EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

• Editor's Perspective on The June 2009
  Edition of PM World Today
  By David L. Pells

EDITORIAL

• Global Business Intelligence for Managers
  of Programs, Projects and Project-oriented
  Organizations
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the Subject of the May Edition
  from Russ Archibald, Mexico

• On the Subject of PM World Today support of PM
  Research Projects
  from Blaize Horner Reich, Vancouver, Canada

• Greetings and Contribution from Germany
  from Klaus Pannenbäcker, Germany

VIEWPOINTS

• Are Certifications such as PMI’S PMP or OCG/APM’s
  PRINCE2 Credentials becoming Defacto Licenses?
  By Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo

• View from the UK Front
  By David Shannon

• Strategy for Survival
  By James Butler

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

Interview with
Martin Barnes
Part I – To Projects
& Project Management

APM Honorary Fellow

FEATURED PAPERS

• Program Management Diversity – Opportunity
  or Problem?
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• The New Federal Project Management Credential
  By Michael O’Brochta

• Impact of Standards on Project Portfolio Management
  By Amir Hossein Fazel Bakhshehsi
  and Sara Haji-kazemi

• Principles of Top-Down Quantitative Analysis of
  Projects - Part 2 Analytical Derivation of
  Functional Relationships between Project
  Parameters without Project Data
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

PM CASE STUDIES

• Transforming the Project Management Culture
  within the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of
  Saudi Arabia
  By Abdullah Tamimi

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Buying a Home: An Example of Project Management
  By Quang Ton, PMP

• Maintaining Resources in a Project – From
  Threat to Opportunity
  By Michael Szwarc

• Spring Cleaning for Your Soul
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning

• Emotional Intelligence! Key Differentiator
  for Successful Project Managers
  By Marge Combe

• Improving Project Success Rates with
  Better Leadership
  By Dr. Karen McGraw
  Founder & Chief Knowledge
  Officer Cognitive Technologies

• Programme Manager in Chief - Lessons
  in Managing Complex Change from
  the Obama Campaign
  By Greg Vukasovic
  Principal, Moorhouse Consulting
  

SECOND EDITION

• The Two Most Useful Earned Value Metrics:
  the CPI and the TCPI
  By Quentin W. Fleming and
  Joel M. Koppelman

REGIONAL REPORTS

• Project Management News from Argentina
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP
  Read complete report in English or Spanish

• Project Management News from Brazil
  By Peter Mello, PMP, PMI-SP

• Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

• Project Management News from Germany
  By Manfred Rieck, MBA, PMP

• Projects & Project Management in Jordan
  By Ammar Mango, PMP

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

• Current Standing of Project Management in
  Romania:Caught between Cutting Costs and Growth
  By Florin Gheorghiu

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

• Project Management in Spain –
  Monthly Report
  By Alfonso Bucero
  Read complete report in English | Spanish

• Project Management Update from Sydney
  By Jürgen Oschadleus

• Project Management News from Turkey
  By Ahmet N. Taspinar, MBA, PMP, REP

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

• Project Management Update from Omaha
  By Ted Koval

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Cheetah Know How
  By Randy Gannoe

• Results Through Relationships
  By Joe Takash
  Reviewed by Charles Rockson

• Scrappy Project Management
  By Kimberly Wiefling
  Reviewed by Dr. James Brown, PMP

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• PMI Portugal Project Management Conference
  set for 5-6 June 2009

• 14th Earned Value Analysis Conference to be
  at historic Armourers' Hall in London during
  9-10 June

• Expert Seminar on Assessment of Individual
  Project Management Competences offered
  on 6 June 2009 in Vienna

• Matti Haukka announced main speaker at
  the 23rd IPMA World Congress in
  Helsinki, Finland

• Astronaut James Reilly to Keynote 3rd Annual
  UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
  in August

• Congress organizers announce: State-of-the-art
  research seminar at the 23rd IPMA World Congress
  in Helsinki, Finland

• 16th PPSO SIG Conference to be 16 - 17 September
  2009 in UK

• Adriaan Bekman announced main speaker at the
  23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Vernon Ireland announced main speaker at the
  23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Zaiga Magnusson announced keynote presenter at
  the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• South Africa World Congress Rescheduled

• Organizers announce refreshing social program
  surrounding the 23rd IPMA World Congress in
  Helsinki, Finland

• EVM World 2009 Project Performance Management
  Conference to be at picturesque Naples Florida resort

• Organizers release new congress brochure of
  23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Organizers encourage visitors to read Helsinki This
  Week and use Helsinki Card at the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• PMForum nombrada Media Parter para el PMI Cono
  Sur Tour- Mendoza

• "Programme and Project Portfolio Management" expert
  seminar offered within the happy projects '09 events in
  Vienna on 6 June 2009

• Organizers announce refreshing accompanying
  persons program for the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• EVM Seminars to be offered at May EVM World 2009
  Project Performance Management Conference in Florida

• Professor Darren Dalcher named Chair for October
  APM 2009 Project Management Conference in London

• Organizing committee advises: Book your
  accommodation for the 23rd IPMA World Congress
  in Helsinki, Finland, as soon as possible!

