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Welcome
Welcome to the November 2025 PMWJ
By David Pells, Managing Editor (USA)
Letters to the Editor
On Cultural Paradigms
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)
Thank you
By Darcy Prado (Brazil)
Interviews
The Strategic Horizon: How PMOs Are Expanding Their Role in a Complex World; An exclusive interview with co-authors of The Evolution of the PMO: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer – Part 8
By Aina Aliiva (Canada/Ukraine)
Project managers should learn and creatively use various ways of managing over a project life cycle, Interview with Professor Shankar Sankaran, PhD, Professor of Organisational Project Management, UT Sydney (Australia)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)
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Peer Reviewed Papers
Delivering Fast, Managing Smart: How Flexibility, Uncertainty and Complexity Shape Project Speed
By Youcef J-T. Zidane (Algeria)
Featured Papers
Managing Uncertainty in Large Complex Projects
By Bob Prieto (USA)
Refinery Project Database Automation through Standardized Multidimensional WBS: A Bidding Template Approach for EPC Project
By Alvin Murad Rachmadsyah (Indonesia)
Factors Influencing Cost of Construction Project Delivery in Rivers State, Nigeria
By Godson Kelechi and Nwogu Prince Chinemerem (Nigeria)
Flow vs. Cascaded Pressure Control in Multi-Train Sulfur Recovery Units of Jafurah Project
By Nasser Mohammed Altamimi (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
The Impact of Project Management and the Development of Management Sciences
By Prof. Dr. M.F. Harake (France)
PM Oversight in Mega-Projects: Lessons from Column Trays Installation
By Mazen A. Alghamdi and Yousef M. Hassan (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
AI to support the Project Manager: A two-year-long benchmark for USA champions
By Federico Minelle, Franco Stolfi, Roberto Di Gioacchino (Italy)
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Series Articles
Maturity Evolution: The ‘Discontinuity’ Factor (Lessons Learned from the PMMM Research Series)
By Darci Prado, PhD (Brazil)
Ecosystems in Project Business (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)
Wellbeing in project teams: Boosting productivity and profitability through human-centric approaches (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)
Knowledge – The most important resource for projects (Let’s Talk About Public Projects)
By Stanislaw Gasik, PhD (Poland)
Be Kinder to Yourself (Making a Modern Project Manager)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)
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Advisory Articles
Evaluating in the Program/Project Environment: Guidelines for External Evaluators
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines/USA)
Rolling Wave Planning: How to Plan Fuzzy Projects
By Jeff Oltmann (USA)
Bridging the Gap: How Process Thinking Elevates Project Management
By Madison Lundquist (USA)
The Growth of Proactive Project Management Leadership
By Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun (USA)
From Outputs to Impact: Building a Results-Oriented Project Management Culture
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)
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Commentaries
How to become a better Big Game Risk hunter
By Gareth Pugsley (UK)
Personal Stories
Recollections and reflections on some early developments in project management in Australia
By Alan Stretton (Australia)
Reports
The Relationship Between Project Management and Contract Administration in Engineering & Construction in Brazil (Project Management Update from São Paulo)
By Mauricio Lopes (Brazil)
Project management under sail: When a change of course still leads to the goal (Project Management Update from Germany)
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)
Updates about Association of Project Professionals Finland; PMI Finland Chapter; Kruunusillat [Crown Bridges] projects, Hailuoto Causeway Project (Finland Project Management Roundup)
By Dr. Jouko Vaskimo (Finland)
The PMI Madrid Chapter will celebrate the Project Management International Day on November 6th, 2025, in Madrid (Project Management Update from Madrid)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)
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Book Reviews
Project Management Multiplicity: Current Trends (Samfunds Litteratur)
By Jan Pries-Heje (Sweden)
Reviewed by Christine Evelyn Gwaze, PMP (USA)
Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme (Wiley)
By Robert K. Wysocki (USA)
Reviewed by Maryam Khosravi (USA)
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Recent News
Call for Papers for 18th UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
Opportunities to Participate in 3 major Make in India Project Management Initiatives
Powered by Projects: Leading Your Organization in the Transformation Age
New Project Management AI Handbook by Kodukula & Vinueza Published
Project Forum to Unite Project Management Professionals and Sponsors in London – April 2026
PMexpo 2025: Italy’s Largest Project Management Event Returns to Rome, 14 November 2025
AIPM 2025 Project Management Achievement Awards Winners Announced
PMI Global Summit: MORE Together, Advancing the Project Management Profession
22nd KM FEST 2025 – Global Knowledge Management Festival – 19-20 November (zoom)
