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2008

September

• Evolving Nature of Program Risks in the Engineering
  & Construction Industry
  By Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation

• Marketing of Project Management in an
  Oil-Rich Developing Country
  By O. Chima Okereke, PhD

• Estimation: The Politics of Program Management
  By Ashwin Amin

• Series Wrap up (1 of 2) -
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 25
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

August

• Project Managers in a Futuristic Environment
  By Dean Kashiwagi, Professor, PBSRG, Arizona State University
  Marie Sullivan and Jacob Kashiwagi, Graduate Researchers, Arizona State University, Kenneth T. Sullivan Asst. Professor, PBSRG, Arizona State U

• Virtual Public Administration: Improving Public Administration Procedures through Project Management
  By Georgios T. Kapogiannis, Yiannis E. Polychronakis, and Nikostratos E. Polychronakis

• Gaining Competitive Advantage with Program Management
  By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell

• Historical Events of september 1940
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 24
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

July

• Personal Perspective: Program Management and Events of Scale
  By Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation

• Certification of PM competences in the Mediterranean area
  By Gilles Caupin

• Requirements for assessing the managerial capability of organizations implementing projects of public interest –
  the Greek Standard ELOT-1429
  By P. Fitsilis, K. Kirytopoulos, V. Leopoulos,
  J.P. Pantouvakis & I. Saridakis

• Enhancing Vocational Language Skills and Working Culture Awareness of European Construction Professionals
  By By The ELVAC Group
  E. Oral, P.M. Rogerson-Revell, J.P. Pantouvakis,
  M. Maier, M. Oral, Arzu kilic, G. Mistikogl
  u, E. Erds & O. Mistikogl

• Historical Events of August 1940
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 23
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

June

• Public Private Partnerships: The New Infrastructure Mega-Projects
  By Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation

• Where to look when Requirements do not Exist in today’s Software projects
  By Prof. Hubert Vaughan

• I T - Project and Program Management-Best Practices (An overview of Project life cycle phases & PM process groups)
  By TD Jainendrakumar

• Extreme Programming for Better Results on Software Development Projects
  By Aleksandr Tarabykin

• Historical Events of June and July 1940
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 22
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

May

• The Application of Success Probabilities, Success Driven Project Management/SDPM, and Some Critical Chain Concepts to the Oil & Gas Industry in Brazil
  By Russell Archibald, Principal, Archibald Associates, USA
  Vladimir Liberzon, General Director, Spider Project Team, Russia
  Peter Berndt de Souza Mello, Director, X25 Treinamento e Consultoria, Brazil
  Presented at the PMI College of Scheduling 5th Annual Conference Scheduling: The Winds of Change
  May 4-7, 2008 Chicago, IL USA

• Foundations, Frameworks & Lessons Learned in Program Management
  By Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation

• Storey’s Gate
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 21
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Catapulting Productivity with IT Project Management and Corporate Governance
  By Jim Miller

• Adaptive Project Management
  By Lev Virine, Ph.D.

• The trend of Earned Value Management as a Cross-Industry Best Practice: Conclusions and Lessons Learned From Real-Life Implementations
  By Alexandre Rodrigues, PhD, Prof., Eng., PMP

April

• Evolution of Owners Role Under Program Management
  By Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation

• RAF Fighter Command
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 20
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• SIX SIGMA vs. PMBOK Complementary and Mutually Supporting
  Methodologies for Handling Projects
  By TD Jainendrukumar

• Martial Arts: The Essence of Project Management
  By Quang Ton

March

• Managing Complex Projects Is Not a Simple Matter
  By Kathleen B. Hass

• Creating Project-Based Organizations to Deliver Value
  By Michel Thiry

• Creating Intelligence and Knowledge
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 19
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Contemporary Aspects of Critical-Path Planning and Scheduling
  By Earl Glenwright

February

• Napoleon's Six Winning Principles
  By Jerry Manas

• Project Management in China
  By Professor Hubert Vaughan

• The "Fighter" Supply-Chain
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 18
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

January

• A Sustainability Checklist for Project Managers
  By Tom Taylor

• Value Delivery in Systems Engineering
  By Tom Gilb

• Churchill’s Team - Beaverbrook
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 17
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• The Project/Program Management Office
  By DT Jainendrakumar