• happy projects '09 conference in Vienna to feature
  international Project Management Experts from
  12+ countries

• Organizers announce refreshing pre- and post-
  conference program for the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• PMForum Named Media Partner for PMI Cono
  Sur Tour in Mendoza, Argentina

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Global Expert on Change Management,
  Professor Roland Gareis, to lead Expert
  Seminar on 6 June in Vienna
  

• Expert Seminar on Assessment of Individual
  Project Management Competences offered
  on 6 June 2009 in Vienna

• Matti Haukka announced main speaker at the
  23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• "Management Auditing of Projects" expert
  seminar offered at happy projects '09 events in
  Vienna on 6 June 2009

• Adriaan Bekman announced main speaker
  at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in
  Helsinki, Finland

• Vernon Ireland announced main speaker at
  the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Zaiga Magnusson announced keynote presenter at
  the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Miles Shepherd named PMForum Correspondent
  of the Year - other International Correspondents
  recognized

• U.S. Department of State launches effort to
  tap Project Management Community for
  Foreign Service

• Luis Fasano named International Correspondent
  for PMForum & PM World Today in Panama

• Project Management Book by Antonello Bove
  is #2 Business Best Seller in Italy

• The PMI Athens, Greece Chapter announces
  new Board of Directors

• Professor Darren Dalcher named Chair for October
  APM 2009 Project Management Conference in London

• happy projects '09 conference in Vienna to feature
  international Project Management Experts
  from 12+ countries

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Congress organizers announce: State-of-the-art
  research seminar at the 23rd IPMA World Congress
  in Helsinki, Finland

• Project Management Institute’s 6th Biennial Research
  Conference Washington, DC USA 11-14 July 2010

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Global Expert on Change Management,
  Professor Roland Gareis, to lead Expert
  Seminar on 6 June in Vienna
  

• Expert Seminar on Assessment of Individual
  Project Management Competences offered
  on 6 June 2009 in Vienna

• "Management Auditing of Projects" expert seminar
  offered at happy projects '09 events in Vienna on
  6 June 2009

• New Master's Degree in Project Management
  offered in St. Louis

• Indira Gandhi National Open University in
  New Delhi to launch new post-graduate
  certificate in Project Management

• "Programme and Project Portfolio Management"
  expert seminar offered within the happy
  projects '09 events in Vienna on 6 June 2009

• EVM Seminars to be offered at May EVM World
  2009 Project Performance Management Conference
  in Florida

• Inaugural Summer Institute for Project Management
  Faculty to be at University of Maryland in June

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• PMI Portugal Project Management Conference
  set for 5-6 June 2009

• IPMA announces Finalists for 2009 Project
  Excellence Awards

• The PMI Athens, Greece Chapter announces
  new Board of Directors

• PMI publishes new Guide on Project Manager
  Competency

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• PMForum nombrada Media Parter para el PMI
  Cono Sur Tour- Mendoza

• PMForum Named Media Partner for PMI Cono
  Sur Tour in Mendoza, Argentina

• Luis Fasano named International Correspondent
  for PMForum & PM World Today in Panama

• PMForum Increases Global Reach with May
  PM World Today

• USRA Honored by NASA for Design and
  Implementation of Program/Project
  Management Development Program

• Clarizen and HighPoint Asia Announce
  Partnership to distribute SaaS Project
  Management Solution in Asia Pacific

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• World Bank Supports Ain Sokhna Power
  Project in Egypt

• Alcatel-Lucent to deploy 3G W-CDMA networks for
  China Unicom in 14 provinces

• Soyuz launch successful! Five Partner Agencies to
  have crew members together on International
  Space Station for first time

• Alcatel-Lucent launches program with PowerOasis
  for Wireless Base Stations powered with Alternative
  Energy - new solution for remote users

• To Hubble & Back - Space Shuttle Atlantis lands
  safely in California

• PharmaSat nanosatellite launched for Pharma
  Research Project in Space

• Completion of World’s Largest Laser Announced

• Giant Scottish Windfarm Switched On

• UN Dairy Project is Success Story in Afghanistan

• Significant milestone reached for EURO 2012 project

• Crossrail construction begins

• 2012 Contingency Fund raided as Public Private
  Cash Dries Up

• Newest Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier USS
  George H. W. Bush Delivered to US Navy

• Paulig coffee roastery, fourth largest globally,
  nears completion

• Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on Dangerous
  Mission to Service Hubble Telescope

• On 23rd Anniversary, New UN Project Launched
  to help Victims of Chernobyl

• DOE Secretary Chu announces $93 Million
  for Wind Energy Projects + $100 Million for
  NREL in Colorado

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• Harnessing the Power of Project Management
  – new book by Wes Balakian set for release in
  North America

• PMForum Increases Global Reach with May PM
  World Today

• Project Management Book by Antonello Bove is #2
  Business Best Seller in Italy

• PMI publishes new Guide on Project Manager
  Competency

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for
  May 2009

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• UN Downgrades Economic Forecast for 2009

• $742.5 Million in Recovery Act Funding announced
  for Transit Projects in 9 US states

• Micro Projects: Gates Foundation Invests in 81
  Unconventional Global Health Research Projects
  around the World

• New UN Development Program Chief plans to
  cut Global Poverty despite crisi

• Central Asia becomes Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone

• NIH to Fund High Impact, Large-Scale, Accelerated
  Research Projects in USA

• Greater Manchester Agrees £1.4bn Transport Deal

• EPA Announces $10.5 Billion Budget in USA for
  Environmental Programs, Projects and Jobs Creation

• NASA Announces FY2010 Budget of $18.7 Billion
  & Announces Review of Human Spaceflight Plans

• U.S. Department of State launches effort to tap
  Project Management Community for Foreign Service

• Poland receives $20.5 Billion Flexible Credit Line
  from IMF to Support Economy

• Latin American Economy may recover First,
  according to IMF

• US DOE Selects 53 New Wind Energy
  Projects for Funding

• USAID offers Project Management training
  as element of Capacity Building in Iraq

• $3.9B for Smart Grid projects announced in USA

• $90 Billion for Latin America to spur Economic Grwoth

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chu Announces $6 Billion
  in Recovery Act Funding for Environmental
  Cleanup Projects

• Gazprom Signs Agreement with NNDC in Nigeria