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2008
May
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The Application of Success Probabilities, Success Driven Project Management/SDPM, and Some Critical Chain Concepts to the Oil & Gas Industry in Brazil
(pdf file 448 KB)
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
(pdf file 261 KB)
By Robert Prieto -
Storey’s Gate
Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 21
(pdf file 267 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
Catapulting Productivity with IT Project Management and Corporate Governance
(pdf file 166 KB)
By Jim Miller -
Adaptive Project Management
(pdf file 161 KB)
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
(pdf file 448 KB)
By Alexandre Rodrigues, PhD, Prof., Eng., PMP
April
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Evolution of Owners Role Under Program Management
(pdf file 123 KB)
By Robert Prieto -
RAF Fighter Command
Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 20
(pdf file 645 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
SIX SIGMA vs. PMBOK Complementary and Mutually Supporting
Methodologies for Handling Projects
(pdf file 126 KB)
By TD Jainendrukumar -
Martial Arts: The Essence of Project Management
(pdf file 265 KB)
By Quang Ton
March
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Managing Complex Projects Is Not a Simple Matter
(pdf file 114 KB)
By Kathleen B. Hass -
Creating Project-Based Organizations to Deliver Value
(pdf file 292 KB)
By Michel Thiry -
Creating Intelligence and Knowledge
Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 19
(pdf file 220 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
Contemporary Aspects of Critical-Path Planning and Scheduling
(pdf file 97 KB)
By Earl Glenwright
February
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Napoleon's Six Winning Principles
(pdf file 109 KB)
By Jerry Manas -
Project Management in China
(pdf file 137 KB)
By Professor Hubert Vaughan -
The "Fighter" Supply-Chain
Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 18
(pdf file 233 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland
January
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A Sustainability Checklist for Project Managers
(pdf file 104 KB)
By Tom Taylor -
Value Delivery in Systems Engineering
(pdf file 503 KB)
By Tom Gilb -
Churchill’s Team - Beaverbrook
(pdf file 248 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
The Project/Program Management Office
(pdf file 129 KB)
By DT Jainendrakumar
2007
December
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UPMM – A Full Model for Portfolio Management
(pdf file 225 KB)
By StanisLaw Gasik -
Churchill's Team - Churchill the Agile Project Manager - Part 16
(pdf file 175 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
Why do Developers contribute to Open Source?
(pdf file 91 KB)
By Bas De BaaR
November
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Churchill Stiffens Resolve - Churchill the Agile Project Manager -
(Part 15 in a Series)
(pdf file 296 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
Why Agile Popped Up on the Radar When it Did
(pdf file 99 KB)
By Bas De Baar
October
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Time Is Up: Assessing Schedule Performance with Earned Value
(pdf file 262k)
By Robert Van De Velde -
Wave Planning
(pdf file 1.9MB)
By Dr David Dombkins -
Critical Success Factors for International Projects
(pdf file 190k)
By Sue Freedman, Ph.D. and Lothar Katz -
Product Centric Project Management: The Missing Link to Business Results
(pdf file 156 KB)
By Curt Raschke, PhD, PMP -
Churchill Personally communicates - Churchill the Agile Project Manager -
(Part 14 in a Series)
(pdf file 234 KB)
By Mark Kozak-Holland -
How Male Machismo Shaped Project Management
(pdf file 160 KB)
By Bas De Baar
September
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Linking Strategy, Leadership and Organization Culture for Project Success
(pdf file 191k)
By Lawrence Suda -
The Project Manager’s Role as an interface Between Business Centers, I/T Infrastructure and Corporate Governance
(pdf file 182k)
By GarretT W. haggerty -
Rethinking the Risk Management Process: The Reasoning and the Impact
(pdf file 186k)
By Rebecca A. Winston -
Tip-Toeing into Agile Project Management (Can you get your feet wet without Drowning?)
(pdf file 165 KB)
By Roy Pool -
Churchill’s Communication Plan - Churchill the Agile Project Manager -
(Part 13 in a Series)
By Mark Kozak-Holland
August
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Program Management: A Framework for Collaboration
(pdf file 180k)
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
(pdf file 72k)
By David L. Pells
(presented at 1st annual utd pm conference in dallas, tx) -
CPO: The Keystone to a Successful Portfolio Governance Culture
(pdf file 300k)
By A Matt Piazza
(presented at 1st annual utd pm conference in dallas, tx) -
Linking Strategy, Leadership and Organization Culture for Project Success
(pdf file 1.3 MB)
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 of a series)
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 of a Series) 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 the Agile Project Manager (Part 10) Churchill lays out a strategy with short/long term objectives 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 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
- Churchill the Agile Project Manager (Part 9) Aftermath of Dunkirk By Mark Kozak-Holland
February
- The Strategic Role of Project Management By Don J. Wessels
- Conquering Complexity with Program Management (Part 2 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
- Churchill the Agile Project Manager (Part 8) Out of the Jaws of Defeat By Mark Kozak-Holland
January
- Program Management to Improve Business Results (Introduction to a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
- Program Management: It’s About the Business!(Part 1 of a Series) By Russ Martinelli and Jim Waddell
- Churchill the Agile PM - Last Gasp Effort (Part 7) By Mark Kozak-Holland
2006
December
- Measuring for Maturity in Process Improvement Using DataDrill EXPRESS by Peter Baxter
- Churchill the PM - (Part 6) Churchill Assesses the Problems 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 the Project Manager (Part 5) by Mark Kozak-Holland
September
- Churchill the Project Manager (Part 4) by Mark Kozak-Holland
- Putting Your PMO Into Overdrive by Terry Doescher
August
- Churchill the 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 the Project Manager (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 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