EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• Frontiers for Project Management! Projects & PM in Healthcare & Medical Treatment: Part I - PM for Hospitals & Medical Centers
  By David L. Pells

IN TRIBUTE

• The World of Project Management remembers a Pioneer!

VIEWPOINTS

• From Project Management to Program Management
  By Prof. Hubert Vaughan

• My 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

• Transforming the Project Management Culture
  at Harris
  By Mark Scott, PMP

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Call for Speakers - PMI Austin Chapter
  seeks workshop speakers for 7th Annual
  Professional Development Day in Texas

• Call for Presentations for APM National
  Project Management Conference in October

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• June Program Management Workshop in Oregon

• 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

• Dr. David Schrader announced as keynote
  presenter at the 23rd IPMA World Congress
  in Helsinki, Finland

• 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

• Professor Pierre Bonnal of CERN to deliver
  keynote speech at May 2009 EVM World
  Project Performance Management Conference
  in Florida

• APM 2009 Project Management Conference
  announced for 21 October in London

• Keynote Speakers announced for June
  Project World & World Congress for
  Business Analysts in Baltimore

• Call for Presentations for APM National Project
  Management Conference in October

• happy projects '09 conference: PROJECTS
  &CHANGE (again) Vienna, June 4-5, 2009

• Organizers invite participants to the IPMA
  Golf Cup2009 tournament at the 23rd IPMA
  World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• 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

• 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

• PMI Dallas celebrates 25 Years

• 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

• Dr. David Schrader announced as keynote
  presenter at the 23rd IPMA World Congress
  in Helsinki, Finland

• 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

• PMI opens Request for Sponsored
  Research Proposals

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• June Program Management Workshop in
  Oregon

• 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

• Wideman PM Website updates announced
  for April 2009

• Antonio Andrade Dias elected President
  of the Portuguese Association of
  Project Management - APOGEP

• PMI Dallas celebrates 25 Years

• Advance Registration Open for May PMI
  Global Congress 2009 - EMEA
  in Amsterdam

• Contributors sought for Open Source
  Competency Standards for Project &
  Program Managers

• PMI inicia actividades en Rosario, Argentina

• PMI begins activities in Rosario, Argentina

• Professor Pierre Bonnal of CERN to deliver
  keynote speech at May 2009 EVM World
  Project Performance Management
  Conference in Florida

• 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

• 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

• E18 Muurla-Lohja highway project completes
  in record time

• Space Station Crew & Tourist return safely to
  on Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft

• UN Projects boost Iraq Recovery

• Tornado Research Project in USA announced

• Funding for 2,000th Transportation
  Project under Economic Recovery Act
  announced in USA

• UN funds agriculture projects to help poor in El Salvador

• Happy Facility with Serious Problem, and a
  Big Project

• Talvivaara mine nears completion, delivers
  first nickel

• LSR Project still on the boil

• Smart Education Project - IBM to connect
  NSW Schools

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• First Book on the PMP exam available
  in Spanish

• Primer libro de Preparacion para el
  examen PMP en espanol

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• G-20 commits $1Trillion to Developing
  World - muchfor IMF & World Bank Programs

• Canada commits $10 billion to IMF

• Major Changes in US Defense Programs announced

• GAO calls for improved Oversight and
  Management of International Atomic Energy
  Agency’s Technical Cooperation Projects

• Small Bioenergy Projects boost rural
  economic development

• 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

• Building the American Clean Energy
  Economy - Statement by US Secretaries of
  Energy & Labor on Earth Day

• World Bank to invest $45 billion in
  Infrastructure Projects