EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• With former US President Bill Clinton, PMI to
  Step onto the World Stage at Global Congress
  in October
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the May PMWT Editorial entitled “Take a Trip”

IN TRIBUTE

• Rita Mulcahy, PMP
  Project Management Entrepreneur
  By David L. Pells

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

 

Interview with Franco González
President
PMI SANTIAGO CHILE CHAPTER

 

 

 

 

COLUMNS

• Construction Scheduling Specification Issue
  By Earl Glenwright, PSP, PE

VIEWPOINTS

• Corporate Social Responsibility Principles for Project Managers
  By Melissa Vincenzi, PMP

• More Federal Project Management Attention
  By Michael O’Brochta, PMP

FEATURED PAPERS

• Cloud Computing meets Project Management
  By Raj Asava and Hussein Mzee

• Programme Managing the Supply Chain Portfolio
  By Prof. Dr. Pieter Steyn

• Agile Program Management: Separating Practice from Myth
  By Russ Martinelli & Steve Graykowski

• Perspectives on Program/Project Stakeholder and Benefits Management
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Project Data Mining and Project Estimation Top-down Methodology with TRANSCALE Tool
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

• Application of Data mining techniques in Agile Project Management
  By Pavan Kumar Gorakavi

CASE STUDIES

• Does outsourcing of PMO Functions improve Organizational Performance? Qualitative study evidence from a case study in South Africa
  By Waffa Karkukly, PhD

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Starting Your Project Management Career
  By Josh Nankivel

• Driving Business Efficiency: The Fusion of Business Process and Project Management
  By Buffy Schnurbusch, PMP

• Trickle-Down Transparency
  Five Ways to Keep Frontline People Informed
  By Quint Studer

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Strategic Project Portfolio Management – Enabling a Productive Organization
  By Simon Moore
  Reviewer: René Le Bel

• Project Lessons from the Roman Empire
  ByJerry Manas
  Reviewer: Patrick Durkin

• Practical Schedule Risk Analysis
  By David Hulett
  Reviewer: David B. Olutusin

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•   Project Management Update from Sydney
  By Jürgen Oschadleus

•   Project Management Update from France
  By Emmanuel Laffineur

• Projects & Project Management in Jordan
  By Ammar Mango, PMP

• Project Management News from Kosovo
  By Kushtrim Mehmetaj

•    Report on Projects & Project Management
  in Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke, PhD, MBA, PMP

•   Project Management Update from
  Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu PMP

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

•   Project Management in Spain: Monthly
  Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

• Project-Management-Lincolnshire-UK
  By Philip Smelt

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

•   Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call For Papers for PMI Cono Sur Tour- Buenos Aires in November 2010

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• World Class Conference in Johannesburg South
  Africa

• Topical Workshops to Provide Influence
  Opportunities at June EVM World 2010 in Florida

• Community NewsPMI Switzerland Chapter
  announces Michel Thiry to present in Lausanne,
  near Geneva, on 9 September 2010

• Registration open for Cuyean Congress of Project
  Management (Jornadas Cuyanas de Project
  Management)

• Inscripciones Abiertas para Jornadas Cuyanas
  de Project Management

• PMO Workshop by Jorge Alvarez announced for
  14 June at the 2010 PMI Houston Conference &
  Expo

• June EVM World 2010 in Florida to Include
  Government Track for update on Earned Value
  Practices on US Federal Programs

• Road Rules, Not Road Rage - Workshop by Lisa
  DiTullio on 14 June at the 2010 PMI Houston
  Conference & Expo

• PMI Switzerland Chapter announces Dr. Ed
  Hoffman, Director of the NASA Academy of
  Program and Project Leadership (APPL), to
  Speak in Geneva on June 29th.

• Earned Value Practice Symposia offered at June
  EVM World 2010 in Florida

• X-Treme Brain Workshop by Pat Johns
  announced for June 14 at 2010 PMI Houston
  Conference & Expo

• June EVM World 2010 in Florida to include 70
  Training Seminars

• Online Registration Open for 2010 PMI Houston
  Conference & Expo in Houston, Texas during
  June 14-16

• Exhibitor and Sponsor Opportunities available for
  June 2010 ECI is hosting a Global Construction Summit:

• Jeanne Ross of MIT to Guest Keynote June
  Gartner PPM and IT Governance Summit in Florida

• ECI is hosting a Global Construction Summit in
  Paris, June 2010

• Workshop by Traci Duez announced for 14 June
  at the 2010 PMI Houston Conference & Expo

