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Vol. XI Issue V - May 2009
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Project Management eJournal
EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE
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Editor's Perspective on The May 2009 Edition
of PM World Today
By David L. Pells
EDITORIAL
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Frontiers for Project Management! Projects & PM in Healthcare & Medical Treatment: Part I - PM for Hospitals & Medical Centers
By David L. Pells
IN TRIBUTE
VIEWPOINTS
From Project Management to Program Management
By Prof. Hubert VaughanMy World is a Square, so is my Critical Path!
By Peter Berndt de Souza Mello
FEATURED INTERVIEWS
Interview with
Alan Stretton
Project Management Pioneer
AIPM Life Fellow
Interview with Gregory Balestrero
President Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Project Management Institute (PMI)
Interviewed by
Ana Maria Rodriguez Rosario,
Argentina
FEATURED PAPERS
A Comparison of PMI’s PMBOK® Guide
Versions4 & 3
By Germán Bernate-
Five Key Decisions for Portfolio Optimization
By Dr. David Ullman and Harvey Levine -
Offshore Software Project Development and
Agile® Framework Can there be a Confluence?
By Satya Narayan Dash, PMP®, MCP® and Uttam Kumar Singh, PMP®, PAHM® -
Optimizing construction project performance
using the New Engineering Contract Third
Edition (NEC3)
By Luc Bauwmans, PMP -
Principles of Top-Down Quantitative Analysis of
Projects - Part 1 State Equation of Projects and
Project Change Analysis
By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD
PM CASE STUDIES
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Transforming the Project Management Culture
at Harris
By Mark Scott, PMP
ADVISORY ARTICLES
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Client Management in IT projects
By Alessandro Bolloni, PMP -
How to Avoid Being Seen as 'Project
Management Overhead'
By Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx -
Risks in Projects: Edicts and The Letter and
Spirit of Risk Process Implementation
(Part 8 in a Series)
By Glenn R. Koller, PhD -
Who’s Shaking Your Snow Globe?
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
REGIONAL REPORTS
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Project Management News from Argentina
By Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP
Read complete report in English or Spanish -
PMI Region 6 Leadership Conference
2009: Reach Your Peak!
By Quang Ton -
Project Management Update from Washington
By Ron Taylor, PMP -
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 News – Update
from Perú
By José Carlos Machicao, PMP
Read complete report in English | Spanish -
Project Management News from
South Africa
By Jaycee Krüger, PMP -
Elections in India – Projects and Project
Management
By Raju Rao -
Project Management Update from Sydney
By Jürgen Oschadleus -
Project Management Update from Finland
By Jouko Vaskimo -
1Q/2009 - Project Management Survival
By Florin Gheorghiu -
Project Management Update from Uruguay
By Liliana Buchtik, PMP -
Project Management Update from Italy
By Antonello Bove -
Project Management in Ecuador
By Irwin José Franco -
Project Management Update from Kraków
By Artur Bialy -
Project Management Update from Portugal
By Alexander Rodrigues, PhD, Ceng, PMP
PM BOOK REVIEWS
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50 Lucid Thoughts
By Ruth Murray-Webster & Peter Simon
Reviewed By David B. Olutusin -
Effective Communications for Project
Management
By Ralph L. Kliem
Reviewed By Earl W. Crisp, D.P.A. -
Making Things Happen: Mastering Project
Management
By Scott Berkun
Reviewed By Donald Gubbins
CALLS FOR PAPERS
FUTURE PM EVENTS
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Ed Hoffman announced keynote presenter
at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in
Helsinki, Finland -
NASA's 7th PM Challenge Conference
announced for February 2010 -
Advance Registration Open for May PMI
Global Congress 2009 - EMEA in Amsterdam -
Jurgen Schloss announced keynote presenter
at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki,
Finland -
Early Registration opens for 3rd Annual
UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
in August -
Siemens partners with the 23rd IPMA World
Congress in Helsinki, Finland -
APM 2009 Project Management Conference
announced for 21 October in London -
Call for Presentations for APM National Project
Management Conference in October -
happy projects '09 conference: PROJECTS
&CHANGE (again) Vienna, June 4-5, 2009 -
PMForum named Media Partner for 14th
Earned Value Analysis Conference in UK -
Spirit AeroSystems executive Walter Fancher
to keynote May 2009 EVM World
Conference in Florida
PM COMMUNITY NEWS
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Excelentes resultados tras la reunion de
lideres de la PMI en Buenos Aires -
Successful results from PMI Leadership
Meeting in Buenos Aires -
Antonio Andrade Dias elected President
of the Portuguese Association of Project
Management - APOGEP -
Ed Hoffman announced keynote presenter
at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki,
Finland -
Debra Lavell to teach June Project
Requirements Workshop in Oregon -
Artur Bialy named International Correspondent
PMForum & PM World Today in Poland -
EADS North America Program Manager
John Burke to Receive NDIA Leadership
Award in USA -
Jurgen Schloss announced keynote presenter
at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki,
Finland
PM RESEARCH NEWS
PM EDUCATION NEWS
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Debra Lavell to teach June Project
Requirements Workshop in Oregon -
Early Registration opens for 3rd Annual
UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
in August -
happy projects '09 conference: PROJECTS
& CHANGE (again) Vienna, June 4-5, 2009
PM PROFESSION NEWS
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Antonio Andrade Dias elected President
of the Portuguese Association of
Project Management - APOGEP -
Advance Registration Open for May PMI
Global Congress 2009 - EMEA
in Amsterdam -
Contributors sought for Open Source
Competency Standards for Project &
Program Managers -
APM 2009 Project Management Conference
announced for 21 October in London -
Call for Presentations for APM National
Project Management Conference in October
PM INDUSTRY NEWS
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Francisco Gros to deliver major speech at
INFRA 2009 Conference in Sao Paulo in April -
Seven Organizations agree to form
International Business Development Council -
Germany-based Gemanischer Lloyd &
UK-based Noble Denont announce merger -
EADS North America Program Manager John
Burke to Receive NDIA Leadership
Award in USA -
Siemens partners with the 23rd IPMA World
Congress in Helsinki, Finland -
Project and Program Management contracts
help CH2M HILL breaking into Fortune 500 -
Bechtel secures Network Rail's Crossrail and
Reading Programs in UK -
Keynote Speakers announced for June Project
World& World Congress for Business
Analysts in Baltimore
FASCINATING PROJECTS
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Space Station Crew & Tourist return safely to
on Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft -
Funding for 2,000th Transportation
Project under Economic Recovery Act
announced in USA
PM PUBLISHING NEWS
OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM
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G-20 commits $1Trillion to Developing
World - muchfor IMF & World Bank Programs -
US Defense to receive $7.4B of Stimulus
Funding -to launch green facility projects -
Obama Administration calls for High
Speed Train Programs & Projects in USA -
Optimism prevails at World Economic Forum
for Latin America in Rio de Janeiro
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