WELCOME
By David Pells
Managing Editor
Addison, Texas, USA
Welcome to the October 2025 edition of the PM World Journal (PMWJ), our 157th monthly edition. This month’s PMWJ is another very full, diverse and interesting edition, with 38 new works by 47 different authors representing 18 different countries. The new additions this month bring our totals to 5,634 works by 2,184 different authors representing 90+ countries published in the PMWJ to date and archived in the PM World Library.
Introduction
Perhaps some of you have noticed that the PMWJ seems to be getting bigger, with many works and authors included each month. It also seems to be getting harder for me to publish the journal very early in the month. Weekends and holidays don’t help, but maybe it’s all for the better. We also seem to have more readers each month, so the PMWJ is growing from both perspectives, not such a bad thing. It also seems that our new peer review process is working, with five peer reviewed papers included this month and several more in the pipeline. Of significance, at least to me, is that several authors who have had to revise their papers based on reviewer comments have thanked us for the useful suggestions and subsequent improvements in their papers.
That said, we would welcome more research papers to be peer reviewed. So, if you are a graduate or post-graduate student or an academic researcher who would like to have your paper both rigorously and rapidly reviewed (two weeks for first review), then published as soon as possible after finalization, please consider submitting it to us. We would also welcome a few more reviewers. If you have completed your doctoral or PhD degree, or are a very experienced professional leader, who has experience with both completing a peer review process and especially have experience reviewing academic papers, please consider participating. We are seeking qualified reviewers who will commit to reviewing one or two papers (or more if you are so inclined) over the next year. We have already assembled an outstanding Peer Review Panel, which can be viewed at https://pmworldjournal.com/editorial-peer-review-panel-3. We also want our peer review team to be globally representative, so if you are at a university anywhere in Africa, Asia or Latin America, please consider this opportunity to contribute, gain some experience as a peer reviewer and gain some valuable visibility.
By the way, I greatly appreciate Dr. Miles Shepherd’s advice and leadership of the peer review process. He’s made all the difference in the world! Thank you, Miles.
I’m proud of this month’s edition. It’s full of interesting and useful works by authors in many countries. I hope you all agree.
This month in the Journal
Two excellent Interviews are included this month, courtesy of PMWJ correspondents in France and Canada. Yasmina Khelifi in Paris has interviewed Hanny Alshazly, PMI’s Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa. Hanny provides a great update on PMI’s current and planned activities in the region. Aina Aliieva in Toronto has authored Part 7 of her interviews with co-authors of the book “The Evolution of the PMO: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer” earlier this year. This 7th set of interviews is titled “From Adaptation to Inclusion: How PMOs are Redefining Agility and Leadership.” These are very interesting and informative interviews, so please read.
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How to cite this work: Pells, D.L. (2025). Welcome to the October 2025 PMWJ; PM World Journal, Vol. XIV, Issue X, October. Available online at https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pmwj157-Oct2025-Pells-Welcome-to-the-October-2025-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. He recently served as a senior program management advisor for the U.S. government’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
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/