• PM.Ideas Shines as Platinum Sponsor of PMSA
  Conference in Johannesburg

• National Centre for Project Management in UK to
  host 1st Project Experts Forum on 17 June in London

• EVM World 2010 to be 26th Annual PMI_CPM International Conference on Earned Value

• Mark Langley of PMI to Guest Keynote June
  Gartner PPM and IT Governance Summit in Florida

 

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Report from APM Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire
  Branch - AGM

• Community NewsPMI Switzerland Chapter
  announces Michel Thiry to present in Lausanne,
  near Geneva, on 9 September 2010

• Report from APM Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire
  Branch - Keynote

• Report from Milan - PM@Siemens presentation
  during PMI Global EMEA Congress 2010

• Bob Youker named Global Project Management
  Advisor for PMForum

• Special Price Announced for the Job Search
  Workshop at 2010 PMI Houston Conference & Expo

• Greg Balestrero Announces Retirement from PMI

• British Earned Value Management Expert Steve Wake to Keynote EVM World 2010 in USA

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• PMUni Research Workshop to precede happy
  projects '10 conference in Vienna, Austria on 26 May

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• UC Irvine Earned Value Course now Available On-line

• Workshop by Traci Duez announced for 14 June
  at the 2010 PMI Houston Conference & Expo

  
  

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Report from APM Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire
  Branch - AGM

• IPMA Young Crew Announces Call for
  Nominations for the 2010 Young Project Manager Award

• Report from APM Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire
  Branch - Keynote

• Report from May PMI Leadership Institute Meeting
  in Milan
  

• PMI Launches Search for New President and
  CEO

• PMI College of Performance Management
  Announces that it will become PMI Virtual
  Community

• Report from Milan - PM@Siemens presentation
  during PMI Global EMEA Congress 2010

• PMI Mile Hi Symposium in Denver Attracts over 750

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Fluor wins Program Management & EPMC
  contracts in Saudi Arabia worth $3 Billion

• Exhibition and Tools Track to showcase latest
  Earned Value Management Technologies at June
  EVM World 2010 in Florida

• US$80 Million Project Management Contract
  Awarded for $2.8 B Project in Brazil

• Alan Garvey Promoted to Managing Director Asia
  & EMEA at ESI

• PMForum named Media Partner for European
  Construction Institute 2010 Project Management
  Global Construction Summit in Paris

• Cognizant Acquires UK-based Program
  Management Consulting Firm PIPC

• PMForum named Media Partner for EVM World
  2010

• PMForum named Media Partner for 2010 PMI
  Houston Project Management Conference &
  Expo in June

• Fluor announces big contract for Minas Conga Project in Peru

• UK Company Debarred from Projects by World
  Bank for Corruption in Sudan

• Sponsor & Vendor Opportunities Still Available for
  2010 PMI Houston Conference & Expo June
  14-16, 2010

• PMI UK Expands Partnership With ESI
  International

• PMForum named Media Partner for Gartner 2010
  PPM and IT Governance Summit in Florida

• PM.Ideas Shines as Platinum Sponsor of PMSA Conference in Johannesburg

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• US$80 Million Project Management Contract
  Awarded for $2.8 B Project in Brazil

• Shuttle Atlantis launches on final Mission flight

• EBRD finances expanded broadband internet in
  Azerbaijan

• Landmark PPP Project to rebuild St. Petersburg
  Pulkovo Airport

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Flavor of the Month by Martin VanDerSchouw
  published in USA

• Leading Global Project Teams book by Martinelli,
  Rahschulte & Waddell published by Multi-Media
  Publications

• World Bank Assessment of Infrastructure Projects in Developing Economies Available

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Nigeria and China sign $28.5bn refinery deal

• Brazil is first Major Contributor to Haiti Reconstruction Fund

• EBRD financing help expand broadband internet in Azerbaijan

• World Far Behind on Sustainable Development Goals

• UN and Iraq launch five-year development roadmap

• Sweden, Finland and Denmark top World Economic Forum’s latest EU Competitive Analysis

• World Economic Forum concludes with Europe at a Crossroads – Tough choices ahead

• Chile, first South American country to join the OECD

• World Economic Forum on Africa Concludes with
  Statement – It’s Time to move Africa from the
  periphery to the centre of the global economy

• Transport master plan for South Africa presented

• World Bank Assessment of Infrastructure Projects
  in Developing Economies Available