EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

• Editor's Perspective on The july 2009
  By David L. Pells

EDITORIAL

• Refreshed!
  The Value of Project Management Conferences
  Revisited (again)
  or
  What was refreshed at the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress on Project Management in Finland
  By David L. Pells

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• On the Subject of David Shannon’s
  Viewpoints Article in the June edition
  of PM World Today
  from John Schlichter

• On the Subject of the US Federal Reserve
  Bank in the USA
  from John Schlichter

• Regarding Michael O’Brochta’s article in the
  June edition of PM World Today – on the
  subject of “The New Federal Project
  Management Credential” in the USA
  from William R. Duncan

IN TRIBUTE

• Tribute to Professor Vladimir Voropajev
  On the Occasion of his 75th Birthday
  By David L. Pells

VIEWPOINTS

• Withered Hope!
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Hot Blooded – Check it and Whoops!
  By Rebecca Winston, JD

FEATURED PAPERS

• Basic project-oriented models of consulting
  company activities
  By Dmitry Sadkov and Grigory Tsipes IBS,
  Moscow, Russia
  Read complete Papers in English | Russian

• Classifying Program/Project Customers/Clients?
  By Alan Stretton, PhD

• Quantitative Analysis of Team Size and its
  Hierarchical Structure
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

• Strategic Program Management: Key to
  “giga” Program Delivery
  By Robert Prieto

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• Mentoring! Developing the next generation of
  PPM leaders
  By Keith Clark, Moorhouse Consulting, UK

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of
  Saying “No”
  By Jeff Oltmann, PMP

• Project Management: Your Key to Self-Sufficiency
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning

• The 4Ps of Project Management – The PMPs
  By Donald A. Pillittere

• The Art of Productive Laziness
  By Peter Taylor

• Risks in Projects: The Road to Success!
  By Glenn R. Koller, PhD
  

SECOND EDITION

• Earned Value Management (EVM) Techniques for
  Engineering and Prototype Production Activities
  By Sergio Gerosa, Commercial
  Telecommunication Program Manager

REGIONAL REPORTS

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

• Project Management in Ecuador
  By Irwin José Franco
  Read complete report in English or Spanish

• Project Management Update from Egypt
  By Ahmed Saleh Mokhtar

• Ethiopia Today
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Project Management Update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

• News about Projects & Project
  Management in Greece
  By Theofanis Giotis

• Unique Project for a Billion People in India
  By Raju Rao

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

• Project Management Update from Kraków
  By Artur Bialy

• Project Management Update from Nepal
  By Suraj Dahal

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

• Project Management Update from Portugal
  By Alexander Rodrigues, PhD, Ceng, PMP

• Project Management Update from Romania
  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

• UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd

• Project Management Update from Uruguay
  By Liliana Buchtik, PMP

• Project Management Update from Houston
  By Quang Ton

• Project Management Update from Omaha
  By Ted Koval

• Project Management Update from Washington
  By Ron Taylor, PMP

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Project Management Body of Knowledge
  (PMBOK Guide) 4th Edition
  By Project Management Institute (PMI)
  Reviewed by John C. ‘Buck’ Field

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Papers for 17th Global Symposium
  2009 in New Delhi, India - Abstracts due
  31 August

• Call for Speakers - NASA PM Challenge 2010

• Presentation Proposals for APM 2009 National
  Project Management Conference in October
  due June 24

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• 24th IPMA World Congress on Project
  Management to be in Istanbul, Turkey
  in November 2010

• Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert to address 3rd
  Annual UT Dallas Project Management
  Symposium in August

• IPMA President Brigitte Schaden to Keynote
  September APOGEP Project Management
  Conference in Lisbon

• Early Booker Rates announced for October APM
  2009 Project Management Conference in London

• PMI UK Chapter announces Project Management
  Day 2009 Conference Speakers

• Program Management Academy and City
  University of Seattle announce Program
  Management Workshop

• 17th Global Symposium 2009 on Project
  Management announced for December
  in New Delhi, India

• APOGEP announces September Project
  Management Conference & Workshops
  in Lisbon

• Exciting New Category in APM Awards 2009

• PMForum named Media Partner for
  October APM 2009 Project Management
  Conference in London

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• IPMA President Brigitte Schaden to Keynote
  September APOGEP Project Management
  Conference in Lisbon

• Award for Martin Barnes in UK Honours List

• Ed Hoffman delivered keynote presentation
  at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki,
  Finland

• Olga Perminova receives IPMA Young
  Research Honor award at the 23rd IPMA
  World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Hedley Smyth and Francesca Auch receive
  Emerald Best Paper Award at the 23rd
  IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Edivandro Conforto receives IPMA Young
  Research Honor award at the 23rd IPMA
  World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Peter Morris receives IPMA Research
  Achievement Award at the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Karin Bredin receives IPMA Young Research
  Award at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in
  Helsinki, Finland

