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Vol. XIV Issue I - January 2012
Project Management eJournal
EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE
Editor’s Perspective on the Current Edition
By David L. Pells
Managing Editor
Addison, Texas, USA
Welcome to the January 2012 edition of PM World Today, one of the world’s most international publications with contents from many countries and regions of the world. The Editor’s Perspective provides an overview of the contents of the current edition, which this month again contains articles, papers and stories from more than 20 countries. PM World Today is an educational and informative resource for PM professionals worldwide. It is also a service for PM experts, leaders and professionals who want to share knowledge, get published or gain more visibility in the PM world.
This is another full edition, with one letter to the editor, three series articles in our Columns section, two featured papers, one student paper, two ‘second editions’ papers, three interesting viewpoints articles and five advisory articles. Also included are several regional reports from correspondents, three book reviews, and several dozen news stories about projects and project management in various industries and countries.
This month’s Editorial is entitled “Guiding Principles: Commitment to ethics and values can empower leaders of teams, projects, programs and organizations”. Over the last ten years, I have been a party to numerous discussions about professional ethics, rules of behavior, governance and related aspects of program and project management. One lengthy exchange was related to the need for a sort of Hippocratic oath for project management like that embraced by the medical profession, a “do no harm” sort of statement or commitment. All program, project and team leaders should think about his or her core values and how they can help both simplify decisions and lead to more successful results. It is time to raise the level of awareness and discussion on the subject of principled behavior in the project management world, for organizations, managers and teams of professionals... Please read this month’s editorial and send feedback to editor@pmworldtoday.org. (English)
One Letter to the Editor is included this month. Patrick Weaver in Australia wrote in to comment on the December PMWT article by Rebecca Winston on the subject of “Complexity”. Please read Patrick’s comments and if you have a comment or reaction to anything in this month’s edition, please send an email to editor@pmworldtoday.org.
Columns – a monthly series of papers on special topics, was launched in 2009. This month we provide another article on risk management by Risk Doctor David Hillson in UK; a contribution on program management by Russell Martinelli, Tim Rahschulte and James Waddell of the Program Management Academy in Oregon; and an article on contemporary project management issues by Prof. Tim Kloppenborg in Ohio.
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David L. Pells Managing Editor
David L. Pells is the Managing Editor of PM World Today, the most global online publication devoted to project management and one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information. David is an internationally recognized leader in the field of professional project management, with over 35 years of experience in projects and project management. His professional experience includes a wide variety of programs and projects, including engineering, construction, transit, defense and high technology, and project sizes ranging from several thousand to ten billion dollars. He continues to advise several major organizations and programs. He served on the board of directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) twice, and was awarded PMI’s Person of the Year award in 1998 and Fellow Award in 1999. He is also an honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK, Project Management Associates (PMA - the Indian National PM society), and the Russian Project Management Association SOVNET. David has published widely, spoken at PM conferences and events worldwide, and can be contacted at editor@pmworldtoday.org
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