WELCOME
By David Pells
Managing Editor
Addison, Texas, USA
Welcome to the September 2025 edition of the PM World Journal (PMWJ), our 156th monthly edition. This month’s PMWJ is another very full, diverse and interesting edition, with 40 new works by 53 different authors representing 16 different countries. The new editions this month bring our totals to 5,596 works by 2,169 different authors representing 90+ countries published in the PMWJ to date and now archived in the PM World Library.
Introduction
This month’s edition has been a heavy lift, with so many featured research papers and other works to edit, format, correspond with authors and post online. In addition, we had to overcome some technical challenges again, as the PM World Library went down on 14 August and it took us ten days to diagnose the problems and recover the website. It was fully recovered and back online on Monday 25 August. It turned out that the library database containing more than 12 years of PMWJ contents and other resources had become too large and complex for the server it was on. We were able to finally restore the website and migrate to a new larger dedicated server. The result is a faster and more secure website. Some of you contacted me during the down time; I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. If you are a previous author, please log in to the PMWL now and make sure your profile and works are displayed properly. If not, please let me know.
Maybe the library was too ambitious, but it is now a huge resource for those in the PM field. The PMWJ seems to be growing as well, in both contents and reach. I’m proud of what we have created so far. With the addition of the new peer review process (and service) for academic and other serious researchers, both the journal and contents are now getting even better. This month’s edition is a good example; it’s full of some very interesting and powerful stuff.
Meanwhile, please check out our new publishing policies under the ABOUT tab and new author guidelines under the AUTHORS tab on www.pmworldjournal.com. If you have comments or feedback, please let me know via email.
This month in the Journal
Three excellent Interviews are included this month, courtesy of PMWJ correspondents in France, Canada and Cameroon. Yasmina Khelifi in Paris has interviewed Nidhi Mahajan, a very experienced American program manager and the recent author of our first successful peer reviewed paper in July. Aina Aliieva in Toronto has prepared Part 6 of her interviews with five more co-authors of the book “The Evolution of the PMO: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer” earlier this year. This 6th set of interviews is titled “From Systems to Synergy: Exploring the Human-Centered Transformation of PMOs.” Martin Madiba Ebongue in Douala has contributed “Cameroon Project Portfolio Management Landscape”, Interview with Dr. Samuel Salla, President of the PMI Cameroon chapter. These three interviews contain answers and information that should be of interest to many of you, so please check out these interesting interviews.
One Peer Reviewed Paper was approved for publication again this month. “The Impact of Leadership Styles on Agile Project Management in Global IT Sector” is authored by Reshma Lucos in the UK. While we expect peer reviewed papers to meet academic standards and are subjected to a rigorous review process, they must also offer useful information to PM practitioners. This paper is a good example of that for sure.
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How to cite this work: Pells, D.L. (2025). Welcome to the September 2025 PMWJ; PM World Journal, Vol. XIV, Issue IX, September. Available online at https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pmwj156-Sep2025-Pells-Welcome-to-the-September-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 spent a dozen years as a 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/
