EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

• Editor's Perspective on The April 2009 Edition
  of PM World Today
  By David L. Pells

EDITORIAL

• Governance Matters
  By Miles Shepherd

IN TRIBUTE

• Memories of Roland Gutsch
  By Vladimir Voropajev

• Tribute to Roland Gutsch
  By Hiroshi Tanaka

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the Definition of Project – In Response to Bill Duncan
  from Stanislaw Gasik
  Warsaw, Poland

VIEWPOINTS

• Federal Project Manager Momentum
  By Michael O’Brochta, PMP

• What happened to Business Communications in Project Management?
  By Rebecca A. Winston, JD

• Championship Teams Don’t Waste Time! Fear of Conflict
  By Tom Sheives, PhD, PMP

• How long is your planning horizon?
  By James Brown, PhD

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

Interview with
Paul C. Dinsmore
Part II - The Light of Project
Management: Consulting,
Writing and Teaching
the World about PM

FEATURED PAPERS

• Early stakeholder involvement in projects
  By ing. M.D. Tammer

• Innovation & Project Management - Exploring the Links.
  By Dr. Donncha Kavanagh, and
  Ed Naughton

• Rescuing Failed Projects
  By Greg T. Rogers, PMP

• Task Assignment as a Crucial Factor for Project
  Success (Probabilistic Analysis of Task Assignment)
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

PM TIPS & TECHNIQUES

• Transforming the Culture with your PMO and OPM3
  By John Schlichter

• Are Your Projects Shovel Ready?
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®,
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  By Jeff Oltmann , PMP

• The New Face of Strategic Planning: Bridging it with Project Management is the Key to Success
  By Bruce McGraw, CEO, Cognitive Technologies

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management Update from Sydney
  By Jürgen Oschadleus

• Project Management Update from Washington
  By Ron Taylor

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

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

• Ethiopia Today
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Project Management Update from Omaha
  By Ted Koval, PMP

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger, PMP

• Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton

• Report on Projects & Project Management in Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke, PhD, MBA

• Report on Projects & Project Management in Jordan
  By Ammar Mango

• Promoting EVM in the government in India
  By Raju Rao

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

• Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

• Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

• The state of affairs of Project Management professions within a badly hit economy
  By Florin Gheorghiu, PMP

• Project Management Update from Colombia
  By German Bernate

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Impact on Project Management of Allied Disciplines
  By Young Hoon Kwak, PhD and Frank T. Anbari, PhD, PMP Reviewed By Lisa Holowiak

• Simple Solutions – How “Enterprise Project Management” Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Journey from Near Collapse to #1
  By Lisa A. DiTullio
  Reviewed By Kathryn H. Phillips – MBA, SSGB, PMP

• The Complete Project Management Office Handbook (second edition)
  By Gerard M. Hill
  Reviewed By Floyd L. DaWalt

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• AIPM issues Call for Abstracts for 2009 National Conference in Adelaide

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Heikki Malinen announced keynote presenter at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Head of Environmentally Sustainable Business at Nokia Siemens to keynote PMI Global Congress EMEA in the Netherlands

• Harold Kerzner announced keynote presenter at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Dan McNichol to describe US National Highway System at INFRA 2009 Conference in Sao Paulo

• World Class Faculty announced for Doctoral Seminar on Project Management at ESC Lille in August

• 2009 Project World & World Congress for Business Analysts in USA to be in Baltimore in June & California in November

• Leadership Lessons from Alexander the Great! Author Lance Kurke to keynote April DYNAMICS 2009 Project Management Conference in Turkey

• PMForum named Media Partner for EDEN Doctoral Seminar and 9th International Workshop on Project & Programme Management at ESC Lille in France

• Moving Project Management from Good to Great! PMI Houston Conference & Expo set for 27 April - 1 May 2009

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Former OMB management chief Ed DeSeve named to head Recovery Act implementation at OMB in Washington

• Adesh Jain named to Board of Directors of NTPC Ltd., the largest Power Utility in India.

