EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• Change, Transition, Renewal & Transformation
  By David L. Pells

IN TRIBUTE

Eric Jenett, PMI Founder Engineer, Project Manager, Professional Leader 1923 - 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Re: “Some notes on Program Life Cycle/Processes” by Alan Stretton in November PM World Today

COLUMNS

• Sustainability: A new professional responsibility?
  By Darren Dalcher, PhD

• Taking Responsibility: The integration of Sustainability and Project Management
  By A.J.Gilbert Silvius and Ron Schipper

• GAO Schedule Assessment Guide
  By Earl Glenwright, PE, PSP

• UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS VALUE OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
  By Russell Martinelli, Tim Rahschulte & James Waddell

FEATURED PAPERS

• Synthesis of Project Management Processes in IT Migration Projects
  By Siva Kumar Akkiraju

• Faster, Yet Less Risky Projects through Goal-Based Schedule Acceleration
  By Dr Dan Patterson

• Why Good Project Managers Make Bad Choices
  By Lev Virine, Ph.D., P.Eng.; Michael Trumper; and Eugenia Virine, PMP

• Project Failure because of Lack of Organizational Strategic Alignment
  By Saad Hegazy

VIEWPOINTS ARTICLES

• Matching the right project manager with the right organization
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Is Complex Always in the Eye of the Beholder?
  By Rebecca Winston, Esq.

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• How many projects are we delivering this year?
  By Abid Mustafa

• 10 Steps to Career Success over the Holiday Season
  By Nancy Karas

SECOND EDITION

• Challenges with a Work-Life Balance and Project Management
  By Rebecca J. Brady, PMP and Michael I. Borts, PMP

• Anatomy of a Rescue Project Manager
  By Brian H. Munroe, PMP

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•   Project Management News from Ecuador
  By Irwin J. Franco

• Project Management Update from Dublin
  By Ed Naughton

• Project Management News from Jamaica
  By Jana Bent & Nicola Denniser

•   Project Management Update from Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu

•   Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet N. Taspinar

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers for January 2012 PM World Today
  

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Former President of India to Address 19th Global Symposium on 7 December 2011 in New Delhi

• Oxford business breakfast November 2011: Bringing Programmes Back on Track

• PMI Greece announces 6th Annual Project Management Congress on 24 November 2011 in Athens

• 19th Global Symposium - Festival of Thinkers and Doers - December in New Delhi, India

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• David Hillson receives PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award

• Happy International Project Management Day!

• Nuno Ponces de Carvalho nominated IPMA Vice President in charge of membership and Young Crew

• PMI JDBC Celebrates International Project Management Day 2011

• Tom Taylor nominated PMAF International Honorary Member

• Peter Monkhouse elected Chair of PMI Board of Directors - 2012 PMI Board and Officers Announced

• IPMA Presents Research Awards at the 25th IPMA World Congress

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Keio University Graduate School of Business Administration to introduce a Project and Program Management for Grand Design Education

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• 25th IPMA World Congress closes in Brisbane, Australia

• PMI Membership Jumps 12 Percent, Surpasses 370,000

• Nuno Ponces de Carvalho nominated IPMA Vice President in charge of membership and Young Crew

• Former President of India to Address 19th Global Symposium on 7 December 2011 in New Delhi

• PMI JDBC Celebrates International Project Management Day 2011

• Tom Taylor nominated PMAF International Honorary Member

• The Project Management Perspective - PMI Global Congress 2011

• Peter Monkhouse elected Chair of PMI Board of Directors - 2012 PMI Board and Officers Announced

• Oxford business breakfast November 2011: Bringing Programmes Back on Track

• 25th IPMA World Congress closes in Brisbane, Australia

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• PMI Testifies on Disaster Relief Project Management to US Senate Subcommittee

• ARCADIS merger with EC HARRIS creates Global Program and Project Management Service Company

• Jacobs Acquires Australia’s Unique World to Expand IT Capabilities

• Popular Project Management Website pmforum.org confirmed FOR SALE

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Boskov Most Hydro Project in Macedonia gets Funding Commitment

• IDB funds project in Brazil to expand community-based healthcare

• IDB Project to Help Panama prepare for Climate Change

• IDB lends $40 million for project to improve access to electricity in rural Ecuador

• Large Scale UN Project helps clear earthquake rubble in Haiti

• Chaglla Hydro Project in Peru Receives Financing Commitment

• Project to improve Montevideo drainage infrastructure in Uruguay receives funding

• $452 million approved for sanitation project in Brazil’s Baía de Guanabara

• International partners join forces and agree funding for design of Square Kilometre Array telescope, world’s biggest telescope project

• First Phase of Kosovo Motorway completed one year early

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Managing Project Supply Chains by Ron Basu published by Gower

• Project Management for Small Business by Joseph Phillips published by AMACOM in USA

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• Development Banks Agree to Cooperate on Projects in Caucasus and Central Asian regions

• UN Promotes Climate-Smart Agriculture for Africa