EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• Travel Advisories – Intelligence Resources for Global
  Program and Project Management
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the May Article by Earl Glenwright on the Subject
  of Ladder Feed - PDM

• On the May Featured Paper on the Subject of “Credible
  Physical Percent Complete: The Pillar of Earned Value”
  by Ed Fern and Moj Zarei-Kesheh

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

 

Interview with Mark Langley CEO of PMI
By Ed Naughton

 

 

 

 

COLUMNS

• Line-of Balance for Linear Projects
  By Earl Glenwright, PE, PSP

VIEWPOINTS ARTICLES

• The Project Manager and the Market Versus Need
  for PMP?
  By Vitor Vargas

• Programs and component projects verses projects
  and component sub-projects
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Procrastination
  By Germán Bernate

• Web-based Project Management Software is Superior!
  Why Wait?
  By Brian Lynggaard

• The Arabic Common Market
  By Rania Al-Maghraby, PMP

FEATURED PAPERS

• Project Selection in Large Engineering Construction
  Programs
  By Bob Prieto

• How a Construction Company’s Organizational Culture
  Affects its Project Management and Effective Delivery of
  Construction Projects
  By Dr. Dimitrios P. Kamsaris
  and
  Stefanos Kougkoulos

• Uncertainty and Indeterminacy in the Project World
  By Crispin (Kik) Piney, PgMP

• Adopting Standardized WBS/CBS Coding Structures as
  Enablers for Activity Based Management using SAP®
  ERP for Telecommunications Industry
  By Ibra Ufauwid Ardhin BIS, CCC

STUDENT PAPERS

• Linkages between Leadership and Project Success:
  A Literature review
  By Jocelyn Beyak

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Change Management – A Look Under the Hood
  By Laurence Nicholson

• Have your cake and eat it…
  By Ian Heptinstall

• Career Path for the Entry-Level Project Manager
  By Josh Nankivel, PMP

• Getting Started with Project Leadership
  By Cornelius Fichtner, PMP

• How to Break the Iron Triangle to Buy Goods and
  Services “Good, Fast and Cheap”
  By William Gindlesperger

• The IKEA Approach to Risk
  By Dr David Hillson

• Risk Event Management And the Nuclear Power Plant
  on the New Madrid Earthquake Fault Line
  By Brian Vanderjack, PMP, MBA AT&T

• Six Best Practices for Achieving Project Implementation Success
  By Rob Prinzo

• Is Your Team Failing Elegantly? Seven Leadership
  Mistakes That Wear Away at Your Company’s Will to Win
  By John Hamm

 

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Integrated Cost and Schedule Control in Project
  Management
  By Ursula Kuehn, PMP, EVP
  Reviewer: Eugene Barnard

• Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real World Projects
  By Liliana Buchtik
  Reviewer: Ana María Rodríguez, MSE,PMP

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•   May 2011 in Austria
  By Claudia Weninger

•   Project Management News from Chile
  By Jaime Videla

•   Projects and Project Management in Germany
  By Reinhard Wagner

• Project Management Update from Nepal
  By Suraj Dahal

• Project Management Report from Nigeria
  By Taopheek Babayeju

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

• Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

•   Project Management Update from Zurich
  By Rüdiger Geist

•   Projects & Project Management in the Middle East
  By Saad Hegazy

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

•   Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Speakers - NASA Project Management Challenge
  2012 Conference in Florida

• Call for Paper Announced for ProMaCon 2011 National
  Project Management Conference in Nigeria

• PMI TOUR BUENOS AIRES- Llamado a Presentaciones

• PMI BUENOS AIRES TOUR 2011- Call For Papers

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Registration Still Open for June 15 Drawing for FREE
  pass to 5th UT Dallas Project Management Symposium

• Bill Duncan and Mark Langley to Share Stage at Gartner
  PPM Summit in California

• PMI and IPMA jointly sponsor the IRNOP Conference in
  Montreal, Canada from June 19-22

• London Olympics Executive Sue Kershaw to address
  25th IPMA World Congress in Australia

• Registration open for PMI Southern Cone Tour in Mendoza

• Inscripciones abiertas para el PMI Tour Cono Sur en Mendoza

• Antonio Argüelles confirmó como Conferencista de
  Cierre en el 3er Congreso Internacional de Dirección de Proyectos, PM TOUR México 2011

• Antonio Argüelles Confirmed as Closing Speaker for 3rd
  International Congress of Project Management PM TOUR Mexico 2011

• Day 2 Agenda and Speakers Announced for EVA16 -
  June Earned Value Management Conference Set in London

• Festival of Thinkers and Doers - 19th Global Symposium
  on Project Management Announced for December 2011 in New Delhi, India

• Rebuilding Queensland! Major General Mick Slater, Chair
  of Queensland Reconstruction Authority, to address
  October IPMA World Congress in Brisbane

• Day 1 Agenda and Speakers Announced for EVA16 -
  June Earned Value Management Conference Set in London

• EVA16 -16th Annual Earned Value Management
  Conference Set for 13-16 June in London

• Liliana Buchtik confirmó como Conferencista en el 3er.
  Congreso Internacional de Dirección de Proyectos, PM
  TOUR México 2011

• Liliana Buchtik Confirmed as Speaker for 3rd International Congress of Project Management PM TOUR Mexico 2011

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• PMI Greece Chapter Announces new Board of Directors -
  Theofanis Giotis Re-elected President

• 2011 Student Paper Award Winners Announced in Vienna

• International Correspondent for PM Forum and PM World
  Today Babayeju Taopheek elected VP as PMI Nigeria gets New Board!

