EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

Clean Water as a Human Right! Implications for Project Management
By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the November Edition of PM World Today

COLUMNS

• Project ethics and professionalism:
  the making of a profession?
  By Darren Dalcher, PhD

• Project Ethics:
  The Critical Path to Development
  By Haukur Ingi Jónasson, PhD
  and
  Helgi Thor Ingason, PhD

• The Activity Float Booby Trap
  By Earl Glenwright

VIEWPOINTS ARTICLES

• Princely support for project managers
  By Paul Atkin

FEATURED PAPERS

• Complexity Measurement: A New Comprehensive Metric for Project Management
  By Giuseppe Graci, Dr. Balachandra Deshpande & David Martin

• FEMA Planning: The Incident Action Plan (IAP)
  By Patrick Durkin

• Moving a project organisation towards a customer/market-focused orientation
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Program and Agile Management: Two birds of a feather?
  By Michel Thiry, MSc, PMP, FAPM, PMI Fellow

• Project Management, Chaos theory and the Butterfly Effect
  By Robert Gordon & Wanda Curlee

• Is Something Missing from Project Management?
  By Walter Lipke

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Disciplined Transformational Management Steps to Applying Cost Cutting Measures While Maintaining Business Efficiency
  By Dennis Broderick

• Getting Off on the Right Foot
  By Bob Prieto

• Going Green
  By Gareth Byatt, Sydney, Australia
  Gary Hamilton, North Carolina, USA
  and
  Jeff Hodgkinson, Arizona, USA

• Increasing Organizational Success Through Measuring: Triple-E Metrics
  By Brian Vanderjack

• Measuring Executive Support For Projects
  Michael O’Brochta, PMP
  President, Zozer Inc.

• Rocket Science
  By Ty Kiisel

• Top 10 Trainer’s Tips For PMs Giving Presentations
  By Jeff Furman, PMP

• Using Risk Management to Improve Project Budget Estimation
  By Abdullah Al-Kuwaiti

• When are Black Swans White?
  By Dr David Hillson

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Leadership Principles for Project Success
  By Thomas Juli
  Reviewer: Patrick S. Durkin

• Transforming Government and Public Services: Realising Benefits through Project Portfolio Management
  By Stephen Jenner
  Reviewer: Eugene Barnard

• Scrum Project Management
  By Kim H Pries and Jon M Quigley
  Reviewer: Aravind Arthanari

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•   Project Management News from Chile
  By Jaime Videla

• Project Management Update from Colombia
  By German Bernate

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

• Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

• Project Management Update from Dublin
  By Ed Naughton

• Project Management Update from Jordan
  By Ammar Mango

• Project Management Update from Nepal
  By Suraj Dahal

• Project Management Update from Kraków
  By Artur Bialy

• Project Management update from Lisbon
  By Alexander Rodrigues

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

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

• Project Management in Spain: Monthly
  Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

•   Project Management Update from Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
  By Philip Smelt

•   Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP
  

•   Project Management Update from Kigali
  BY Isaac Nyarwaya
  

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers and Presentations for 8th Annual PMI College of Scheduling Conference in San Francisco in May 2011

• Call for Student Papers - International student paper award for May 2011 happy projects'11

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• PMForum named Media Partner for DYNAMICS 2011 Project Management Conference in Istanbul

• Mark Kozak-Holland to Keynote 2010 Project Management in Canada Conference on 11 December in Toronto

• PMA Canada President Beverly Pasian to Deliver Speech at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• DYNAMICS 2011 Project Management Conference Announced for 15-16 April in Istanbul

• 2010 Project Management in Canada Conference to be 11 December in Toronto

• Workshop by Dr. Dean Kashiwagi of Arizona State University to be featured at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• Global PM leader Hiroshi Tanaka to Lead P2M Workshop at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• AIPM President Bill Young to Deliver Speech at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi
  

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Taopheek Babayeju named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Nigeria

• Mary McKinlay receives IPMA‘s Ottos Zieglmeier Award

• Project Masters’ CEO April Wennerberg Recognized with Outstanding Business Award in USA

• Risk Doctor David Hillson named "Risk Personality of the Year" by Institute of Risk Management

• APM President honoured at UK Awards Event

• PMA Canada President Beverly Pasian to Deliver Speech at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• Workshop by Dr. Dean Kashiwagi of Arizona State University to be featured at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• Global PM leader Hiroshi Tanaka to Lead P2M Workshop at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• AIPM President Bill Young to Deliver Speech at 18th Global Project Management Symposium in New Delhi

• Project Management Memory Jogger, 2nd Edition, Published in USA

• Results of Drawing for Free Copies of Project Governance book by Ralf Muller announced in PM GiveAways Program

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• IPMA recognizes Outstanding Research Contributions of Young IPMA recognizes Outstanding Research Contributions of Young Researchers in Project Management

