EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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

EDITORIAL

• The Royal Wedding - What a Project!
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the March Editorial on PM Education and Training and April Letter to the Editor from Agueda

• On the April Edition of PM World Today

• On the March PM World Today Editorial on PM Education

COLUMNS

• Managing Supply Chains
  By Darren Dalcher, PhD

• Managing Project Supply Chains
  By Ron Basu, PhD

• Ladder feed - PDM
  By Earl Glenwright, PE, PSP

VIEWPOINTS ARTICLES

• Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
  By Edward J. (Ed) Fern, MS, PMP

• Why do projects fail?
  By Laurence Nicholson

• War Time Utilization of Project Management Practices
  By Josh Shields, AT&T

FEATURED PAPERS

• Role of Functional Organization in Large Engineering and Construction Programs
  By Bob Prieto

• Time to re-unite project management with general management?
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Benchmarking Project Schedules
  By Dr Dan Patterson

• Accelerating Management Maturity in Project Oriented Organizations
  By Dr. Clifford Gray

• How to establish a Project Management Office (PMO)
  By Rania Al-Maghraby

• Credible Physical Percent Complete: The Pillar of Earned Value (EV)!
  By Edward J. (Ed) Fern, MS, PMP
  and
  Mojtaba (Moj) Zarei-Kesheh

CASE STUDIES

• A Case study in using Project Metrics in the Healthcare Industry
  By Rodger Oren, PhD, PMP

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• How To Advance FAC-P/PM In Any Government Organization
  By Michael O’Brochta

• Seven Steps to Monte Carlo
  By Dr David Hillson

• 7 Criteria for Selecting Your PMP Exam Simulator
  By Cornelius Fichtner

• The Price of Right
  By Margaret Meloni

• Be the Change…
  By Ty Kiisel

• Leading Change from the Bottom
  By Phil Patrick

SECOND EDITION

• Lessons from a Turn-Around PM
  By Rebecca Winston, JD

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program and Project Managers
  By Ginger Levin, PhD
  Reviewer: Kathy Phillips

• The Project Risk Maturity Model
  By Martin Hopkinson
  Reviewer: Alfonso Bucero

• The Project Management Answer Book
  By Jeffrey L. Furman
  Reviewer: Chester C. Sanders

REGIONAL REPORTS

•   Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez

•   Project Management News from Brazil
  By Vitor Vargas

•   Project Management News from Chile
  By Jaime Videla

•   Projects and Project Management in Germany
  By Reinhard Wagner

• Project Management Update from Dublin
  By Ed Naughton

• Project Management Update from Kosovo
  By Kushtrim Mehmetaj

• Project Management Update from Romania
  By Florin Gheorghiu

• Project Management News from South Africa
  By Jaycee Krüger

• Project Management in Spain: Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero

• Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet Taspinar

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

•   Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton, PMP

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

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• PMI Director William Moylan to Keynote 3rd International
  Congress of Project Management, PM Tour Mexico 2011

• El Director de PMI William Moylan Participara como
  conferencista en el 3er Congreso Internacional de
  Dirección de Proyectos; PMTour Mexico 2011

• Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available
  for 25th IPMA World Congress in Australia

• happy projects '11 conference in Vienna PROJECTS &
  VALUES

• Programme for IRNOP 2011 Project Research
  Conference in Montreal released

• EVM Community of Interest Seminar to be May 12 in
  Washington, DC

• Navigating Successful Projects - PMI Dallas Announces
  Spring 2011 Project Summit

• PMForum named Media Partner for IRNOP 2011
  Conference in Montréal

• Former PMI CEO Greg Balestrero to Keynote ProjectZone
  2011 Conference in Hungary

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Yoshio Satoh named International Correspondent for
  PMForum & PM World Today in Japan

• PM Forum stimulates synergies in Project Management
  between Portugal and Brazil

• PM Forum potencia sinergia em Gestão e Projectos
  entre Portugal e Brasil

• PMForum nombra a Ana Maria Rodriguez en Argentina
  como Corresponsal del Año para el 2009 y el 2010

• PMForum names Ana Maria Rodriguez in Argentina as
  Correspondent of the Year for 2009 and 2010

• Krissy Wolle Appointed to PMI Technology Member
  Advisory Group

• Social Media and Project Management – PMSA KwaZulu-
  Natal Members Treated to Brilliant Presentation by Mike Saunders

• Former PMI CEO Greg Balestrero to Keynote ProjectZone
  2011 Conference in Hungary

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Programme for IRNOP 2011 Project Research
  Conference in Montreal released

• Project Management Researchers to Convene IPMA and
  ICEC International Research Forum 2011 in Slovenia Resort

• 20 May Deadline for 2011 IPMA Research Award
  Applications

 

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• GAC Academic Forum and Accreditation Workshop in Dublin on 7 May 2011

• Applied Project Management Speaker Forum at UT
  Dallas on May 17 to featured Debbie Mrazek

• PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management
  Education Establishes GAC China Regional Committee

• Next Program Management Academy Workshop
  Announced for 22-23 June in Oregon

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• PMI-RIO uses the Project Management Methodology for
  Disaster Recovery of the PMI(R) Educational Foundation

• PMI RIO utiliza a Metodologia de Gerenciamento de
  Projetos para Recuperação de Catástrofes do PMI(R) Educational Foundation

• Bosnia Herzegovina Project Management Association enters IPMA

• Costa Rican Project Management Association enters IPMA

• MES Organized IPMA Assessors workshop in Cairo conducted by Former-IPMA President Gilles Caupin

• Guatemalan National Project Management Association enters IPMA

• Latvian National Project Management Association encourages Project Manager Certification for Latvian Public Institutions

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit Wins Design-Build Award

• Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available for 25th IPMA World Congress in Australia

• Moorhouse wins Top Honours at Management Consultancy Association Awards in UK

• PMI Launches New Consultants Registry

• EADS North America has announced that it has expanded the company's Space activities in the USA to support government agencies, private sector custome

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• SOUTH AFRICA's RARE EARTHS PROJECT GETS AHEAD

• Project Success Story - 112 Year Old Railroad Reopens in Angola after 20 Years - with Chinese Help

• Project to Refurbish Historic Hotel in Montenegro Underway

• Cost and Schedule Estimates Announced for Chernobyl New Safe Confinement Project

• Tata Power Plant Project in The Netherlands Enters Design Phase

• East African Community Announces US$108 Million for Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Programme in Kenya

• Soil Health Project in Ghana gets Underway

• Census Project in Kosovo, after 30 years!

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Free Project Management Books - Drawing for free
  copies of The Strategic Project Office by J. Kent Crawford
  announced for PM GiveAways Program™

• Bid Writing for Project Managers - new book by David Cleden published by Gower

• PM World Today to be added to EBSCO Publishing’s Business Source® Database and Indexed for Libraries & Researchers

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• NASA and USAID to Collaborate to Advance International
  Development with Science and Technology

• IDB announces $2 Billion for Projects in Dominican Republic and Central America

• High Speed Rail Program in USA Passes Application Milestone