Volume XIV, Issue X – October 2025

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Welcome

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

Letters to the Editor

On Humor in Project Management
By Dr. Harold Kerzner (USA)

Interviews

Project Management is a Vital Lever for Achieving Strategic Outcomes and Shaping the Future! Interview with Hanny Alshazly, Managing Director, Middle East & North Africa, PMI (UAE)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

From Adaptation to Inclusion: How PMOs Are Redefining Agility and Leadership; An exclusive interview with co-authors of The Evolution of the PMO: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer – Part 7
By Aina Aliiva (Canada/Ukraine)

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Peer Reviewed Papers

Bayesian Networks for Substation Schedule-Delay Risk: A Practitioner-Adaptable Theoretical Model Demonstrated on a Synthetic Case
By João Henrique Pettená do Carmo (Brazil)

From Hunters to Farmers: Cultural Paradigms and Strategic Management
By Thomas Walenta (Germany)

Managing Ethical Risks in Artificial Intelligence: A Project Management Framework for Responsible Innovation
By Rishiraj Kohli (USA)

Enhancing Agile Approaches in Earth Observation: the role of Early Adopter Collaboration in the CRISP Project
By Giaime Origgi (Switzerland), Antonio Calabrese (Italy) and Davide Perra (Italy)

Bridging the Maturity Gap: Introducing BIAMM, a Simplified Project Management Maturity Model Aligned with PMI Domains for Developing Contexts
By Dr. Muhammad Atif Rasheed (Canada)

Featured Papers

Effectiveness of Project Planning and Scheduling Techniques in Construction Project Performance
By Chris Uzochukwu Okoye, Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, PhD, Columbus Ikechukwu Anyanwu, PhD, George Akaun, Jr. (Nigeria)

Strategic Risk Mitigation and Its Influence on Selected Road Construction Projects Delivery in Kenya
By George Onyango Agumba, Dr. Patrick Gudda, Dr. Simon Mwaura (Kenya)

Risk, Change and Complexity: The Triple Threat to Mega-Project Control In Saudi Arabia & Beyond
By Rashid Alrashid (Saudi Arabia)

Refining Single Leg Philosophy in Jafurah Gas Plant
By Saad A. Al-Wahaib, Abdullah F. Al-Baroot, Saud A. Al-Qurashi (Saudi Arabia)

Challenges of Development Control and Enforcement of Minimum Standards for Residential Real Estate Projects in Ozoro, Delta State
By Dr. Christian Osita Ifediora and Dr. Chukwudi Louis Igwenagu (Nigeria)

Neuroscience and Project Management: Towards a New Frontier in Project Management
By Antonio Bassi (Switzerland)

Rebuilding with Integrity: Ethical Project Management for Post-War Public Works
By Prof. Dr. M. F. Harake (France)

Fiber Optic Temperature Control for Jafurah Project Sulfur Pipelines
By Nasser Mohammed Altamimi (Saudi Arabia)

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Series Articles

Maturity Evolution: Towards Excellence (Lessons Learned from the PMMM Research Series)
By Darci Prado, PhD (Brazil)

High Risks Demand Educated Professionals (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)

The Impact of Environmental Regulations on Economic Growth: Debunking Myths and Exploring Opportunities (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)

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Advisory Articles

Outcome Observability: How Organizations Lose Value Quietly and How to See It Coming
By Mehdi Kadaoui (Belgium)

Foundations of Project Success, Part 3 – Governance
By Bob Prieto (USA)

The Human Edge in Complex Programmes: What a 2013 Rail Study Still Gets Right in 2025
By Joyce Olaghere (UK)

Cyber Incident Response Planning (CIRP) for Project Managers
By Nazy Fouladirad (USA)

Working with a Bad Project Manager
By Dr. Harold Kerzner & Dr. Al Zeitoun (USA)

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Commentaries

The Thorn Tree: An Intermediary Problem Tree Variant
By Dr. Ken Smith (The Philippines)

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Reports

Update from APM for PMWJ
By Adam Boddison, APM CEO (UK)

Starting second half 2025 activities from the Project Management Communities’ Associations in Italy (Project Management Update from Italy)
By Alessandro Quagliarini (Italy)

PMexpo 2025: Italy’s Largest Project Management Event Returns to Rome, 14 November 2025 (Project Management News from Rome)
By Alessandro Quagliarini (Italy)

Generation Z as Project Managers: How Nepal’s Gen Z Redefines Project Leadership (UK Project Management Roundup)
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)

Good News (Everton Football Stadium, Stirling Prize short list, New defence prospects, SMR contracts, Cornish mining), Not So Good News (Tripple Whammy, UK Warships, Space Lab project), Other Project News (Ellison Institute, The Secret Project), Harrier problems and Time management (UK Project Management Roundup)
By Miles Shepherd (UK)

The PMI Barcelona Chapter organized a successful Event about Digital Transformation in October (Project Management Update from Madrid)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)

AI in Project Management – From Hype to Intelligent Partnership, Report from the 34th IPMA World Congress in Berlin, Part 1
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)

The Transformation of Project Management – Strategic Realignment and Human Excellence as Key Themes of the 34th IPMA World Congress, Report from Berlin, Part 2
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)

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

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Second Editions

Relationship Management: Internal vs. External Stakeholders
By Jeremy T. Busby (USA)

Product versus Project Management: Enabling the most value!
By Frank Murphy (USA)

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Book Reviews

Project Management Metrics, KPIs and Dashboards (Wiley)
By Dr. Harold Kerzner (USA)
Reviewed by Nidhi Mahajan (USA)

Another Way: Building Companies That Last… and Last… and Last (HBR Press)
By Dave Whorton with Bo Burlingham
Reviewed by Gauranga Deka (USA)

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