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Volume XIV, Issue XI – November 2025

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Welcome

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

Letters to the Editor

On Cultural Paradigms
 By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)

Thank you 
 By Darcy Prado (Brazil)

Interviews

The Strategic Horizon: How PMOs Are Expanding Their Role in a Complex World; An exclusive interview with co-authors of The Evolution of the PMO: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer – Part 8
By Aina Aliiva (Canada/Ukraine)

Project managers should learn and creatively use various ways of managing over a project life cycle, Interview with Professor Shankar Sankaran, PhD, Professor of Organisational Project Management, UT Sydney (Australia)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

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Peer Reviewed Papers

Delivering Fast, Managing Smart: How Flexibility, Uncertainty and Complexity Shape Project Speed
By Youcef J-T. Zidane (Algeria)

Featured Papers

Managing Uncertainty in Large Complex Projects
By Bob Prieto (USA)

Refinery Project Database Automation through Standardized Multidimensional WBS: A Bidding Template Approach for EPC Project
By Alvin Murad Rachmadsyah (Indonesia)

Factors Influencing Cost of Construction Project Delivery in Rivers State, Nigeria
By Godson Kelechi and Nwogu Prince Chinemerem (Nigeria)

Leveraging Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Continuous Auditing: The Role of Certified Information Systems Auditor Auditors in Detecting Fraud and Insider Threats
By Hammad Khan, Hamza Shahbaz Ahmad, Roland Dhello (USA)

Flow vs. Cascaded Pressure Control in Multi-Train Sulfur Recovery Units of Jafurah Project
By Nasser Mohammed Altamimi (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

The Impact of Project Management and the Development of Management Sciences
By Prof. Dr. M.F. Harake (France)

PM Oversight in Mega-Projects: Lessons from Column Trays Installation
By Mazen A. Alghamdi and Yousef M. Hassan (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

AI to support the Project Manager: A two-year-long benchmark for USA champions
By Federico Minelle, Franco Stolfi, Roberto Di Gioacchino (Italy)

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Series Articles

Maturity Evolution: The ‘Discontinuity’ Factor (Lessons Learned from the PMMM Research Series)
By Darci Prado, PhD (Brazil)

Ecosystems in Project Business (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)

Wellbeing in project teams: Boosting productivity and profitability through human-centric approaches (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)

Knowledge – The most important resource for projects (Let’s Talk About Public Projects)
By Stanislaw Gasik, PhD (Poland)

Be Kinder to Yourself (Making a Modern Project Manager)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

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Advisory Articles

Evaluating in the Program/Project Environment: Guidelines for External Evaluators
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines/USA)

Rolling Wave Planning: How to Plan Fuzzy Projects
By Jeff Oltmann (USA)

Bridging the Gap: How Process Thinking Elevates Project Management
By Madison Lundquist (USA)

The Growth of Proactive Project Management Leadership
By Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun (USA)

From Outputs to Impact: Building a Results-Oriented Project Management Culture
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)

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Commentaries

How to become a better Big Game Risk hunter
By Gareth Pugsley (UK)

Personal Stories

Recollections and reflections on some early developments in project management in Australia
By Alan Stretton (Australia)

Reports

The Relationship Between Project Management and Contract Administration in Engineering & Construction in Brazil (Project Management Update from São Paulo)
By Mauricio Lopes (Brazil)

150th Report: Not so good news (project delays, impact of external factors, cyber attack, politics US-style), Odds & Ends (Electric cars, Digital ID), Good news (The Stirling Prize, Nuclear news, Overseas investments), Other Project news (Northern Lights, H2Teeside, Project legitimacy, Stonehenge SPD), Red Squirrels and Pine Martins (UK Project Management Roundup)
By Miles Shepherd (UK)

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

Title (Project Management Update from Madrid)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)

Project management under sail: When a change of course still leads to the goal (Project Management Update from Germany)
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)

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Book Reviews

Project Management Multiplicity: Current Trends (Samfunds Litteratur)
By Jan Pries-Heje (Sweden)

Reviewed by Christine Evelyn Gwaze, PMP (USA)
Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme (Wiley)

By Robert K. Wysocki (USA)
Reviewed by Maryam Khosravi (USA)

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Recent News 

                                                                                       
Opportunities to Participate in 3 major Make in India Project Management Initiatives

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New Project Management AI Handbook by Kodukula & Vinueza Published

Project Forum to Unite Project Management Professionals and Sponsors in London – April 2026

PMexpo 2025: Italy’s Largest Project Management Event Returns to Rome, 14 November 2025

AIPM 2025 Project Management Achievement Awards Winners Announced

PMI Global Summit: MORE Together, Advancing the Project Management Profession

22nd KM FEST 2025 – Global Knowledge Management Festival – 19-20 November (zoom)