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The AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition, by Paul C. Dinsmore and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, editors, has been awarded the 2007 PMI David I. Cleland Literature Award. One of the most authoritative guides to project management in the world, The AMA Handbook of Project Management presents concepts and theories that all project managers must master. Now revised to reflect the accelerating pace of the current project management environment—as well as the most recent changes to the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—the book provides practical, how-to-do-it information on everything needed to succeed in the complex, constantly growing field of project management.

Paul C. Dinsmore is an international authority on project management and organizational change, with more than 30 years of experience as a project manager and educator. He is president of Dinsmore Associates, an international consulting and training firm based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was honored with PMI’s Distinguished Contributions Award as well as the prestigious Fellow Award by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Paul has authored, co-authored or edited 17 books on management and project-related topics. He is also a global advisor for PMForum and the project management eJournal PM World Today.

Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin (jcabanis-brewin@cbponline.com) is editor-in-chief of the Center for Business Practices, the research and publishing division of PM Solutions, a well known project management consulting and training firm based in Ohio, USA. A former editor and staff writer for PMI, Jeannette has authored or edited a wide variety of project management articles, books, reports and publications. She lives in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

The formal presentation of the 2007 PMI David I. Cleland Literature Award was made at the PMI® Global Congress 2007 – North America, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on Saturday afternoon, October 6, 2007. The PMI Global Congress North America is PMI’s largest event and one of the largest PM conferences in the world each year. Other PMI Global Congress are held annually in the Asia Pacific Region, Europe-Middle East-Africa Region, and in Latin America.

With 240,000+ members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional organization. PMI is actively engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of PM-related information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. PMI was founded in the USA in 1969, but is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.

We at PMForum want to congratulate Paul and Jeannette for their important contribution to the project management literature and profession, as evidenced by their winning this prestigious award. The AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition, was published by AMACOM in the USA in 2007. (ISBN 0-8144-7271-0) For more information or to purchase the book, visit
http://www.amanet.org/books/catalog/0814472710.htm or
http://www.cbponline.com.

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