2007

December

• UPMM – A Full Model for Portfolio Management
  By StanisLaw Gasik

• Churchill's Team - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 16
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Why do Developers contribute to Open Source?
  By Bas De BaaR

November

• Churchill Stiffens Resolve - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 15
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Why Agile Popped Up on the Radar When it Did
  By Bas De Baar

October

• Time Is Up: Assessing Schedule Performance with Earned Value
  By Robert Van De Velde

• Wave Planning
  By Dr David Dombkins

• Critical Success Factors for International Projects
  By Sue Freedman, Ph.D. and Lothar Katz

• Product Centric Project Management: The Missing Link to Business Results
  By Curt Raschke, PhD, PMP

• Churchill Personally communicates - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 14
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• How Male Machismo Shaped Project Management
  By Bas De Baar

September

• Linking Strategy, Leadership and Organization Culture for Project Success
  By Lawrence Suda

• The Project Manager’s Role as an interface Between Business Centers, I/T Infrastructure and Corporate Governance
  By GarretT W. haggerty

• Rethinking the Risk Management Process: The Reasoning and the Impact
  By Rebecca A. Winston

• Tip-Toeing into Agile Project Management (Can you get your feet wet without Drowning?)
  By Roy Pool

• Churchill’s Communication Plan - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 13
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

August

• Program Management: A Framework for Collaboration
  By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
  (presented at 1st annual utd pm conference in dallas, tx)

• Expert Advisory Panels for Project Management Governance and Oversight
  By David L. Pells
  (presented at 1st annual utd pm conference in dallas, tx)

• CPO: The Keystone to a Successful Portfolio Governance Culture
  By A Matt Piazza
  (presented at 1st annual utd pm conference in dallas, tx)

• Linking Strategy, Leadership and Organization Culture for Project Success
  By Lawrence Suda
  (presented at 1st annual utd pm conference in dallas, tx)

• Churchill’s Choices of What to Do (designs a solution)
  Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 12
  By Mark Kozak-Holland

• Introducing the Project Complexity Model - A New Approach to Diagnosing and Managing Projects (Part 2 of 2)
  By Kathleen B. Hass, PMP
  
• Competencies Changing Corporation Fortunes
  By Professor A. Jaafari, ME, MSc, PhD, CPEng, FIEA
  
• Project Management Challenges and Best Practices for Enterprise Packaged Applications By Kunal Verma, PMP

July

• Project Lessons from the Great Escape - Stalag Luft II - Part 1 By Mark Kozak-Holland
• Managing Programs to Success: Key Program Management Tools (Part 6 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Bridging the Academic and Business Worlds By Professor A. Jaafari, ME, MSc, PhD, CPEng, FIEA
• Human Resource Management in a Project by Sujit Mishra
• Introducing the Project Complexity Model - A New Approach to Diagnosing and Managing Projects (Part 1 of 2) By Kathleen B. Hass, PMP
• When Uncertainties Become Assumptions in Governmental Planning By Rebecca A. Winston and Pramod Mallick

June

• Churchill Sets up a Governance Framework – Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 11 of a Series By Mark Kozak-Holland
• Managing Programs to Success: Key Program Management Metrics (Part 7 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Online Project Diagnostics: A Tool for Management of Project Complexities By Professor A. Jaafari, ME, MSc, PhD, CPEng, FIEA
• To Take Away Traditional Processes (Translated from Spanish by PM World Today and PMF correspondent Ana Maria Rodriguez)
• Levvantar Los Procesos Traditionales Translated from Spanish by PM World Today and PMF correspondent Ana Maria Rodriguez
• Taking OPM3 to the Next Level By John Schlichter

May

• Managing Programs to Success: Key Program Management Processes (Part 5 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Activity Based Costing (ABC) - The Other Side of the Earned Value Coin? By Paul Giammalvo
• Overcoming Common Pitfalls in EPM Systems Implementations - Beyond the Technical Execution By Francis D. Wega

April

• Power, Politics and Program Management (Part 4 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Churchill lays out a strategy with short/long term objectives - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 10 By Mark Kozak-Holland
• Earned Value-A Leading Indication of Clean Governance? By Paul Giammalvo
• Effective Software Sizing By Dan Galorath
• ngredients to a Successful Project Team, The 4Fs By Donald A. Pillitere

