PM World Today Editorial - December 2006
A Time for Celebration and Reflection:
A Look Back at the Year in PM
My favorite coffee cup is a souvenir from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, with the Apollo 13 mission emblem and motto “Failure is not an option!” I consider Apollo 13 to be NASA’s greatest accomplishment, when a mission changed in mid-course from a flight to the moon to returning the astronauts safely to Earth, against overwhelming odds. The ultimate success of the project was a tribute to the NASA team, to the experience and brilliance of project team members, and to the almost revolutionary process of applying “lessons learned” on-the-fly in order to solve the immediate life-threatening scope challenges. Needless to say, the celebration when the capsule reached Earth was historic at NASA, and shared by people around the world.
December is a month when many celebrate the end of another year, and gather with family and friends at offices, homes and places of worship. Project management professional associations and chapters often schedule parties or speakers with human interest topics, or conduct awards banquets or other celebrations. This is the season for celebration and remembrance.
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A Time for Celebration and Reflection: A Look Back at the Year in PM
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David L. Pells
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David L. Pells is the Managing Editor of PM World Today and www.pmforum.org. He is also the President and CEO of iWorld Projects & Systems, Inc., the parent company of pmforum.org. David is an internationally recognized leader in the field of professional project management, with over thirty years’ experience in project management related activities and positions. 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 is a former member of the board of directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), and was awarded PMI’s person of the year award in 1998 and Fellow Award in 1999.
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