EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• Take a Trip!
  The Value of International Travel for
  Project Management Professionals –
  based on a Personal Story
  By David L. Pells

COLUMNS

• Beyond tame problems: The case for risk leadership
  By Darren Dalcher, PhD

• The application of the ‘New Sciences’ to Risk and
  Project Management
  By Dr David Hancock

• Salient Construction Scheduling Issues, circa 21^st
  Century
  By Earl Glenwright, PSP, PE

VIEWPOINTS

• EYJAFJALLAJÖKUL – A Personal View
  By Dr David Hillson

• The Art of Thanks
  By Laura B. Moore

• Helpful hints on how “to
  manage” your manager
  By Germán Bernate

• The 5 Goals of a Project Manager
  By Jason Westland

FEATURED PAPERS

• Identifying And Classifying Program/Project
  Stakeholders
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• The Interfaces Between Strategic Management
  of an Enterprise and Project Portfolio
  Management Within the Enterprise
  By Russell D. Archibald, PhD, PMP

• The need for Strategic Project Management
  Approach to Implement and Sustain Successful
  Economic Development Projects in Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
  By Habeeb A. Quadri; MSc Econs, MBA, PMP

• Defining & Classifying Project Management
  Methodologies
  By Christina Chin May May
  and
  Assoc Prof Dr Andrew Spowage

• Project Nonlinear Scaling and Transformation
  Methodology and TRANSCALE Tool
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

CASE STUDIES

• ASML Realizes the Value of Getting Everyone on
  theSame Project Page
  By J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Risk Doctor Briefing
  The Definition Debate Continued
  By Dr David Hillson

• A Transparency Crash Course: Seven
  Stepsto Creating a More
  Transparent Organization
  By Quint Studer

• A Blueprint for Successful Organizational
  Process Change
  By Christopher Lidaka, MBA, PMP

• Positive Leadership in Project Management –
  Value, Success and Twelve Factors for
  Effective Project Leadership
  By By Frank P. Saladis, PMP

• The Project Management Skills of a Mouse!
  By Laura B. Moore

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Implementing Program Management
  By Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP and
  Allen R. Green, PMP, PgMP
  Reviewer: Earl W. Crisp, D.P.A.

• Managing Web Projects
  By Edward B. Farkas
  Reviewer: Javier Citalan

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•   Project Management Update from Sydney
  By Jürgen Oschadleus

•   Project Management Updated from Egypt
  By Ahmed Saleh Mokhtar

•    Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

•    Project Management Update from France
  By Emmanuel Laffineur

•    Project Management Update from Italy
  By Antonello Bove

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

•   Project Management Update from Kraków
  By Artur Bialy

•   Project Management Update from
  Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu PMP

•    Project Management Update from Kigali
  BY Isaac Nyarwaya

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

•   Project Management in Spain: Monthly
  Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management Update from East
  Midlands
  By Philip Smelt

•   Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP

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

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Final Call for Papers for 24th IPMA World Congress
  on Project Management in Istanbul - Deadline is
  30 May 2010

FUTURE PM EVENTS

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

• Join International Project Management Leaders in Vienna for happy projects '10 conference

• City Leaders invited to attend 4th UT Dallas Project
  Management Symposium at no cost

• Early Registration Opens for August UT Dallas Project
  Management Symposium in North Texas

• PMI Global Congress 2010-EMEA in Milan to include
  50+ Presentations in 10 Areas of Focus

• Visit Greece in late May - Registration open for PM-05
  Project Management Conference in Crete

• Professor Miroslaw Skibniewski to Deliver Keynote
  Address at PM-05 Project Management Conference
  in Crete

• PMForum named Media Partner for PMI Global Congress
  2010-EMEA in Milan, Italy

• Early Bird and Group Registration Advantages Offered
  for PMI Global Congress 2010-EMEA in Milan set for
  10-12 May

• IPMA President Brigitte Schaden to Open PM-05 Project
  Management Conference in Crete on 29 May

• Former US President Bill Clinton to Keynote PMI Global
  Congress 2010 North America in October

• Keynote Speakers announced for 2010 PMI Houston Conference & Expo June 14-16, 2010

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Jaime Videla named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Santiago, Chile

• IPYD President Murat Erkan Opens New Door to Project
  Management in Belarus with lecture in Minsk

• Claudia Weninger named International Correspondent
  for PMForum in Vienna, Austria