March

• The Program Management Maturity Model (TM): A Framework for Change - Part 3 By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Aftermath of Dunkirk - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 9 By Mark Kozak-Holland

February

• The Strategic Role of Project Management By Don J. Wessels
• Conquering Complexity with Program Management - Part 2 By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Out of the Jaws of Defeat - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 8 By Mark Kozak-Holland

January

• Program Management to Improve Business Results - Introduction to Series By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Program Management: It’s About the Business! - Part 1 By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Last Gasp Effort - Churchill the Agile PM - Part 7 By Mark Kozak-Holland

2006

December

• Measuring for Maturity in Process Improvement Using DataDrill EXPRESS by Peter Baxter
• Churchill Assesses the Problems - Churchill the agile PM - Part 6 by Mark Kozak-Holland
• How SOX Affects Payroll Professionals by Curt Finch
• Project Management Benchmarking for Measuring Capability within the Organisation by Laurence Nicholson
• Balancing Design Costs in EPC Projects: In-Office Design vs. The Site Engineering Adjustments by Florin Gheorghiu

November

• The Changing Face of Today’s PMO by Terry Doerscher
• DCAA – What is it? How Can You Comply? by Curt Finch

October

• Using Stakeholder Analysis in Software Project Management by Bas de Baar
• "Don't Buy Any Green Bananas!" by Rob Zanfardino
• Cyclic Stochastic Alternative Network Models for Project Management by Vladimir I. Voropayev and Yan D. Gelrud
• Why Companies Fail On the Way to Implementing Project Management Methodology by Florin Gheorghiu, PMP
• Churchill becomes pm - churchill the agile Project Manager - Part 5 by Mark Kozak-Holland

September

• Changing face of war Sep 1939 - May 1940 - Churchill the agile Project Manager - Part 4 by Mark Kozak-Holland
• Putting Your PMO Into Overdrive by Terry Doescher

August

• Background: the years before September 1939 - Churchill the agile Project Manager - Part 3 by Mark Kozak-Holland
• Project Management South of the Border - A U.S. Project Managers Perspective on Cultural Differences Affecting Projects in Mexico by David C. Fleming
• The Price is Right by Rob Zanfardino
• Start With "Simple" Earned Value On All Your Projectss by Quentin W. Fleming and Joel M. Koppelman (reprint)

June

• Planning, Scheduling and Controlling the Efforts of Knowledge Workers by Russ Archibald
• Adapt to Change. Adopt Profitability by Victor Siegle
• Projects without Borders: Gathering Requirements on a Multi-Cultural Project by Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson
• Managing Project Risk – The Easy Way by Curt Finch
• Manage Your “PMP Exam Study” Project by James Brown

May

• A Brief History of Scheduling by Patrick Weaver
• “Does Yer Dewg Bite?” Be It the Customer or Your Manager, Only If You Let Them by Rob Zanfardino
• Tracking Employee Time: It's Not Just For Payroll Anymore by Curt Finch
• The Desktop is Dead: the Fourth Wave of Business Applications by Chris Lynch
• Aligning Project Delivery for Success in a Program Management Environment by Jean Brittingham
• Blueprint for a Project Management Office by Eduardo Miranda

April

• “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” An Unbalanced Equation: Separating Facts from Fiction and Feelings by Rob Zanfardino
• The PMO: What Is It Really Managing? by Michel Thiry
• 10 Lessons in Guerilla Tactics of Project Management by Matthias Gelbmann
• The Project Status Meeting and How It Could Go by Nels Hoenig and Susan Snedaker
• Churchill, his background and qualifications for becoming a PM - Churchill the agile PM - part 2 by Mark Kozak-Holland
• Project Management as a Core Competency by Bob Youker

March

• Strategic Project Management: From Maturity Model to Star Project Leadership by Sebastian Green
• Managing Change Related Behavior within Business Transformation Projects by Laurence Nicholson
• The Benefits of the Software-as-a-Service Model by Curt Finch
• So, What Is Project Management? by Ron Rosenhead

February

• The Third Wave – A New Management Paradigm for Project and Program Management by Vladimir Mikheev and David Pells
• The Softer Side to PMO Implementation by Laurence Nicholson
• Project Success; Looking Outside Traditional Project Metrics by Brian Willard

