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Welcome
Welcome to the August 2025 PMWJ
By David Pells, Managing Editor (USA)
Letters to the Editor
End of an Era + AI Alert
By Dr. Ken Smith (The Philippines)
Interviews
Redefining the PMO: Strategy, AI and the Rise of the Chief Project Officer (An exclusive interview with co-authors of The Evolution of the PMO: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer – Part 5)
By Aina Aliieva (Canada/Ukraine)
Peer Reviewed Papers
Bridging the Gap: Aligning Waterfall and Agile Methodologies in Hybrid Project Environments
By Dr. Steve Ford, Dr. Jay C. Hanan, Kelly Benson, PMP, and Sarah Ford, PMP (USA)
Featured Papers
Jafurah Gas Plant Train Concept Philosophy: A Scalable Approach for Modern Gas Facility Design
By Abdulrahman S. Alsahlawi, Abdullah F. Al-Baroot, Mohammed F. Al-Amoudi (Saudi Arabia)
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Infrastructure Development
By Sinaye Mgolombane, MBA, PMP (South Africa)
Escalation Modeling for EPC Contracts in High-Risk Global Projects
By Lyazzat Zholimova (Kazakhstan)
Retail business model adaptability: Navigating disruption through theorizing the role of project management
By Kayla Kim Sampson (South Africa)
Systems Approach to Engineering Contracts
By Pascal Bohulu Mabelo (South Africa)
Impacts of External Factors on Performance of Urban Productive Safety Net Program in Lemi-Kura Sub-City, Addis Ababa: Implication for Policy Recommendation
By Dr. Teshome Tamirat, and Dr. Misgina Asmelash (Ethiopia)
Pracademic Project Management: The Triage of Essential Project Management Skills for Stopping the Performance Bleeding
By Dr. Dale Deardorff (USA)
Reimagining Time Management in Project Environments through the 12 P’s Lens
By Tasiyana Siavhundu (Zimbabwe)
Evaluating Project Scope in Unstable Environments: Adaptive Frameworks for Uncertainty and Change
By Prof. Dr. M.F. HARAKE (France & Malta)
Series Articles
Did the project help achieve policy objectives? Evaluation of public projects (Let’s Talk About Public Projects)
By Stanislaw Gasik, PhD (Poland)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Project Business Part II: The Customer Side (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)
Integrating Sustainability Pillars: A Holistic Approach to Project Management (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)
Maturity Evolution: Only a few get there (Lessons Learned from the PMMM Research Series)
By Darci Prado, PhD (Brazil)
Advisory Articles
Foundations of Project Success: Part 1 – Comprehensive Planning
By Bob Prieto (USA)
The 15 Cs of Effective Communication
By Tasiyana Siavhundu (Zimbabwe)
How AI can help project managers improve project performance: Part 1
By Yogi Schulz (Canada)
Successful PM Standards Implementation
By Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun (USA)
Commentaries
Earned Value Management: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Part 1 of 2)
By Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo (Indonesia/USA)
Reports
Nepal’s Hydropower Landscape: Strengths, Vulnerabilities, and Growth (Project Management Update from Nepal)
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)
Updates about Association of Project Professionals Finland; PMI Finland Chapter; Kruunusillat [Crown Bridges] projects (Finland Project Management Roundup)
By Dr. Jouko Vaskimo (Finland)
Briefing: Results of Research on Executive Training on Project Sponsorship
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)
Second Editions
Developing a New Project Management Framework with AI, Blockchain, and Digital Twin Integration
By Antonio Bassi (Switzerland)
Keep Calm: Lessons Learned from delivering complex projects in ambiguity and chaos
By Tonica Griffin (USA)
GenAI in Action: Lessons from an EPMO’s Experimental Journey
By Greg Saunders (USA)
Leveraging AI for Cost-Effective Portfolio Management in Higher Education
By Sarah Sage (USA)
Book Reviews
Understanding Project Practices and Processes (CRC Press)
By Mel Bost
Reviewed by Anju Saksena, PMP (USA)
Mommy is a Project Manager (FNova)
By Mei Y. Lin
Reviewed by Ye Larsson (Sweden)
Digital Project Practice for Banking and FinTech (Publisher)
By Tobias Endress, Ed.
Reviewed by Jeff Hutchinson (USA)
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