

• PMI UK Chapter announces new keynote speaker for International Project Management Day event in Coventry

• PMA Announces New Chapter in Ranchi, India

• IPMA Elects First Female President! Brigitte Schaden of Austria to assume IPMA Presidency

 

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Mott Macdonald Appoint by MoWR of Ethiopia to Provide Services for a 36 Million Euro WSS Project

• Jacobs to Acquires UK's L.E.S. Engineering in Grimsby

• Return to Mars! One of World's Most Advanced Online Project Management Courses Now Available at Discounted Price
  Through PMForum

• Jacobs acquires stake in Delhi firm to strengthen position in Indian Infrastructure Market

• Free Set of Project Management Materials Available in Brazil

• How to find Project Managers for big projects? Panel discussion planned for IPMA World Congress in Rome

• Project Finance Experts to Highlight North America West Coast Infrastructure Conference in LA in October

• Lend Lease to Develop Darling Walk Regeneration Project in Sydney CB

• AMEC Awarded $75 Million Programme Management Consultancy Contract in UAE

• Power at Sea - Northrop Grumman Wins $5.1 Billion Contract to Build New Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier for US Navy

• Major Infrastructure Projects to be Showcased on Day 1 of North America West Coast Infrastructure Conference in October

• Is a National Framework for P3 Financing needed in the USA?

• ARCADIS to Design Constanta's Ring Road in Romania

• Serena Software Acquires Projity for Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Project

• First Project Management Center of Excellence in Sub Saharan Africa Close to Reality

 

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• India Plans Space Shuttle Project

• Fast and Furious Projects - UN Rushes Aid to Caribbean Nations Hit Hard by Severe Weather

• September 11 Memorial in New York Makes Progress

• World Bank Cancels Financing for Oil Pipeline Project in Chad

• UNESCO Announces Support for Underwater Museum in Alexandria, Egypt

• Lend Lease to Develop Darling Walk Regeneration Project in Sydney CBD

• World Bank Funds Rapid Response Project Related to Food Shortages in Somalia

• Coal River Mountain Wind Project & Dr. Robert Bullard win Co-op America 2008 Building Economic Alternatives Award

• Space Shuttle Atlantis set for final Hubble Telescope Repair Mission in October - Endeavor stands by for possible Rescue Mission

• UN computer networking project in Senegal first to fight African Brain Drain

 

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• Michelle LaBrosse Articles now available in Spanish

• Strategic Thinking - New book by Bill Birnbaum Provides Guidance for Tough Economic Times

• New book on Work Breakdown Structures by Haugan published in USA by Management Concepts

• SOVNET PM Journal NO3 2008 published in Moscow -Contents & Abstracts

• Earned Value Management Professional Exam Study Guide Available in USA

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for October 2008

 

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Petrobras will Fund Environmental Projects

• Accra Forum Adopts Agenda to Improve Efficiency on Development Programs

• Strategic Level Attention to Project Management in the New Year

• World Bank Announces $258 Million for Programs & Projects in Costa Rica

• US DOE Commits US$67.5 Million to 15 Solar Energy Projects

• World Bank Group Commits US$4.5 Billion to East Asia Pacific Development Programs & Projects

• British Prime Minister calls for new Global Financial System to end Market Turmoil

• Star Studded Concert in Jordan to help finance Projects in Afghanistan

• AfDB Approves US$ 320 Million Credits to Standard Bank and Nedbank of South Africa for Infrastructure Projects Finance

 

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