January

• Churchill the agile PM - Part 1 by Mark Kozak-Holland
• The Future of Project Management Software - Probably! by Curt Finch
• Resource Capability Relevance Index by R G Rajiv
• The Benefits of Packaged Integration Applications by Warren Utt
• A Genie in a Bottle by Robert Zanfardino

2005

• The Future of Scheduling? Scheduling Has No Future! By Murray Woolf
• Multi Project Management (MPM) at Project-based Companies by Hiroshi Tanaka
• Difficulties in Selling Project Management to Businesses by Laurence Nicholson
• Accurate Project Costs -- How to Obtain Them, Improve Estimates With Them and Dramatically Increase Your Effectiveness by Knowing Them by Curt Finch
• PMBOK® Guide Third Edition: An Analysis by Muhamed Abdomerovic
• The Danger of Failing to Manage Risk in Projects by Laurence J. Nicholson
• Cooperative Competency as an Input Factor for Project Success by Dr. Bob Hunt and Richard Stejer
• Project Management: Using Data to Increase Profitability and Reduce Risks by Curt Finch
• What Do You Do Around Here? by Rob Zanfardino
• Negotiation success requires planning by Michael Lee Smith
• What CEOs Must Demand To Compete and Collaborate in 2005 – Part 3 by Russ Archibald
• The Value Proposition of Outsourcing PMO Activities within Project Driven Organisations by Laurence Nicholson
• New PMP Exam Scoring, Eligibility Criteria, and Credentialing Process Announced by PMI by Walter Wawruck
• PMP ASAP! by Abby Herriman
• Maria and the Asp - A Study in Risk Management by Rob Zanfardino
• Five Facets of Successful Business Analysis by Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson
• What CEOs Must Demand To Compete and Collaborate in 2005 - Part 2 by Russ Archibald
• Project Management: Saving Time and Saving Money by Curt Finch
• How to Gather Business Requirements & Build Trust by Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson
• The Black Pen Concept by Robert J. Zanfardino
• Inexpensive Project Management Tools by Andy McDonald
• What CEOs Must Demand To Compete and Collaborate in 2005 – Part 1 by Russ Archibald
• The Changing Landscape of Project Management by Hiroshi Tanaka
• Best Practices: An Administrative Checklist For a Multi-Organization Project Structure by Dana Knop
• Effective People Management in Global Industry – An Overview by Sujit Mishra
• Project Levers and Gauges by Stacy Goff
• Program Management - Article 6: Aligning Program Management to Business Strategy by Russell Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Opportunities for Professional Development in Acquisition Management by J. Davidson Frame
• Just-In-Time Training by Bryan R. McConachy, Cynthia A. Caine
• Successful Innovation Management by Edward Fern and Vladimir Liberzon

2004

• Project Management Certification at the CIA by Michael O'Brochta
• The State Of The Art in Project Management 2003 - Part 1 by Russell Archibald
• The Psychological Contract: The Ticket to Enjoying One's Work by Harvey Levine
• Program Management - Article 1: The Program Strike Zone: Beyond the Bounding Box by Russell Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• The State Of The Art in Project Management 2003 - Part 2 by Russell Archibald
• What is Culture in Organizations? by Robert Youker
• Program Management: Understanding the Difference Article 2 by Russell Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• The State Of The Art in Project Management 2003 - Part 3: PM and People by Russell Archibald
• Identifying Best Practices in IT Project Management by Yongxue Cai, Sunny Ghali, Michael Giannelia, Aaron Hughes, Adam Johnson and Tony Khoo
• Program Management - Article 3: Achieving Common Leadership and Infrastructure through the Program Management Office by Russell Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• The State Of The Art in Project Management 2003 - Part 4: Project Management in the Next Five Years by Russell Archibald
• Project Manager: The Competent Professional by Lew Ireland
• Program Management Article 4: Managing Program Risk by Russell Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Integrated Project Management and System Engineering by Glen Alleman
• The Project Managers Guide to Use Cases by Elizabeth and Richard Larson
• Program Management: Program Manager Roles, Responsibilities and Core Competencies - Article 5 by Russell Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Knowledge Traps in IT Projects by Professor Blaize Horner Reich