• First IPMA Level A Certificate awarded to Dr A Sivathanu Pillai in India

• Tony McGlinn elected PMI Finland Chapter President

• Dan McNichol to describe US National Highway System at INFRA 2009 Conference in Sao Paulo

• Michael O'Brochta to lead Project Management Seminar in Washington, DC

• Professor Karlos Artto and Professor Jaakko Kujala win Emerald Literati Network 2009 Outstanding Paper Award

• Vladimir Liberzon to Keynote INFRA 2009 Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Social Networks offer New Frontiers for Project Managers

• Vladimir Liberzon to Keynote INFRA 2009 Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Jurgen Oschadleus named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Australia

• PM Manifesto for America meets Partnership for Public Service in Washington, results in Action Plan

• Suraj Dahal named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Nepal

• Leadership Lessons from Alexander the Great! Author Lance Kurke to keynote April DYNAMICS 2009 Project Management Conference in Turkey

• Former OMB management chief Ed DeSeve named to head Recovery Act implementation at OMB in Washington

• Veikko Valila appointed IPMA Secretary General

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• First Summer Institute for Project Management Faculty announced in USA

• Said Business School release seminar series

• PMForum named Media Partner for EDEN Doctoral Seminar and 9th International Workshop on Project & Programme Management at ESC Lille in France

• World Class Faculty announced for Doctoral Seminar on Project Management at ESC Lille in August

• International project management student paper award'09 deadline for happy projects '09 extended to 30 April 2009

• ESC Lille first school outside UK to receive APM accreditation

• British University in Dubai seeks Lecturer in Project Management

• Michael O'Brochta to lead Project Management Seminar in Washington, DC

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Veikko Valila appointed IPMA Secretary General

• Microsoft Turkey General Manager to deliver keynote speech at April DYNAMICS 2009 Project Management Conference

• Final Program announced for 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium in March

• Nuevas fechas en el Tour Cono Sur de PMI

• New dates added to PMI Latin America Cono Sur Tour

• International Project Management Forum held in Kazakhstan

• First IPMA Level A Certificate awarded to Dr A Sivathanu Pillai in India

• Tony McGlinn elected PMI Finland Chapter President

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• PMI R.E.P. Program holds first India R.E.P. Meet

• PMForum named Media Partner for EDEN Doctoral Seminar and 9th International Workshop on Project & Programme Management at ESC Lille in France

• NASA announces winners of 2008 George M. Low Quality Award

• IIL partners with the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• PMForum named Media Partner for EVM World 2009 Project Performance Management Conference in Florida

• PMForum named Media Partner for 2009 Project World & World Congress for Business Analysts in USA

• Heikki Malinen announced keynote presenter at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Adesh Jain named to Board of Directors of NTPC Ltd., the largest Power Utility in India.

• Massive Interest in Sustainability Shown at Ecobuild in London and in a Multi-million Euro European Union Initiative

• Harold Kerzner announced keynote presenter at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• 4Developers - the biggest programming conference in Poland!

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Major US Highway Project gets Green Light

• Lake Victoria Basin Project receives World Bank Loan

• Project News from Ethiopia

• OL3 nuclear power plant unit expected on line in 2012

• NASA Project looks for Other Worlds

• 67 tonnes de precision au service du reacteur d'ITER

• 67 tons or accuracy to serve ITER reactor

• Next International Space Station Crew launch on Soyuz from Kazakhstan

• World Bank to Support Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in China's Sichuan & Gansu Provinces

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for March 2009

• Wiley to team with International Institute for Learning to Produce Project Management Series in USA

• New Advanced Project Scheduling book by Rob Posener published in Australia

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• US EPA says America needs to invest $334B in Water Projects

• UN Secretary-General calls for $1 Trillion for
  Developing Countries & Proposes 4 part Solution to Current Economic Crisis

• South Africa needs 40 new coal mines by 2020

• Sign of the Times - Local Council in UK may subsidize Tender Costs

• PM Manifesto for America meets Partnership for Public
  Service in Washington, results in Action Plan

• Ethiopia: Highly Vulnerable to the Global Economic Crisis

• Midwest USA Governors Announce Green Jobs Agenda

• £1bn Super-Framework for UK North West Opens to Bidders

• US Department of Health & Human Services Launches
  New Office of Recovery Act Coordination

• NOAA Seeks Proposals for Coastal Restoration Projects in USA

• New Resource for Development Projects - Global
  Development Network launches new website