EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE

• Editor's Perspective on the Current Edition
  By David Pells

EDITORIAL

• Three Points – about Project Management Education, Training & Career Development
  or
  Three Good Reasons for Continuous Learning in Project Management
  By David Pells

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Jim Morin

Earned Value Pioneer

COLUMNS

• New Insights to Managing Risk in Projects
  By Darren Dalcher

• Managing Risk in Projects: What’s New?
  By David Hillson

• Why Schedule (at all)?
  Premises and Purposes
  By Earl Glenwright

VIEWPOINTS

• Professional Associations: From Nonexistence to Hibernation
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• Critical Thinking in Project Management
  By Melvyn Lee

• Many problems in projects can be successfully solved if only... Continued!
  By Kumar Sarma

• Championship Teams Don’t Waste Time
  By Tom Sheives

• Is Project Management a Core Skill and no longer a Niche Capability?
  By Peter Taylor

FEATURED PAPERS

• Parkinson’s Law, Overtime Work and Human Productivity
  By Pavel Barseghyan, PhD

• Project Management Credentials Compared - A Preliminary Analysis
  By Paul D. Giammalvo

• The myriad consequences of skilled migration from developing countries
  By Ghirmai T Kefela, PhD

• ‘Systems’ and Project Management
  By Alan Stretton

CASE STUDIES

• The Rosario Habitat Program Experience Project Management Applied To Government
  By Ana Maria Rodriguez and Adriana Salomón
  

ADVISORY ARTICLES

• The SC Addiction!
  By James Brown

• Universal Laws of Risk Management
  By David Hillson

• What’s Your Tagline?
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP

• A steep learning curve…
  How Operationally Oriented Organisations can become more Project Oriented
  By John Lugg

• Backpacker’s Guide to Lightweight Project Management
  By Jeff Oltmann

REGIONAL REPORTS

•    Project Management news from Ethopia
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

•    Project Management update from Finland
  By Jouko Vaskimo

•    Project Management news from Houston
  By Quang Ton

•    Report on Project and Project Management in Nigeria
  By O. Chima Okereke

•    Project Management updates from Panama
  By Luis Fasano

•    Project Management updates 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 North Texas
  By Tom Sheives

•   Project Management News from Virginia
  By Dave Maurer

•   UK Project Management Round Up
  By Miles Shepherd
  

PM BOOK REVIEWS

• Project Manager Street Smarts: A Real World Guide to PMP Skills
  By Zaval, Linda Kretz; Wagner, Terri
  Reviewer Joshua Levy

• MP Project management Professional Exam Study Guide, 5th Edition
  By Kim Heldman
  Reviewer Randy Gannoe

• Business Driven PMO Setup
  By Kim Heldman
  Reviewer Carol Kacinko

CALLS FOR PAPERS

• Call for Research Papers for March 2010 IPMA Research Expert Seminar in Cape Town, South Africa

FUTURE PM EVENTS

• Online Abstract submission added for 2010 IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• 2nd Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium KICKS OFF

• Reminder: Register for PMI Global Congress 2010 - Asia Pacific in Melbourne by 1 February to Save Money

• XING Social Networking to be featured at 2010 IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Istanbul

• BPUG International Congress set for London in February

PM COMMUNITY NEWS

• Isaac Nyarwaya named International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today in Kigali, Rwanda

• Jarmo Suominen appointed Neste Jacobs’ Managing Director

PM RESEARCH NEWS

• Programme Management in the New Economy Environment - IPMA Research Expert Seminar to be held in Cape Town in March 2010

• Survey on Social Media for Project Managers Announced

PM EDUCATION NEWS

• Early Bird Discount Available for February Requirements Workshops in Oregon

PM PROFESSION NEWS

• ISO/PC 236 releases ISO 21500 Committee Draft

• Call for 2010 PMI Professional Awards Nominations 

• Mike Landry named Project Manager of the Year in Washington, DC

• IPMA Seeks Assessors for International Project Excellence Award

PM INDUSTRY NEWS

• GAZPROM Establishes New Project Management Department

• Landfill Projects Turn Trash into Power - US EPA Announces Project of the Year Award Winners

• ESI Projects Top Ten Project Management Trends for 2010

• ARRAS People Release Early Results from 2010 Project Management Benchmark Report

• ISO/PC 236 releases ISO 21500 Committee Draft

• P3O Practitioner Qualification Launched in UK

• Hill to Manage Shopping Mall Construction Project in Qatar

• WorleyParsons to acquire CNEC Engenharia SA in Brazil

• Northrop Grumman to Sell TASC for $1.6 Billion

FASCINATING PROJECTS

• Landfill Gas Project in Durban Develops

• Government of Kosovo announced the winner of new Highway Morine – Prishtine - Merdare

• Benga: New coal fired power plant in Mozambique

• Clean development mechanism registers 2000th project

• Gautrain rapid-rail project to start full system trials soon.

• UN and UAE Announce Project to Create new ICT Museum in Geneva

• Funding for Rural Roads Projects in Nepal approved by World Bank

• Newest U.S. Submarine Delivered Ahead of Schedule & in Record Time

• World Bank to Finance Public Information System Project in Colombia

• A$6 Billion Barangaroo CBD Project in Sydney to Get Underway

PUBLISHING NEWS

• Wideman PM Website updates announced for February 2010

• Global Program Management book by Wagner & Barkley published by McGraw-Hill

OTHER NEWS AFFECTING PROJECTS AND PM

• IMF Resources to Increase by up to US$600 Billion – should be good for global projects

• President Sarkozy Opens World Economic Forum with call for a New Bretton Woods

• $5.5 billion for Solar Power Projects in the Middle East and North Africa

• 40th World Economic Forum Meeting to Focus on Rebuilding the World – including Haiti

• UN Chief calls for more International Cooperation to Unplug the Bottlenecks in Haiti

• International Aid Slow to Help Earthquake Stricken Haiti

• UN Mobilizes Massive Emergency Response to help Haiti after Earthquake Underway

• IMF to Provide US$100 Million in Emergency Assistance to Haiti following Massive Earthquake

• Catastrophe in the Caribbean! Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti!

• Green Energy Projects on Rise Across Africa - All Africa Carbon Forum set for Nairobi in March

• Libya and UN Agency to initiate Food Security & Sustainable Development Projects

• NASA Chooses Three New Options for Future Space Science Missions - Asteroid, Moon or Venus?

• U.S. Department of Energy Announces $104 Million for 8 Projects at National Laboratories