EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• The Dangers of Arrogance in Project
  Management
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On How Many Projects Can one Project
  Manager Handle?

• On the Passing of Rita Mulcahy

• On the July PMWT Editorial about Deepwater Horizon

• On the July PMWT Editorial about Deepwater
  Horizon

• On the Subject of How Many Projects can
  One PM handle

• On the July PMWT Editorial about
  Deepwater Horizon

• On Prof Pieter Steyn’s July Paper on “The
  Need for a Chief Portfolio Officer (CPO)
  in Organizations”

IN TRIBUTE

• Antonio O. Tansingco
  Philippine Construction & Project Management
  Pioneer
  1933-2006

COLUMNS

• Activity Data Records & Daily Field Reports
  By Earl Glenwright

VIEWPOINTS ARTICLES

• “Striving for touch”
  A way of life for success in project management
  By Michael Szwarc

• Small is beautiful – how specialist consulting
  firms areworking collaboratively to help the
  public sector
  By Esther Harris

• If The Sky Isn’t Falling, Why Does My Head Hurt?
  By Laura B. Moore

FEATURED PAPERS

• Relationships Between Project Management
  and General Management
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Will Project Management Systems Get a
  New Pillar Soon?
  By Muhamed Abdomerovic, Dipl. Eng., PMP

• Multi-parametric Models for Project Data
  Mining and Project Planning
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

STUDENT PAPERS

• Value of Project Management in Health
  Care Research
  By Rosemary Makar, MD

• Sustainable Development Projects:
  Development of a Categorization
  By Barbara Capek
  and
  Kathrin Westermayer

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Successful Solutions Through Agile
  Project Management
  By Nancy Y. Nee

• Train the Trainer, Before Training Others
  By Jim Hopkins

• Juggling Projects With Forgotten Strategies
  By Vijay Aluwalia

• Managing The Human Project
  By Laura B. Moore

• Execution Meltdown: Four Key Failures
  That Sank BP
  By Rick Lepsinger

• Risk Process Basics
  By Dr David Hillson

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Are we there yet? Diary of a Project Manager
  By Donald Pillittere
  Reviewer: Lisa Holowiak

• SharePoint for Project Management
  By Dux Raymond Sy
  Reviewer: Randy Gannoe

• Facilitating Project Performance Management
  By Jerry Julian
  Reviewer: Janet Flowers

• Earned Schedule
  By Walter H. Lipke
  Reviewer: Robert Van De Velde, Ph.D., PMP

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

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

• Project Management Update from Jordan
  By Ammar Mango, PMP

• Report on Project and Project
  Management in Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke

• Project Management Update from Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu

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

• Project Management in Spain:
  Monthly ReportAfrica
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management Update from
  North Texas
  By Ann R. Miller, PMP

•   Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers for IRNOP 2011 Project Management Research Conference in Montreal

• Call for Papers for VI International Seminar - Southern Cone Tour - in Santiago, Chile in November 2010

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Online Registration Open for 24th IPMA World
  Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• Parkland Hospital Executive Walter Jones to
  Describe Massive Hospital Reconstruction at
  4th UT Dallas Project Management
  Symposium on August 12, 2010

• Inscripciones abiertas para el PMI Tour Cono
  Sur en Mendoza

• Registration open for PMI Southern Cono Tour
  in Mendoza

• The Trinity River Project – Dallas Councilman
  David Neumann to provide an update at 4th UT Dallas Project Management Symposium on August 13, 2010

• PMSA 2010 Conference Confirms Global Thought
  Leader as Keynote Speaker in September

• Dr. Francisco Szekely to open 4th UT Dallas
  Project Management Symposium on
  August 12, 2010

• Top-End Exhibition and Sponsorship
  Opportunities Available for AIPM’s Annual
  Conference in October

• 18th Global Project Management Symposium to be in New Delhi in December

• Program & Presentations announced for 4th UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in August

• apm Annual Conference and Awards Banquet to be 21 October 2010 in London

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• IPMA Chair Miles Shepherd to Deliver Closing
  Keynote Presentation on Standards at 4th UT
  Dallas Project Management Symposium on August 13, 2010

• PMSA 2010 Conference Confirms Global Thought
  Leader as Keynote Speaker in September

• PMI Honors Dr. David I. Cleland for Lifetime
  of Achievement in Project Management

• Theofanis Giotis delivers Presentation on The
  new Acropolis Museum in Athens to PMI
  Baltimore Chapter

• Free Project Management Stuff – PMForum
  Launches PM GiveAways™ Program

• Career Opportunity Announced - Pew Charitable
  Trusts Seeks Project Management Leader in
  Washington, DC