• IPYD Celebrates Successful DYNAMICS 2010
  Conference

• IPMA President Brigitte Schaden to Open PM-05 Project
  Management Conference in Crete on 29 May

• The Future of Project Management is... not a straight line!
  David Pells delivers new perspective at DYNAMICS 2010
  Conference

• Promotion of EVM in Turkey continues with CPM
  Presentation at Project Management at DYNAMICS
  2010 Conference in Istanbul

• Russ Archibald relates Strategic Management to Project Management at DYNAMICS 2010 Conference in Istanbul

• Greg Balestrero Announces Retirement from PMI

• Emmanuel Laffineur named International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in France

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Gartner PPM and IT Governance Summit set for June in
  Orlando

• Academic Leaders invited to PMI's GAC Academic Forum
  at Global Congress 2010-EMEA in Milan on 8 May

• City Leaders invited to attend 4th UT Dallas Project
  Management Symposium at no cost

• Discounts Available for May Program Management
  Workshop in Oregon

• Simple Project Management Knowledge Test Available

  
  

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Deadline for 2010 IPMA Project Excellence Awards
  Extended Through April

• ANSI Seeks Comments on Proposed New Technical
  Committee on Project Management

• New PMI® Survey Shows Project Management Salaries
  are Growing Worldwide, Despite Recession

• Asociacion Mexicana de Ingeniería de Proyectos enters
  IPMA

• Asociacion Peruana de Direccion de Proyectos enters
  IPMA

• South American successes for IPMA

• Promotion of EVM in Turkey continues with CPM
  Presentation at Project Management at DYNAMICS
  2010 Conference in Istanbul

• Russ Archibald relates Strategic Management to Project
  Management at DYNAMICS 2010 Conference in Istanbul

• Greg Balestrero Announces Retirement from PMI

• More Highlights from Day One of DYNAMICS 2010
  Project Management Conference in Istanbul

• DYNAMICS 2010 Project Management Conference
  Opens in Istanbul

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• PMO of the Year Award Nominations Sought

• PMForum named Media Partner for PMI Global
  Congress 2010-EMEA in Milan, Italy

• Foster Wheeler Wins EPCM Contract for Sasol's Wax
  Expansion Project in South Africa

• Hill to provide Project Management on $200 Million
  Natural Gas Facility in Egypt

• The 26th National Space Symposium Blasts Off in
  Colorado Springs

• Alcatel Lucent Opens Migration Projects Office in Turkey

• Free MSP Pocket Guide Available from APM Group

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• EBRD provides €10 million for Sustainable Energy
  Projects in Romania

• EBRD financing Sarajevo International Airport upgrade

• New Sustainable US Embassy Project to get Underway
  in Senegal

• EBRD to Finance Wind Farm Project in Bulgaria

• Good news for South Africa's wind and solar
  programmes

• Lifeline for Eskom's Kusile Power Station Project?

• Coastal Restoration Project Celebrations planned for
  Earth Week in USA

• Construction of a multi-million dollar Ethanol Plant
  commences

• “We are building the corridor where the past and the
  future will cross each – other”

• Plans for Huge US$35 Billion Alaska Gas Project Filed

• Global Hawk Atmospheric Science Program Achieves
  Key Milestone

• Shuttle Discovery Launched to International Space
  Station with three Female Crew Members aboard

PUBLISHING NEWS

• New PMI® Survey Shows Project Management Salaries
  are Growing Worldwide, Despite Recession

• Global Project Management Resource - April PM World
  Today eJournal includes content from 34 countries

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for April 2010

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Third World concept no longer applies in a multi-polar
  world

• NASA Partners with U.S. State of Hawaii for Collaboration
  on Space & Science Projects

• South Africa & USA Sign MoU to Improve Strategic
  Relations

• Energy & Climate Ministerial of the Americas held in
  Washington, DC with several new programs announced

• NASA Outlines New Programs Aligned with Latest
  Budget

• Russia to Transport NASA Astronauts to International
  Space Station

• Joint Statement issued from International Donors'
  Conference Toward a New Future for Haiti

• World Economic Forum opens in Colombia to discuss
  new partnerships for the sustainable recovery of Latin
  America

• IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Calls
  for Stronger European Integration, Cooperation and
  Actions

• International Donors Pledge US$5 Billion for Haiti's recovery