EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• Five Decades of Modern Project Management:
  Where It Came From – Where It’s Going
  By Russell Archibald
  

IN TRIBUTE

• Memorial: Ralph R. Peterson, former CEO of CH2M Hill in USA: 1944-2009

LETTERS TO EDITOR

• On the subject of Project Management Career Trends
  By Joanna Rojek-Giffin

VIEWPOINTS

• Notes on Effective Project Cost Control
  By Alan Stretton, PhD
  

FEATURED PAPERS

• Demystifying Stakeholder Analysis in New Product/Service Development
  By René Le Bel & Anwar Ali

• Mathematical Theory of Human Work
  (Methodological Problems and Static Mathematical Models of Human Work)
  By Pavel Barseghyan

• Cross-Referencing Task Dependencies for Large Projects using MS Project Macros
  By Larissa Gourevitch

• Sharpening Intuition Skills for Use in Project Management
  By Zelda Jones
  

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• What Mismanaging Small Projects Will Cost You
  By Curt Finch

• Build your Project using Rational Unified Process
  By Pavan Kumar Gorakavi

• The “Connection” Key: Seven Ways the World’s Most Successful Businesspeople Trounce the Competition - and How You Can, Too
  By Maribeth Kuzmeski

• Benchmarking SRO’s attitudes: the quandary of the SRO
  By Paul Mansell

• Four Steps to Conquer Lousy Project Meetings
  By Jeff Oltmann

• The Value Of Lessons Learned: The Art Of Good Project Closure
  By Peter Taylor
  

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 Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

•    Project Management update from Nepal
  By Suraj Dahal

•    Project Management news from Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke

• Projects and Project Management in Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu

•    Project Management news from South Africa  
  By Jaycee Krüger

•    Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management news from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

•   Project Management update from Uruguay
  By Liliana Buchtik

•   Project Management update from Zurich
  By Rüdiger Geist
  

CALL FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers announced for February 2010 IPMA Expert Seminar in Zurich
  

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• South Australian Water official John Ringham to address AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference on October 13

• PMI Authorities confirm assistance to the PMI South Cone Tour in Mendoza

• Autoridades de PMI confirman asistencia al Tour PMI Cono Sur en Mendoza

• Australian Olympian Shane Gould to deliver keynote address at AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference on October 13

• Exhibitors and Sponsors invited to join 17th Global Project Management Symposium 2009 in New Delhi, India

• Distinguished Australian Brigadier Mick Moon to deliver Day 1 afternoon keynote address to AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference in October

• FosterHowarth Director Stuart Guest Smith to keynote AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference in October

• PMI Phoenix Chapter Announces November 2009 Project Management Symposium

• Risk Management Practices at NASA – Dr. Jeevan Perera to deliver keynote at AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference in Australia

• Etica y Responsabilidad Social Empresaria en el Tour PMI Cono Sur en Mendoza

• Ethics and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) to be addressed at the PMI South Cone Tour - Mendoza

• AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference to be held at spectacular Adelaide Conference Centre
  

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• PMI Authorities confirm assistance to the PMI South Cone Tour in Mendoza

• Autoridades de PMI confirman asistencia al Tour PMI Cono Sur en Mendoza

• Miles Shepherd, Advisor & Correspondent for PMForum in the UK, elected IPMA Council of Delegates Chairman in Dublin, Ireland

• asapm Young Crew announces Melanie Gigante elected Vice President

• Hoffman to Keynote APM Conference

• Risk Management Practices at NASA – Dr. Jeevan Perera to deliver keynote at AIPM 2009 National Project Management Conference in Australia

• Miia Martinsuo nominated Professor of Service Business Development and Project Management at Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Miia Martinsuo nominated Professor of Service Business Development and Project Management at Tampere University of Technology, Finland

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Miles Shepherd, Advisor & Correspondent for PMForum in the UK, elected IPMA Council of Delegates Chairman in Dublin, Ireland

• IPMA Executive Board & Council of Delegates Convene in Dublin

• New partnership between PMI Switzerland Chapter and spm (Swiss Project Management Association, IPMA) announced

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Exhibitors and Sponsors invited to join 17th Global Project Management Symposium 2009 in New Delhi, India

• PMForum named Media Partner for 24th IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• Severa showcases next-generation project management application at Project Challenge Expo 2009 in London, UK

• Fortum selects E4 Group as main contractor for Nyagan, Russia power plant project

• Microsoft unveils Microsoft Project 2010

• AECOM acquires Lim and Nascimento (LAN) Engineering Corporation

• Punkhelsinki selects Severa 3 for project management and PSA system

• TOCICO 1’st Regional Conference: “The Door to the Future”

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Project to promote business development in Zemgale region of Latvia launched with international support

• Coega Wind Farm now a Reality in South Africa

• Chevron announces Go-ahead for giant Gorgon Natural Gas Project in Australia

• After weather delays, Space Shuttle Discovery lands safely in California

• BLOEMHOEK Gold Project Feasibility Study comes in Positive

• NASA's Orion Project achieves major milestone

• September 11 Memorial Takes Shape in New York

• Moatize coal mine – helping put Mozambique back on the map
  

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Gower releases major new book - Images of Projects

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for September 2009
  

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• NOAA to establish Disaster Response & Restoration Center in Alabama

• EPA Adds 11 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List in USA

• Uganda President Museveni says African States need to Develop Faster

• New Northern Project Management Office to be in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Nearly $180 Billion transferred to Iraq Fund

• EBRD announces increased investments to €8 billion in 2009

• Europe and USA agree to cooperate on Space Transportation Programs

• Canada and USA Sign Civil Space Cooperation Agreement

• IFC to finance Oil and Gas Projects in Argentina