• New IPMA Young Crew Board Is Ready To Lead Young
  Project Managers Around the World

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• PMI and IPMA jointly sponsor the IRNOP Conference in
  Montreal, Canada from June 19-22

• Opportunity to Participate in Research on Organizational
  Acceptance and Use of Project Management
  Methodologies

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Free Project Management Course - Drawing for Free
  PMP® Certification Preparation Course Announced by PMForum

• Workshops Announced for EVA16 - June Earned Value
  Management Conference in London

• New International Executive Diploma in Project Management Launched in India

• Freor Pe Project Management Course - Drawing for free
  Training froject Management by Ian Stokes announced
  for PM GiveAways Program™

• Project Management Faculty Position Available at Drexel
  University in Pennsylvania

• Free Webinar Series from authors of Leading Global
  Project Teams book

• Ten Universities in PMI GAC Pipeline for Accreditation

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• PMI Publishes 2010 Pulse of the Profession Report,
  Reveals Top Trends in Project Management

• PMI Greece Chapter Announces new Board of Directors -
  Theofanis Giotis Re-elected President

• International Correspondent for PM Forum and PM World
  Today Babayeju Taopheek elected VP as PMI Nigeria
  gets New Board!

• Report from PMI Global EMEA Congress 2011 in Dublin

• Report from PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dublin
  during 6-8 May 2011

• New IPMA Young Crew Board Is Ready To Lead Young
  Project Managers Around the World

• AIPM President Bill Young to Discuss Asia Pacific
  Federation on Project Management at 1st International
  Project Management Conference in Nepal

• IPMA Young Crew Invites Nominations for the 2011
  Young Project Manager Award by 17 June

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Deadline for PMO of the Year Award Nominations Extended to 10 June 2011

• PPM Software Company Daptiv Expands into South Africa

• Jacobs Wins EPCM Contract for Big Renewable Energy Project in Sweden

• PMI Launches New Consultants Registry

• Technip wins big Support Contract for Horizon Oil Sands
  Project in Canada

• Design Build Project for Automated People Mover System
  in Saudi Arabia to Go Ahead with Bombardier Technology

• ICT Project Management Firm in Ghana Wins World
  Bank infoDev Top 50 Competition

• CH2M HILL to Acquire Government Transportation Services Business from Booz Allen Hamilton in USA

• Project Management Training Specialists Pearcemayfield Launch Charity Initiative for Schools in Southern Sudan in UK

• PMForum named Media Partner for 3rd International Congress of Project Management, PM TOUR Mexico 2011

• PMForum es nombrado Socio de Medios de
  Comunicación para el 3er Congreso Internacional de
  Dirección de Proyectos, PM TOUR México 2011

• IPMA 2010 Project Excellence Award Winner, Huizhou Oil
  Refining Branch of CNOOC Group, Receives One Million
  RMB reward from Chinese Government in Huizhou, Guangdong

• U.S. Department of Energy Selects URS-CH2M HILL
  Team for New $2.2B ETTP Contract at Oak Ridge

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Project to Reconstruct Marketplace in Haiti Completed

• NASA's Shuttle Endeavor Successfully Launches on Final Mission

• Unique Construction Material Helps Save Two Years for Highway & Rail Projects

• COEGA SMELTER A FURTHER ECONOMIC INJECTION IN SOUTH AFRICAN EASTERN CAPE

• NASA's Dawn Project Achieves Milestone during Spacecraft Approach to Asteroid Vesta

• Construction of Cardiovascular Center in San Diego
  Completed Under Budget & Ahead of Schedule with
  Virtual Team of Stakeholders

• NEW POWER PLANT ON THE CARDS FOR ZAMBIA

• New Highway in Kosovo - the "Energy Highway" Power
  Transmission Interconnection lines between Albania and
  Kosovo

• Major Cement Plant for Limpopo Province in South Africa

PUBLISHING NEWS

• PMI Publishes 2010 Pulse of the Profession Report,
  Reveals Top Trends in Project Management

• Free Project Management Books - Drawing for The
  History of Project Management by Mark Kozak-Holland
  announced for PM GiveAways Program™

• Leadership: Stories, Lessons and Uncommon Sense -
  New Book by Ron Taylor Published in USA

• Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle - New
  Book by Doug Russell Published in USA by AMACOM

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• NASA Announces Plans for New Spacecraft for Deep
  Space Transport Program

• USAID and The Netherlands Agree to Support Agriculture
  Projects in Southern Sudan

• Brazilian Minister Pimentel says Brazil is Building a
  "Great Project" and Sets New Export Targets for 2011