• Anbang Qi and team receive IPMA Research
  Award at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in
  Helsinki, Finland

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Hedley Smyth and Francesca Auch receive
  Emerald Best Paper Award at the 23rd IPMA
  World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Edivandro Conforto receives IPMA Young Research Honor award at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert to address 3rd
  Annual UT Dallas Project Management
  Symposium in August

• Program Management Academy and City
  University of Seattle announce Program
  Management Workshop

• PMI announces strategic partnership with
  National Institute of Construction Management
  and Research in India

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• Latvian Project Management Association
  Announces National Project Excellence
  Award Winners

• Early Booker Rates announced for October APM
  2009 Project Management Conference in London

• PMI announces strategic partnership with
  National Institute of Construction Management
  and Research in India

• Ed Hoffman delivered keynote presentation at
  the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• AIPM signs Memorandum of Understanding on
  IPMA membership at the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress in Helsinki

• Beijing T3 Airport Expansion Project by Siemens,
  Well Modernization Program by Petrom receive IPMA
  Project Excellence Awards at the 23rd IPMA World
  Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Olga Perminova receives IPMA Young Research
  Honor award at the 23rd IPMA World Congress
  in Helsinki, Finland

• Peter Morris receives IPMA Research Achievement
  Award at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki,
  Finland

• Karin Bredin receives IPMA Young Research Award
  at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• Anbang Qi and team receive IPMA Research Award
  at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• The Spanish IPMA Certification Body (OCDP) achieves
  its Accreditation

• asapm June newsletter published

• ISO/PC 236 achieves increased consensus on ISO
  21500, the new international project management
  standard; adjourns Tokyo meeting

• Free on-line access to videos of proceedingsm
  announced for the participants of the 23rd IPMA
  World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

• PMI Panama City Chapter Celebrates 5th Anniversary

• ISO/PC 236 convenes in Tokyo to work on ISO 21500,
  the new international project management standard

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• Latvian Project Management Association
  Announces National Project Excellence
  Award Winners

• Is Venture Capital coming back to Project
  Management? LiquidPlanner announces $1
  Million in New Funding in Seattle

• Exciting New Category in APM Awards 2009

• PRINCE2^® 2009 Launched in London & Helsinki

• PMForum named Media Partner for October
  APM 2009 Project Management Conference
  in London

• PPM Council calls for Standardized Project
  Management in UK

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• EBRD to finance Winery Modernization Project in Macedonia

• NASA Project News - Searching for Water on the
  Moon

• Smithsonian Institution and World Bank announce
  new Program to help Save Wild Tigers

• Consultancy Contract signed for a Nuclear Plant
  in Egypt

• Milestone in Return to the Moon - NASA launches
  first Lunar satellite in 10 years

• A unique PROJECT of a LIFETIME: The new Acropolis
  Museum Project in Athens, Greece, has been
  completed!

• Congo opens bidding for Inga 3 hydro dam investors

• Expanded berth at Cape Town container terminal
  to be operational in July

• Farming Projects in 11 Developing Countries win UN
  Funding

• Programs in Transition - NASA'S Shuttle Program
  transfers Launch Pad to Constellation

• Russia to Destroy Chemical Weapons at new Plant

• Alcatel-Lucent and Thales win project to expand Signals
  & Telecoms for Turkey's High Speed Rail Line

PM PUBLISHING NEWS

• New PMP Exam Study Guide by Kim Heldman
  published by Sybex

• Project Management in the Real World –
  book by UK’s Elizabeth Harrin now available
  in North America

• asapm June newsletter published

• The Lazy Project Manager – new book by Peter
  Taylor to be published in UK

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for
  June 2009

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• World Bank revises global Economic Picture
  Downward

• Midwest USA and California are Front Runners
  for $8B in Rail Cash from US Government

• Experts at UN Forum in Vienna call for more
  global investment in Green Economy

• US President Obama Voices Support to
  Governors Culver and Hoeven for Biofuels
  and Ethanol Programs

• Trans-Asian Rail Network Agreement goes into Effect

• Upping the ante - UN imposes tougher sanctions
  on North Korea

• NASA selects 16 Technology Transfer Projects

• ISO/PC 236 achieves increased consensus on ISO
  21500, the new international project management
  standard; adjourns Tokyo meeting

• Clean Energy Projects overtake Fossil Fuels
  Funding in 2008

• PPM Council calls for Standardized Project
  Management in UK

• Russia to purchase first Notes to be issued by IMF