• IPMA 2010 Young Researcher Award presented to Dr. Alexander Kock in Istanbul

• IPMA presents 2010 Outstanding Research Contribution Award to Eddy Westerveld & Marcel Hertogh in Istanbul

• IPMA 2010 Research Achievement Award presented to Professor Rolf Lundin in Sweden

• International Centre for Complex Project Management awards 2010 Research Prize to German Research Team

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Call for Student Papers - International student paper award for May 2011 happy projects'11

• Results of Draw 8 for Free Project Management Course in PM GiveAways Program announced by PMForum

• Program Management Academy offers Discounted Pricing to PMForum Subscribers for Next Program Management Workshop in February

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Mary McKinlay receives IPMA‘s Ottos Zieglmeier Award

• CNOOC Huizhou Refinery Project receives 2010 IPMA Project Excellence Award in Mega-Projects Category

• IPMA Executive Board Agrees on Remits for 2011 and 2012

• APM President honoured at UK Awards Event

• IPMA Announces Project Excellence Award Winners for 2010

• 21st Century Insurance receives 2010 PMI® Distinguished Project Award in USA

• London Olympic Games' Preparations Proceed On Time, Within Budget, And To Specification

• IPMA recognizes Outstanding Research Contributions of Young IPMA recognizes Outstanding Research Contributions of Young Researchers in Project Management

• Report on Project Management Conference "Leadership and Management competences - a challenge for today and opportunities for tomorrow" held in Riga, Latvia

• IPMA 2010 Young Researcher Award presented to Dr. Alexander Kock in Istanbul

• IPMA presents 2010 Outstanding Research Contribution Award to Eddy Westerveld & Marcel Hertogh in Istanbul

• IPMA 2010 Research Achievement Award presented to Professor Rolf Lundin in Sweden

• IPMA 2010 Research Award presented to Arhippainen, Gustafsson & Westerhaolm in Istanbul

• IPMA Announces 2010 Research Awards in Istanbul

• IPMA Leaders Gather at 24th IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• 24th IPMA World Congress opens in Istanbul with historic addresses by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan & Minister of Transportation & Communications Binali Yildirim

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Free Project Management Software - Drawing for RiskyProject from Intaver announced for PMForum's PM GiveAways Program(TM)

• Program Management Contract for DFW International Airport Announced

• 21st Century Insurance receives 2010 PMI® Distinguished Project Award in USA

• Ricardo plc Joins Project Management Institute's Global Executive Council

• Survey Results Indicate Project Success Falling Short in the USA

• KBR awarded big Project Management Services contract by Scottish and Southern Energy Plc in UK

• Hill International Acquires TCM Group in USA

• IBM Wins PMO of the Year Award

• EPM Live Acquires EPK Group Product Line

• Fluor Seeks Construction Project Management & Support Staff in Afghanistan

• Free Project Management Software - Drawing for OnePager Express from Chronicle Graphics announced for PMForum's PM GiveAways Program™

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Big Housing Project in Angola Set to Commence

• CNOOC Huizhou Refinery Project receives 2010 IPMA Project Excellence Award in Mega-Projects Category

• 21st Century Insurance receives 2010 PMI® Distinguished Project Award in USA

• EBRD to Finance Ukrplastic Projects in Ukraine
  

• ZIMBABWE Fuel-From-Cane Ethanol Project a Reality

• NASA Space Telescope Project Under Pressure for Cost Growth

• EBRD to Finance Public Transit projects in Kazakhstan

• Aerial Tramway Project Over New York City Completed

PUBLISHING NEWS

• McGraw-Hill Introduces New Website for Project Management Books with Discount for PM World Today Subscribers

• New Project Management Book - Project Sponsorship by David West released by Gower

• Results of PM GiveAways Drawing for Free copies of AMA Handbook of Project Management announced by PMForum

• Project Management Memory Jogger, 2nd Edition, Published in USA

• Delivering Exceptional Project Results - new book by Jamal Moustafaev announced by J. Ross Publishing in USA

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for November 2010

• Free Project Management Books - Drawing
  for free copies of Ralf Müller's Project
  Governance published by Gower announced for
  PMForum's PM GiveAways Program™

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• U.S. to Accelerate Disbursement of Kerry-Lugar-Berman Funds for Pakistan Development
• U.S. Launches Wind Power Partnership with Pakistan
  
• NASA Administrator Bolden Commits to International Cooperation
  
• Economic Development Partnership Between India and Africa Advanced at World Economic Forum in New Delhi
  
• $2.4 Billion for High Speed Rail Projects in USA
  
• New Study from World Economic Forum Highlights ICT as Key to Boosting India’s Competitiveness
  
• The World's Next Bread Basket - Eastern Europe and Central Asia Poised for Explosive Increase in Food and Agriculture Projects
• New Zealand and USA Announce New Strategic Alliance