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Volume XIV, Issue II – February 2025

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Welcome

Welcome to the February 2025 PMWJ
By David Pells, Managing Editor (USA)

Letters to the Editor

On Personnel Management
By Dr Kenneth Smith (The Philippines)

Interviews

Project Management is Important if We Want to Make the World a Better Place, Interview with Dr Vladimir Obradovic, VP Finance and Operations, IPMA
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

Interview with Americo Pinto, PMO Global Alliance Managing Director, Project Management Institute
 By Ipek Sahra Ozguler (Turkey)

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Featured Papers

Engineering Infrastructure and National Development: The Need for Cost Control
By Tobechi B. Ejekwu, PhD, Olabisi O. Ajiferuke, Kubiat-Sifon Thompson, Hammed Lawal (Nigeria)

Requirements Management and Project Lifecycle
By Pascal Bohulu Mabelo (South Africa)

Future-Proofing Project Networks: AI, Systems Thinking, and Adaptive Decision-Making
By Ali Hosseini (Turkey) and Dr. Mohsen Bahrami (Iran)

Perception of impact of internship programs amongst University students in Zambia
By Jagadheeswaran Krishnan (Zambia)

Entre Idea Value Storming Journey (EIVSJ) – The Transformation from Inspiration to Reward
By Dr. Dale S. Deardorff (USA)

Investigation of Project Schedule Management Challenges Underpinned by Process Approach
By Dr. Roman Titarenko (China) & Dr. Nuno Da Camara (UK)

Bridging Academic Rigor and Practical Strategy: A Project Management Framework for Doctoral Research
By Prof. Dr. M.F. HARAKE (France)

How Liberal Arts knowledge can assist Innovation Project Management
By Alberto Sulaiman, PhD and Darci Prado, PhD (Brazil)

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Series Articles

Transforming Rural Healthcare (IT, AI and Healthcare Project Management)
By Dr. Deepa Bhide (India)

Governmental Project Implementation System (Let’s Talk About Public Projects)
By Stanislaw Gasik, PhD (Poland)

Bridging Gaps in Project Ecosystems, Resilience in Project Business Pt. 2 (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)

Factors Relevant to Business Case Risk: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management)
By Martin Hopkinson (UK)

Integrating Sustainability and Regeneration into Benefits Management: A Holistic Approach for Project Success (Implementing BS202002: Benefits Management in Programs, Projects & Portfolios)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)

Mastering Project Dependencies: A Guide to Successful Project Delivery (From the Podcast: A summary of a recent Interview on The Project Management Podcast)
By Cornelius Fichtner (USA)

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Advisory Articles

Project Takeover
By Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun USA)

How to tell a proper project manager from a Gantt chart jockey (part 2)
By Yogi Schulz (Canada)

Slipped Schedules, Touch-Time, and Black Elephants!
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines/USA)

Business Management Competency and Formal Management Training
By Michael Marshall, PhD (USA)

Developing your Project Management skills through being a Volunteer
By Alfonso Bucero, PhD (Spain)

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Commentaries

The intelligences of the Project Manager: the key to innovative leadership
By Antonio Bassi (Switzerland)

The security of the UK’s undersea critical national infrastructure
By Dr Robert Chapman (UK)

Post-Pandemic Construction in Canada: Has Scope Creep Increased?
By Funke Folasade Fakunle (Canada)

New Technologies – that sounds interesting
By Tom Taylor (UK)

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Reports

After PMO unCon 2024, Istanbul
By Ipek Sahra Ozguler (Turkey)

Good News (4 SSEN projects), Project Plans (3 National Grid projects), Not So Good News, Keeping the Lights On, Road to Hell update, Other Project News, Sea Eagles and Floors (UK Project Management Roundup)
By Miles Shepherd, PhD (UK)

Updates about Association of Project Professionals Finland; PMI Finland Chapter; Kruunusillat [Crown Bridges] projects (Finland Project Management Roundup)
By Dr. Jouko Vaskimo (Finland)

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Book Reviews

The Ultimate Guide to RAID Log: The only tool you need to run any project
By Kim Essendrup
Reviewed by Dr Joshua Cunio (USA)

Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry: A World System Approach (Routledge)
By Adedeji B. Badiru and Samuel O. Osisanya
Reviewed by Chijioke Basil Oleru (USA)

The Essence of Leadership: Maintaining Emotional Independence in Situations Requiring Change (Routledge)
By Derek W. Anderson & Jaco J. Hamman
Reviewed by Christine E M Gwaze (USA & Zimbabwe)

Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: An Integrated Approach to Knowledge-based Evaluation (Routledge)
By Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk
Reviewed by Jan Urban Johansson, PMP (USA)

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Recent News

Tom Taylor appointed Honorary Industry Advisor in UK

Project Management Day of Service – 17 February, Washington, DC Area, USA

ASCE Honors Bob Prieto with Outstanding Projects and Leadership Award

APM Announces Upcoming Events in UK

Projects For a Better Future – APM Conference 2025, June in Coventry

College of Performance Management announces new President

New Report on Sustainability Outlooks for 2025 Released by Tunley Environmental

Australian Institute of Project Management Unveils Strategic Plan 2025-2030

Quantum Project Management

Agile Alliance® Joins Project Management Institute (PMI)

Dr Paul Chapman named OBE in New Year Honours

IPMA announces 34th World Congress in Berlin: 17-19 September 2025

Call for Papers for 13th IPMA Research Conference in Dubai – April 2025

9th IPMA SENET Project Management Conference in Kranjska Gora 6-7 February 2025

11th Annual D.C. Regional Project Management Day of Service