In This Edition
Welcome to the March 2016 Edition of the PM World Journal
By David Pells, Managing Editor
Featured Papers
Comparing Project Management and Chemical Engineering – Some Observations
By Raju Rao (India)
The UK e-Borders Project Failure
By Adam Alami (Australia)
Constructability Tools and Techniques in Use in the Nigerian Construction Industry
By Benedict Amade (Nigeria)
Emerging need for improvement of project management practice in state enterprises
By Emils Pulmanis (Latvia)
Leadership Evaluation: A Fuzzy Logic based proposed approach
By Ashwani Kharola, Musheer Ahmed Ansarie and Punit Namdeo (India)
Project Management – The Profession – as a Catalyst for Economic Growth in African Economies
By Tororiro Isaac Chaza (Zimbabwe)
The Legacy: Project Management for Peace
By Mónica González
Series Articles
Customers’ needs and project requirements (Article 2 in series on increasing project management contributions to helping achieve broader ends)
By Alan Stretton, PhD (hon) (Australia)
Asking strategic questions: reflections on the temporal bounds of projects and programmes (Intro to Advances in Project Management Series article)
By Prof Darren Dalcher (UK)
New Developments in Program Management (Advances in Project Management Series)
By Michel Thiry, PhD (UK)
Project Team Members and Estimates (Series on Project Management for Team Members)
By Marco Sampietro, PhD (Italy)
The Enterprise PMO as a Business Organization (Series on Project Business Management and the PMO)
By Dennis Bolles and Darrel Hubbard (USA)
Why it’s time to ditch “what’s in it for me” (Series on Communicating Projects)
By Ann Pilkington (UK)
Effective Risk Facilitation: Understanding the Four P’s (Risk Doctor Briefing)
By Dr. David Hillson (UK)
Advisory Articles
When the Executor turns Manager
By Anil Seth and Prashant K Sinha (India)
Commentary Articles
Bullying at Work: An ethical and leadership dilemma for all Project Managers
By Paul Pelletier, LL.B, PMP (Canada)
The Commercial Imperative: Why knowledge and experience of leading risk management practices makes project management organisations more competitive in the market place
By Robert J Chapman PhD (UK)
Construction Industry, is it still possible to Innovate? The Case of Visual Management applied to EXPO 2015
By Ivan Calamani (Italy)
Case Studies
Investigating Strategic Alignment through Project Implementation – The Case of BMW i
By Amela Torkić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jeta Sahatqija (Kosovo), Konstantin Koehler (Austria/Germany), Katharina Machovsky (Germany
Second Editions
Examination of the Threshold for the To Complete Indexes
By Walt Lipke (USA)
Reports
New president of IPMA Italy; Project Excellence Assessor Training; megaprojects for Danieli and Saipem; $180 million EPC contract to Maire Technimont (Update on Projects and Project Management from Milan)
By Luca Cavone (Italy)
BIM Project Management; PMI Madrid Annual Event 2016 (Project Management report from Madrid)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)
Power Stakes; Transport Projects; Construction Projects & Reconstruction of Houses of Parliament (UK Project Management Round Up)
By Miles Shepherd (UK)
Book Reviews
The Emotional Intelligence Activity Kit (AMACOM)
By Adele B. Lynn & Janele R. Lynn (USA)
Reviewed by Nazanin Mehrooz (USA)
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results, 2nd Ed. (AMACOM)
By Anthony Mersino, PMP (USA)
Reviewed by Jennifer Arroyo (USA)
The Confidence Effect: Every Woman’s Guide to the Attitude That Attracts Success (AMACOM)
By Grace Killelea (USA)
Reviewed by Baninder Malik (India/USA)
News
People News
- Alexander Ehms completes Project Management Research Internship
- Kevin Kane Named VP Customer Strategy & Solutions at Dassian
- Giulia Gasparini completes Project Management Research Internship
- Dr. Timur Narbaev in Kazakhstan named International Academic Advisor for PM World
- Prof. Antonio Calabrese elected new President of IPMA Italy
Future Events
- Dr Imtiaz Sooliman to deliver keynote address at PMSA KZN Regional Conference
- 2016 Project Governance and Controls Symposium in Canberra
- 5th International Scientific Conference on Project Management in the Baltic States
- UMD Project Management Center for Excellence Announces Keynotes
- University of Maryland, Aviation Week Network Team Up for 2016 Project Management Symposium
- Registration Open for May 2016 University of Maryland Project Management Symposium
- Sea of Change with Project Management
Call for Papers
- Final Call for Papers for 10th Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in USA
- 5th International Scientific Conference on Project Management in the Baltic States
- 4th Mega-Projects Workshop: Theory meets Practice
Research News
- Alexander Ehms completes Project Management Research Internship
- Giulia Gasparini completes Project Management Research Internship
Education News
- Wideman Project Management Website updates announced
- 26 new works by 33 authors added to PM World Library
- Wideman Project Management Website updates announced for March 2016
- 23 new works by 27 authors added to PM World Library
- IPMA Project Excellence Training in the USA, April 10-12
Profession News
Publishing News
- Theory of Management of Large Complex Projects
- Project Management for Research: A Guide for Graduate Students
- Leading and Managing Innovation by Russ & Shane Archibald published by CRC Press
- Project Management ToolBox by Martinelli and Milosevic
- Organizations Waste an Average of US$122 Million per US$1 Billion Spent on Projects
Industry News
- Kevin Kane Named VP Customer Strategy & Solutions at Dassian
- Hill International Receives Contract to Support Construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline
- Arras People Project Management Benchmark Report 2016
- Organizations Waste an Average of US$122 Million per US$1 Billion Spent on Projects
News from Fascinating Projects & Programs
- Affordable Housing Project for the City of Tonawanda, NY
- NASA announces Globe-Spanning Expeditions in 2016
- LG Chem cancels $4 billion project in Kazakhstan
- European – Russian Mission to Mars launched from Kazakhstan
- American and Russian Astronauts return from historic one year mission in space
