EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• What motivates your Project Team?
  What you think might just be Wrong!
  By David Pells

IN TRIBUTE

• Pioneering NASA Program Manager
  By Aaron Cohen

LETTERS TO EDITOR

• On the February PMWT Interview with Jim Morin
  By Ken Dziedzic

COLUMNS

• Facing Uncertainty: Project Governance and Control
  By Darren Dalcher

• The Scheduling Practitioner’s Role on the Project Management Team
  By Earl Glenwright

• Project Governance
  By Dr Ralf Müller

VIEWPOINTS

• Top Ten Skills for Project Managers
  By Lisa MacLean

• Seven things a beginner project manager must NOT do
  By Melissa Vincenzi

• EMERGENCY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  By Stephen Wearne

• PMBOK version 4-changes needed…!
  By Kumar Sarma

FEATURED PAPERS

• GENERIC ORIGINS OF PROJECTS/PROGRAMS/ PORTFOLIOS?
  By Alan Stretton

• ‘Nonlinear and Random Accomplishment Time of Human Actions
  By Pavel Barseghyan

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Bridging the Gap Between Agile & Project Management
  by Curt Finch

• Managing Projects in a Crisis: Every project manager can learn something from emergency situations
  By Chris Cattaway

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  by Jeff Oltmann

• The Hidden Costs and Dangers of the Shortcut
  by Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• Optimism, Pessimism, Realism & Risk
  by Dr David Hillson

• You, Inc.: 22 Ways You Can Show Your Value in Today’s Cutthroat Corporate World
  by Blaine Loomer

REGIONAL REPORTS

•    Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

•    Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton

•    Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

•    Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd
  

•   Project Management Update from East Midlands
  By Philip Smelt
  

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

•   Project Management Update from Sydney
  By Jürgen Oschadleus
  

•   Update on Projects and Project Management in Latvia
  By Arnis Leikarts
  

•   Project Management Update from Geneva
  By Olivier Lazar, PMP
  

•   Project Management Update from Zurich
  By Rüdiger Geist
  

•   Project Management update from Lisbon
  By Alexandre Rodrigues
  

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez
  

•   Project Management Update from Athens
  By Theofanis Giotis
  

•   Project Management Update from Kigali
  By Isaac Nyarwaya
  

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management, 2nd edition
  By Charles I. Budd, Charlene S. Budd
  Reviewer Mei-min Zoe Peng

• The Standard for Portfolio Management, 2nd edition
  By Project Management Institute (PMI®)
  Reviewer Ishkhan Topalian

• Value-Driven Project Management
  By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., Frank P. Saladis, PMP
  Reviewer Ed Paris

CALLS FOR PAPERS

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

• Call for Papers for ICMA 2010 – The Green Economy -
  Sydney, Australia, July 2010

• First Call for Research Papers for PMSA National
  Conference in South Africa

• Final Call for Papers for August UT Dallas Project
  Management Symposium in North Texas –
  Presenters Attend Free & Receive PDUs

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Early Registration Discount Available for May PM-05
  Project Management Conference in Crete until 29 March

• 24th IPMA World Congress will take place in İstanbul
  under the patronage of Mr. Binali YILDIRIM, Minister of
  Transport and Communication

• PMI Announces John Kao as Keynote Speaker for PMI
  Global Congress 2010--EMEA in Milan

• PMSA Biennial National Conference 2010 to be 6-8
  September in Johannesburg

• PMI® Global Congress 2010-EMEA Set For Milan

• 18th Global Symposium & 1st Asia-Pacific Regional
  Project Management Conclave announced for December
  in New Delhi, India

• Professor Le Yun invites presenters and participants to
  International Forum on Large & Complex Project
  Management
  

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Morley Selver named Competency Assessor by Project
  Management Association of Canada

• Sergei Bushuev & Team Awarded State Prize for
  Professional and Academic Achievement in Ukraine

• Olivier Lazar named International Correspondent
  for PMForum & PM World Today in Geneva

• Henry Mkhwananzi named International Correspondent
  for PMForum & PM World Today in Zimbabwe

• PMI College of Scheduling Announces New Officers

• Grant Kerr named First Assessor by Project Management
  Association of Canada

• Alex Jalalian named First Assessor by Project
  Management Association of Canada

• Keith Farndale named First Assessor by Project
  Management Association of Canada

• Kevin Aguanno named First Assessor by Project
  Management Association of Canada

• Tom Sheives speaks on High Performance Multicultural
  Teams at PMI Dallas Chapter Meeting

• Teppo Kuisma nominated Managing Director of Ixonos
  Business Solutions Ltd

• PMI Phoenix Chapter Names Pamela Smith President
  

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Global Project Management Survey – Organisational
  Status, Standards & Success Factors

• Participants sought for Research Project about Virtual
  Project Teams – 60 PDUs available
  

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• University of Texas at Dallas announces new ONLINE
  Courses in International Project Management

• PMForum announces Partnership with Program
  Management Academy - Subscribers to receive
  discounted pricing on Seminars & Workshops
  

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Mr Scott Berkun Launches Asia Pacific Congress in
  Melbourne

• PMI College of Scheduling Announces New Officers

• International Project Management Association
  participates in European Commission project
  management workshop

• Project Management Association of Canada names
  Assessors for PM Competency Reviews

• PMI Phoenix Chapter Names Pamela Smith President
  

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Pöyry awarded urban development design contract in
  Burkina Faso

• PMForum Announces Partnership with Palatine Group
  to Promote Project Leadership

• PMForum announces Partnership with Program
  Management Academy - Subscribers to receive
  discounted pricing on Seminars & Workshops

• PMForum Expands Partners Program

• NASA’s Project Management Challenge 2010 Opens
  in Texas with Aerospace Industry & PM Leaders

• Teppo Kuisma nominated Managing Director of
  Ixonos Business Solutions Ltd

• Global Project Management Company Fluor to Support
  US Army in Haiti

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Design selected for new US Embassy in London

• Wind Powered Water Tower Project in Texas also to
  combine Art & Public Classroom

• Project to strengthen First Responders in Haiti
  announced

• Great Lakes Restoration Program Announced in USA

• Groundbreaking held for Project to Build New US
  Embassy Complex in Belgrade

• Space Shuttle Endeavor Returns to Earth Safely

• South Africa may get $1, 2bn integrated rare metals plant

• UN Announces Project to Establish New Wireless
  Hotspot for Earthquake Ravaged Haiti

• Successful UNDP-funded Mine Clearing Project
  Concludes in Mali

• NASA Launches Eye on the Sun - Solar Dynamics
  Observatory

• UN – Finnish Project to Develop Software for Land
  Administration in Developing Countries

• Space Shuttle Endeavor Heads for International Space
  Station with final Night Launch

• Ice Road Project Completed Ahead of Schedule in
  Northern Alaska

• Project Manager for Phase III of the Grand Egyptian
  Museum Selected

• Project with a difference: Job Creation.
  

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for March
  2010

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Clean energy projects on Contaminated Superfund
  Sites being studied in USA

• Money & Projects Needed to Rebuild Educational
  System in Haiti

• NOAA Launches New Climate Service for Individuals
  and Organizations in USA

• World Economic Forum on Latin America to be in
  Colombia in April

• Transit Projects in USA to receive $1.8 Billion in
  Obama 2011 Budget

• Shelter is Next Big Emergency Program Need in Haiti