EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

LETTERS TO EDITOR

• On the March PMWT Editorial on Motivation
  By Bob Gerrard

• On the March PMWT Editorial on Leadership & Motivation
  By Bob Youker

COLUMNS

• Managing uncertainty through programmes
  By Darren Dalcher, PhD

• Program Management Beyond Standards and Guides
  By Michel Thiry, MSc, PMP

• Career Dilemma: The Psychology of Scheduling
  By Earl Glenwright, PSP, PE

VIEWPOINTS

• Project Management in an Ailing Economy
  By Robert Judd

• Yes Please, Thank You!
  Ensuring Polished Business Etiquette
  By Laura B. Moore

• TEAMWORK
  By Deborah J. Pariseau, PMP

• The Focus, Roles & Responsibilities of a Program
  Management Office
  By Bob Prieto

• Millennium Challenge Corporation
  By Robert Youker

• What Is New In Microsoft Project 2010?
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP and Santiago Sereno

• How will we navigate through the business implications of Mr Darling's Budget?
  By Melanie Franklin

FEATURED PAPERS

• A Multi-Project Perspective on Program Management
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Probabilistic Analysis of the Duration of Human Actions
  (Analytical Scheduling Risk Analysis)
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

• Project Planning
  Manager’s Contribution?
  By Muhamed Abdomerovic, D. Eng., PMP

• Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Project Planning
  By Pavan Kumar Gorakavi

CASE STUDIES

• The Transformation of Global Project Management Office
  By John Anderson and Marc Michaelson

• ADP Leverages PMO to Improve Client Experience
  By Martia Newell and J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP

• Making a Winemakers Dream
  By Josh Shields

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• The Case for Transparency: Ten Reasons Your
  Company Should Keep No Secrets from Employees
  By Quint Studer

• IT Governance of outsourced organizations
  How to avoid business break up?
  By Allesandro Bolloni, PMP^®

• The Curse of “It’s How We’ve Always Done It”
  Transcending negativity to turn previous failures into
  current successes
  By Laura B. Moore

• Establishing Project Management Processes: The First Step on the Road to Maturity
  By Bryan Peterson and April Boland

• How to Manage Projects Step-by-Step
  By Jason Westland

• Getting Back to Basics
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP^®

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• The Complete Project Management Methodology
  and Toolkit
  By Gerard M. Hill
  Reviewer: Felicia Conley

• Profiles in Performance – Business Intelligence
  Journeys and the Roadmap for Change
  By Howard Dresner
  Reviewer: Murali Mummoorthi

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management Update from Albania
  By Kushtrim Mehmetaj
  

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez
  

•   Project Management News from Ecuador
  By Irvin J. Franco, PMP

•    Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

•    Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP

•    Project Management Update from Italy
  By Antonello Bove

•    Project Management Update from Jordan
  By Ammar Mango

•   News of Projects & Project Management in Russia
  By Alexander Tovb

•   Project Management Update from Sydney
  By Jürgen Oschadleus
  

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

•    Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management Update from Slovenia
  By Prof. Andrej Skarabot

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

•   ZIMBABWE Project Management Round Up
  By Henry Mkhwananzi MBA, PMP
  

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers continues for 24th IPMA World
  Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• 2010 PMI® Houston Conference & Expo during
  14-16 June to be largest ever!

• Exhibitors and Partners sought for November 2010
  IPMA World Congress on Project Management
  in Istanbul

• PMForum named Media Partner for April Project
  Zone 2010 Summit in Budapest, Hungary

• Project Zone 2010 Summit announced for Budapest
  in April

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Russ Archibald to Keynote April DYNAMICS 2010
  Project Management Conference in Istanbul

• The new Board of Latvian National Project Management Association elected - Leikarts elected Chairman

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Program Management Academy Announces May
  Program Management Workshop in Oregon

• Report from IPMA Expert Seminar in Switzerland
  

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Keynote Speakers announced for DYNAMICS 2010
  Project Management Conference in Istanbul

• 445 PARTICIPANTS GATHERED AT THE 2ND
  NACIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE PMI PANAMA
  CHAPTER

• Nominations Sought for 2010 IPMA Project Excellence
  Awards

• Karl Best nominated Secretary of ISO/PC 236
  committee working on new international project
  management standard

• CHARTERED STATUS REMAINS TOP PRIORITY FOR
  APM

• The new Board of Latvian National Project Management Association elected - Leikarts elected Chairman
  

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Exhibitors and Partners sought for November 2010 IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• ARCADIS and UN-Habitat announce collaboration
  program to improve urban quality of life

• Big business failing to cope with change, UK survey tells

• Fluor Team Receives Notice to Proceed on North Texas
  Toll Road Project

• Huge Project Management Training Contract awarded
  to Learning Tree in USA

• Four consortiums interested in building Power Plant
  "Kosova e Re"

• Fluor awarded EPCM Contract for US$450 Million Diamond Mine Expansion in Botswana

  
  

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Solar Power Project in Czech Republic to Proceed

• 10,000 Recovery Act Transportation Projects Now
  Under Way across USA

• UNICEF Project provides books to Children in Central
  African Republic

• New US Embassy in Beijing Wins Best Public Project in China Award

• Financing Approved for Wastewater Project in Bosnia
  and Herzegovinae

• GOES-P Satellite Successfully Launched

• US$132m for Zimbabwe’s Hwange Thermal Power Station rehabilitation

• QGC commits US$3 billion for Curtis Island LNG Project in Queensland

  
  

• Japan Helps Rescue $90 Billion Delhi-Mumbai Corridor Mega Project in India

  
  

PUBLISHING NEWS

• New Book by Jaques and Weinsten focuses on Project
  Management in the Federal Government

• New Book on Scalable Project Management by David
  Pratt published by Management Concepts

• Second Edition of Michael Martin’s book on Delivering
  Project Excellence released

  
  

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Republic of Kosovo enters new era of economic
  development

• The World Bank and Microsoft Sign Partnership
  Agreement to Promote Development in Africa

• Iraq and USA to cooperate on Transportation Programs

• Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund to provide
  US$2.6 billion for programs and projects over next 3
  years

• Afghanistan Debts Cancelled by Paris Club

• LAUNCH initiative in USA to promote Sustainability
  Projects - LAUNCH Water Forum set for March 16 in
  Florida

• Heads of Space Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Future of the International Space Station

• EBRD Announces New Strategy for Russian Investment Projects

• Death Toll from Massive Earthquake in Chile tops 720

• USA and Germany Sign First Science and Technology Agreement