WELCOME
By David Pells
Managing Editor
Addison, Texas, USA
Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the PM World Journal (PMWJ), our 162nd monthly edition. This month’s PMWJ is another diverse and interesting edition, with 30 new works by 46 different authors representing 13 different countries. The new editions this month bring our totals to 5,652 works by 2,237 different authors representing 90+ countries published in the PMWJ to date and soon to be archived in the PM World Library.
This month in the Journal
Two very good Interviews are included this month, courtesy of PMWJ correspondents Yasmina Khelifi in Paris and João do Carmo in São Paulo. Yasmina has interviewed Anna Ladipo, Director of the Project Management Program in the Executive Education department at the University of Texas at Dallas. I work closely with Anna during their annual project management symposium and now their virtual one-day PM conference. Anna is brilliant! I’m sure you will enjoy seeing what she has to say.
João’s interview is with a major figure in the history of professional PM in Brazil, João Carlos Boyadjian, co-founder of the PMI São Paulo Chapter, the Largest PMI chapter in Latin America. I was delighted to see this interview, as I met Joao Boyadjian nearly 30 years ago on my first visit to Brazil. I also knew some of the other people mentioned in the interview who were instrumental during the launch of formal PM professional organizations in Brazil in the 1970s and 80s. So I knew some of the history of PM in Brazil; for those who don’t, please read this fascinating story.
Sevan Featured Papers are included this month, by authors and author teams in four different countries. These good papers are a mix of academic and professional research, by professors, graduate students and very senior project management practitioners. The topics vary from directly to indirectly related to program and project management. Rather than mention all of the titles and authors, I want to remind you that these are substantial works representing many hours of research and writing. So please review the titles and summaries and read one or two. All are well written, several are fascinating and Bob Prieto’s paper breaks absolutely new ground.
Three Peer Reviewed Papers were approved for publication this month. This is an exciting development; we are receiving more papers for peer review each month now, a few require two or three reviews, but our process is working. We are not in the business of rejecting papers; rather we want to help post-graduate students and those early in their academic careers improve their presentation and writing skills. In other words, we try to help these authors get to publication.
Three authors of peer reviewed papers this month are an academic team in Nigeria, two co-authors are academics at Arizona State University in the USA, and one is from Ethiopia. Their paper topics are valid; we think they have practitioner value so please take a look at their work. We have a dozen more in the pipeline, but will welcome more. So if you want or need to have a research paper peer reviewed, please consider sending me a manuscript. First results should be returned within two weeks, very fast turnaround for peer reviewed journals.
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How to cite this work: Pells, D.L. (2026). Welcome to the March 2026 PMWJ; PM World Journal, Vol. XV, Issue III, March. Available online at https://pmworldjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pmwj162-Mar2026-Pells-Welcome-to-the-March-2026-pmwj.pdf
About the Author
David L. Pells
Managing Editor, PMWJ
Managing Director, PMWL
David L. Pells, PMI Fellow, HonFAPM, ISIPM, PMA is Managing Editor and publisher of the PM World Journal (www.pmworldjournal.com) and Managing Director of the PM World Library (www.pmworldlibrary.net). David is an internationally recognized leader in the field of professional project management with more than 40 years of experience on a variety of programs and projects, including engineering, construction, energy, defense, transit, technology and nuclear security, and project sizes ranging from thousands to billions of dollars. In recent years, he has served as a senior program management advisor for two major U.S. National Security programs.
David Pells has been an active professional leader in the United States since the 1980s, as founder and president of several PMI chapters, founder of PMI’s first SIG (Project Earth), and member of the PMI board of directors twice. He was founder and chair of the Global Project Management Forum (1995-2000), an annual meeting of leaders of PM associations from around the world. David was awarded PMI’s Person of the Year award in 1998 and Fellow Award, PMI’s highest honor, in 1999. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK; the Instituto Italiano di Project Management (ISIMP) in Italy; and Project Management Associates (PMA) in India.
Former managing editor of PM World Today, he is the creator, editor and publisher of the PM World Journal (ISSN: 2330-4880). David has a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and an MBA from Idaho State University in the USA. He has published widely and spoken at conferences and events worldwide. David lives near Dallas, Texas and can be contacted at editor@pmworldjournal.com.
To see other works by David Pells, visit his author showcase in the PM World Library at http://pmworldlibrary.net/authors/david-l-pells/
