EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

• Editor's Perspective on the Current Edition
  By David Pells

EDITORIAL

• Back to the Future: Projects & Project Management to Meet Basic Human & Social Needs
  or
  Malthus and Maslow Revisited!
  By David L. Pells
  

LETTERS TO EDITOR

• In Response to Joanna Rojek-Giffin's October Letter to the Editor – On the Subject of Project Management Career Trends
  By Eleonore F. Pieper

• On the subject of Russ Archibald’s Guest Editorial & The Future of Project Management
  By R. Max Wideman

• On the subject of the October Featured Paper entitled “Demystifying Stakeholder Analysis in New Product Development”
  By Lynda Bourne

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Brigitte Schaden

President, International Project Management Association (IPMA)

Chair, Austrian Project Management Association (PMA)

VIEWPOINTS

• The Crisis Manager
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Got Testing
  By James Brown

• Global Networks -
  Brain Shifting the Ways of IT Project Management
  By Melvyn Lee
  

FEATURED PAPERS

• Reliability of Projects: A Quantitative Approach
  Part 1
  Reliability and Productivity Models of the Elements of Work Flows
  By Pavel Barseghyan

• Assessing the Art and Science of Project Management
  By Harold Schroeder

• Aspects of People Management in a Projectised Organization
  By Alan Stretton

• The Emergent Role Of Chief Programme Officer (Cpo)
  By Professor Pieter Steyn

• Calculating and Using Float
  By Patrick Weaver
  

CASE STUDIES

• Supporting the next generation of school leaders Introducing flexible programme and project management at the National College for School Leadership
  By Bob Hendicott

• The Rosario Habitat Program Experience
  Project Management Applied To Government
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez and Adriana Saloman

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Deal or no deal?
  How to ensure your major transactions deliver benefits
  By Saleem Ahmad

• Scrum methodology: 7 common mistakes
  By Pavan Kumar Gorakavi

• RISK DOCTOR BRIEFING
  When will we ever learn?
  By Dr. David Hillson

• The Power of Choice
  By Michelle LaBrosse

• Building Acceptance for the Healthcare PMO
  By Monique Marlow

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  Part 4 of 6: Keeping Your Portfolio Balanced
  By Jeff Oltmann
  

REGIONAL REPORTS

•    Project Management news from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•    Project Management news from Sydney - Australia
  By Jürgen Oschadleus

•    Project Management news from Dallas
  By Ann R. Miller

•    Project Management update from Ethopia
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

•    Project Management update from Ecuador
  By Irwin José Franco

•    Project Management update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

•    Project Management News from Germany
  By Manfred Rieck

•    Project Management News from Italy
  By Antonello Bove

•    Project Management News from Jordan
  By Ammar Mango

•    Project Management news from Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke

•    Project Management news from Omaha
  By Ted Koval

• Projects and Project Management in Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu

• Projects and Project Management in South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

•    Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management news from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd
  

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• CBAP, Certified Business Analysis Professional Exam Guide
  By Joseph Phillips
  Reviewed by Carol Kacinko

• Project Professional Exam Review Guide, 5th Edition
  By Kim Heldman, PMP and Vanina Mangano
  Reviewed by Earl Crisp

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Government, Industry & Professional Leaders Align with 17th Global Symposium 2009 in New Delhi

• 1st Invitation for Partners & Exhibitors for 2010 IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• Asia Pacific Expert Seminar 2009 in Sydney to Explore Project & Program Management in Times of Uncertainty

• First PMSA Regional Conference to be in Cape Town during 18 - 19 November 2009

• El Tour PMI Cono Sur en Mendoza contará con más autoridades de PMI

• More PMI Authorities Confirmed for PMI Cono Sur Tour In Mendoza

• Projects to the Point P2P Conference in Egypt 3rd - 5th November 2009

• PMI Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific set for Melbourne, Australia in February

• EURAM Conference for 2010 Awarded to Italy

• Project Risk Management International Conference in Rome

• 25th IPMA World Congress in 2011 to be in Australia
  

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Report from Foro Mundial de Negocios in Monterrey