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Participants sought for Research Survey on
  New Product Development Project Management

• PMI Honors Researchers at Project Management
  Research & Education Conference

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• The Program Management Academy and City
  University of Seattle Develop Masters-Level
  Global Project Management Curriculum

• Project Management Institute’s GAC Academic
  Forum brings Academic & Education Leaders
  together on 11 July

• Free Project Management Course – First Drawing
  Announced for PMForum’s PM GiveAways
  Program

• Free Project Management Stuff – PMForum
  Launches PM GiveAways™ Program

• IPMA meets with PMI’s GAC Chair for
  accreditation talks

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• ISO/PC 236 increases consensus on ISO 21500,
  new international project management standard;
  adjourns Rio de Janeiro meeting

• PMI Honors Dr. David I. Cleland for Lifetime of
  Achievement in Project Management

• ISO/PC 236 convenes in Rio de Janeiro to work
  on ISO 21500, the new international project
  management standard

• Gain Knowledge, and Experience South African
  Hospitality at the Project Management South
  Africa (PMSA) Conference 2010

• Report from the June ECI Global Construction
  Summit in Paris

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• PMForum named Media Partner for 2010 apm
  Project Management Conference in London

• PMForum nombrado Media Partner para el PMI
  Tour Cono Sur Mendoza

• PMForum Named Media Partner for PMI Cono
  Sur Tour Conference in Mendoza, Argentina in
  November

• Jacobs in New Scottish Water Solutions J/V
  to Deliver Water Infrastructure Capital Program
  in Scotland

• Hill Acquires Construction Management Division
  of dck worldwide

• ISO/PC 236 convenes in Rio de Janeiro to work
  on ISO 21500, the new international project
  management

• Free Project Management Course – First Drawing
  Announced for PMForum’s PM GiveAways
  Program

• Top-End Exhibition and Sponsorship
  Opportunities Available for AIPM’s Annual
  Conference in October

• Free Project Management Stuff – PMForum
  Launches PM GiveAways™ Program

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• EBRD to Finance Large Grain Storage & River
  Transport Projects in Ukraine

• Fluor Team Wins Major PPP Commuter Rail
  Project in Denver

• Project to Modernize Moldova Water System
  Receives Financing & Go Ahead

• Project to Develop New Oil Spill Containment
  System to Protect Gulf of Mexico Announced by
  Major Oil Companies

• UN Supports Farming Projects to Alleviate Food
  Crisis in Niger

• EBRD funds Science and Technology Park in
  St. Petersburg

• World Bank Supports Alexandria Coastal
  Management Project

• Project for Green Trams Upgrade in Warsaw
  funded by EBRD

• US International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
  Program finances Peshawar Ring Road Project
  in Pakistan

• World Bank Supports Infrastructure, Higher
  Education and Tourism Projects in Sri Lanka

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Wideman PM Website updates announced
  for August 2010

• Project Managers Portable Handbook, Third
  Edition by David Cleland and Lewis Ireland
  published by McGraw-Hill

• New Book from Wiley - Portfolio, Program, and
  Project Management in the Pharmaceutical
  and Biotechnology Industries

• Project Management in Government: An
  Introduction to EVM – Free New Booklet by
  Professors Frank Anbari and Young Hoon
  Kwak published by IBM

• Free Project Management Books - First Drawing
  for books in PMForum's PM GiveAways
  Program™ to be IT Project Management by
  Joseph Phillips, published by McGraw-Hill

• Award winning book by Prof Mario Vanhoucke -
  Measuring Time: Improving project performance
  using Earned Value Management

• Beyond the Wall of Resistance – new book by
  Change Management Expert Rick Maurer
  announced by Bard Press

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• EU and USA Announce Collaboration on Use of
  Galileo & GPS

• US Cancels Afghanistan Debt

• New Centre in Cape Verde to Advance
  Renewable Energy Programmes and
  Projects in West Africa

• USA to Collaborate with Lower Mekong River
  Nations on Environment, Health and Education
  Programs

• $77.7 Billion Needed for America’s Rail and Bus
  Transit Systems

• Most Countries Have IT Strategies Now

• Tata Subsidiary leads US$200 Million Private
  Investment in Road Projects in India

• US Government strengthens military cooperation
  with Poland

• Queen Elizabeth II Lauds UN in Historic Speech
  to General Assembly in New York

• High Speed Rail Projects to Move Forward in USA
  with $2.3 Billion from US Department of
  Transportation