2003

• Earned Value ... the concept...the requirements.. the rewards by Quentin Fleming
• PM Knowledge: The Three Competencies by Judy Hallstrom
• How Earned Value Got to Primetime A Short Look Back and Glance Ahead by Wayne Abba
• Applying Earned Value Concepts to Commercial IT Projects: A Practical Approach by Kym Henderson
• Achieving Organizational Strategies through Projects: An Introduction to the Emerging PMI Organizational Project Management Maturity Model by John Schlichter
• Organizational Alternatives for Project Managers by Robert Youker
• Commonalities and Differences in Project Management by Russell Archibald and Vladimir Voropaev
• Contracting for IS/IT Software Services in the Public Sector by Max Wideman
• The History of OPM3™ by John Schlichter
• Implementing Enterprise Project Management by Mark Damberg
• Top 10 Ways Software Projects are Different by James Bullock
• Program Management: Linking Business Strategy to Product and IT Development by Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
• Taming the Fuzzy Front End by Russ Martinelli
• The Information Needs of Managers by Peter C. Baxter
• Project Portfolio Management by Roland Gareis
• IT Management and Governance by David Hurwitz
• Max Wideman Comments on James Bullock's Paper "Software is Different?"
• The Nature of International Development Projects by Robert Youker

2002

• Killing the False Gods of Project Management by Professor Christophe Bredillet
• Improving PM: Linking Success Criteria to Project Type by Max Wideman & Aaron Shanhar
• A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 1996 vs 2000 What's Changed? by Bill Duncan
• Are your mechanics doing the racecar driving? by Chris Clucas
• The PM Blame Trap - Doing Something Useful by Gillian Birkby
• Project Management Success Criteria by Robert Youker
• A Long Term View of Project Management Its Past and Likely Future by Dr. Martin Barnes
• Comparing PRINCE2 with PMI's PMBOK® by Max Wideman
• Portfolio Management – Proving Corporate Accountability by The Business Report Card
  How Does your Organization Take Care of Strategic Assets? by Rose Blackburn
• Duties and Standing of the IPMA National Assessor by Klaus Pannenbaker
• Beyond PMP: Advanced PM Certification by Kevin Aguanno

2001

• Business Needs Programs to Implement Strategy by Kate Belzer
• Project Management Still More Art Than Science by Kate Belzer
• The Program Office - A Business Results Enabler by Kate Belzer
• Making Project Management Work: A Critical Assessment of the Key Elements of Successful Project Management by Jody Bullen
• The Four P's Of Project Management by Eric Jenett
• Project management & business development: Integrating strategy, structure, processes and projects by AP Van Der Merwe
• A systematic vision to face the challenges that the projects of a new era imply
  by Cristian Fredy Riviere
• It's not about project management...it's about project leadership by Damian Artt
• E-Efficiency - On Cyberlaw by Gillian Birkby

2000

• Globalization of The International Project Management Association
• The Creative Breakdown Structure by Olaf Diegel
• First Principles of Project Management by Max Wideman
• Watch Out For a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
• The Path To Cybernance© by Mark Seely, Quang Duong, Rick Trites
• On Critical Chain Project Management
• Does Your Company Need a CPO? by Harvey A. Levine
• International Development Project Management by Mark Austin
• What CEOs Must Demand To Achieve Effective Project Management by Russell D. Archibald
• Current and Future Trends in the Education of Project Managers by J Rodney Turner
• Economic development, social spending and project management by Andre Philip van der Merwe
• Optimizing Project Success by Matching PM Style with Project Type by Dr. A. J. Shenhar and R. Max Wideman
• On Configuration Management and Program Management by David Lyon

1999

• Defining PM Knowledge as a Basis for Global Communications, Learning and Professionalism by R. Max Wideman
• Measuring Project Procurement Management Performance in the Public Sector by M. Seely and Q. Duong
• Body Building by Peter W. G. Morris
• Linear Responsibility Charts by BP-LRC© with Tasks listed by Project Phase by Max Wideman
• Is Project Management A Profession? by Professor J Rodney Turner
• Fundamental Principles of Project Management by Max Wideman
• A Project Management Vocational Model by Andre Van Der Merwe
• A Report of Workshop "Towards a Global Body of Project Management Knowledge"

1998

• Globalization of the Project Management Profession by David Curling
• On the Quantitative Value of Project Management by Rodney Turner
• Global Tides of Change by David Pells
• International Performance Management Council Government to Government Cooperation: A Working Model by Wayne Abba

 

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