• Foro Mundial de Negocios

• PMForum Correspondent Ana Maria Rodríguez to lectura at PMI Cono Sur Tour

• Corresponsal de PMForum Ana Maria Rodríguez disertará en el Tour PMI Cono Sur

• Taylor Scoops Top APM Awards

• Michael Young named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Australia

• Kushtrim Mehmetaj named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Kosovo

• 1st PMO Community Forum 2009 puts Al Ain on International map

• PM Forum Correspondent Leads World Research Programme

• Professor Darren Dalcher of Middlesex University named International Academic Advisor for PMForum & PM World Today

• Iain Fraser delivers encore speech to Victoria University’s International Leadership Programme

• Karen Tate named PMI Fellow in Florida

• IRNOP IX recognizes best papers, best reviewers

• Seven Prominent Project Management Leaders win 2009 PMI Fellow Awards

• Iain Fraser named PMI Fellow in Florida

• PMForum Advisor Debbie O’Bray wins 2009 PMI Fellow Award

• Seven Prominent Project Management Leaders win 2009 PMI Fellow Awards
  

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• University of Quebec at Montreal organizes IRNOP X in 2011

• PM Forum Correspondent Leads World Research Programme

• PMI Educational Foundation Accepting Proposals for Project Management Research Grants

• IRNOP IX recognizes best papers, best reviewers

• Professor Gemünden opens, Professors Wikström and Artto keynote IRNOP IX opening plenary in Berlin

• Scandinavian Researchers Recognized for Project Management Paper of the Year by Project Management Institute

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Making Projects Critical – 5th Workshop Announced in UK

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Community and Overseas Projects rewarded at APM Award Dinner

• Report from the IV Central American and Caribbean Project Management Congress

• Reporte del IV Congreso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Administración de Proyectos

• Change and International Development Projects recognised in new Awards for at APM’s Awards Dinner

• Project Managers honoured at APM Awards

• APM Name New Hon Fellows in UK

• Association for Project Management Awards –2012 Lead Winners

• PMI Announces 2009 Continuing Professional Education Awards 
  

• PMI Announces new Officers and Board of Directors for 2010

• APM announce Awards Finalists

• PMI Announces new Board of Directors for 2010

• Lasting Impressions from the PMI Global Congress in Florida

• PMI recognizes NASA with Special Award at Global Congress in Florida

• Fluor Power Plant Project for Newmont Mining in Nevada receives PMI’s 2009 Project of the Year Award

• 23rd IPMA World Congress materials now available in online archive

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• APM Awards Organisations at Annual Dinner

• ESI International Expands Canadian Operations

• Chiltern Wins Project Manager of the Year at the GCPj 2009 Annual Awards

• ALPHA CONSULTORIA wins PMI Continuing Professional Education Product of the Year Award

• ALPHA CONSULTORIA gana el Premio del PMI® al mejor Curso del Año 

• Journyx launches ProjectXecute for enhanced project cost control

• New Report on Project Failure released by The Standish Group in USA

• Fluor Power Plant Project for Newmont Mining in Nevada receives PMI’s 2009 Project of the Year Award

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Projects to Research the Dead Zone

• Massive Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford Nuclear Site reaches Halfway Point 

• 100 Projects to Save the Planet - World Bank Contest Winners to be Announced at November Event

• UN Project to Help Clean up Disease-Causing Waste in Sudan

• National ID Card Project Launched in Kuwait

• Polluted site in USA to become UN-backed ‘Green Complex’
  

PUBLISHING NEWS

• PMI Unveils Project Management Circa 2025 – New Book that Predicts the Future – at Global Congress in Florida

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for October 2009
  

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• US Government Developing Strategy to Achieve Global Food Security

• UN and Iraq sign Development Agreement

• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Outlines Criteria for Successful Copenhagen Meeting on Climate Change

• Germany Agrees to Increase Contributions to International Capacity Building for Transition Countries

• Singapore may Capitalize on $1.1 Billion Worth of IT Projects Up For Grabs 

PM ACADEMICS NEWS

• APM Recognize Academic Achievement

• Professor Darren Dalcher of Middlesex University named International Academic Advisor for PMForum & PM World Today