Volume XV, Issue IX – September 2026

Supporting a Sustainable Future

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Welcome

Welcome to the September 2026 PMWJ
By David Pells, Managing Editor (USA)

From the Executive Editor’s Desk
By Dr. Miles Shepherd, Executive Editor (UK)

Letters to the Editor

Thank you for publishing
By Mehdi Kadaoui (Belgium)

Commentary on Budgets Kill Projects
By Bob Prieto (USA)

On Capturing Lessons Learned: Presentation By General John “Raisin’ Caine”, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on 14 Aug
By Dr. Pau D. Giammalvo (Indonesia)

On Probabilistic Activity Drag: the structure behind the distribution
By Nikhil Dhand (India)

On Project Benefits, Success and Value
By Martin Hopkinson (UK)

Why I’m honoured to join PMWJ’s new Sustainability and Regeneration Editorial Panel
By Hugo Minney, PhD (UK)

New PMWJ Sustainability and Regeneration Panel
By Karen Thompson, PhD (UK)

Interview

Interview with Kimia Penton, Author, Musician, Recording Artist, Transformative Corporate, Community & Professional Leader, President, PMI Dallas Chapter (USA)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

To see previously published interviews, click here

Featured Papers (Editor Accepted)

General PM Methods, Models, Topics

Planning Is Not an Annual Exercise: A Cross-Sector Practitioner Framework for Connecting Strategy, Resources and Delivery
By Sudhir Taneja (UK)

PMOs – Programme, Portfolio, Project Management Offices

An AI-Enabled Strategic PMO Framework for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
By Majid Alhajri (Saudi Arabia) and Bob Prieto (USA)

Three Funerals: Building a PMO That Outlives Its Founder in the Age of AI
By James Miller, Jr. (USA)

Driving Commercial Growth: The Strategic Role of the Project Management Office (PMO) in Business Development
By Mark Reeson (Saudi Arabia & UK)

AI, IT, Digital, Systems, Technology

Artificial Intelligence and the Technical Program Manager: How AI Changes Organizational Value Creation
By Imran Afzal, PMP (USA)

AI Across the Industrial Project Value Chain: From Tools to Decision Assurance
By Konstantin Lagutin (Israel)

Game Theory for Project Managers: How AI Helps — and Where it Simply Cannot
By Author Names (Country)

Governance of Programs & Projects

Governing Project Internalities
By Bob Prieto (USA)

Control-Oriented or Enabling Governance: Why Approving Is Not Deciding
By Luca Paolo Giuseppe Prinzio (Italy)

The Invisible Project Manager: Power, Legitimacy, and Informal Governance in Complex Projects
By Prof. Dr. M.F. Harake (France)

Educational, Environmental, Public Social Topics

The Shadow Side of Projects: How Temporary Organizing Enables Fraud
By Author Names (Country)

Project Cost, Schedule, Scope, Quality Management

Standardizing Bidding Templates for Storage Tank Repair Projects as a Basis for Database Automation
By Alexander Manik (Indonesia)

Developing Class 4 Cost Estimate model by Analyzing Historical Databases for Solar Farm Project in Indonesia
By Tengku Rizki Fahril Mukti (Indonesia)

Developing a Quantitative Decision Model of Project Completion Strategies in Distressed Infrastructure Projects
By Hendra Charisma Putra (Indonesia)

Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure Topics

Benefits of Lean Construction: A Literature Review
By Lim Yiiliang, Shi Yee Wong, Fock-Kui Kan (Malaysia)

Energy Infrastructure CAPEX: Why Regulatory Risk Has Replaced Construction as the Critical Path
By Avilio Castellano González, PMP (Chile, Colombia +)

A Comparative Analysis of Smart Infrastructure Technology Adoption in UK Bridges, Highways, and Railways
By Reda Al-Baldawi and Dr Khamis Al-Romaimi (UK)

Socio-Economic Constraints on Projects: A Study of the Effect of Socio-Economic Constraints on Community Based Infrastructural Project Delivery in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
By Victor Kakogbe; Emmanuel Chinenye Ubani (Nigeria)

Building Project Schedule Overruns: Evaluation of Causative Factors in Rivers State, Nigeria
By Iheanyi Ogugua Nzemechi, Kelvin Aku Okorocha, Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme (Nigeria)

Effect of Cigarette Smoking on the Health of Project Construction Workers: A Study of Workers at Construction Sites in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
By Unwana Mbosowo Ebong (Nigeria)

Supply Chain Management in Construction: A study of the current state of supply chain management (SCM) practices on construction project delivery in Imo State
By David Wisdom Nwanaka, Benedict Amade, PhD, and Gregory Chimere Enyinna, PhD (Nigeria)

Resilience, Sustainability, Transition, Transformation

Manufacturing Supply Chain Resilience: A Project Management Perspective on Building Adaptive and Reliable Operations
By Sreesudha Ayyalasomayajula (USA)

Agile Adoption: A Perspective on Enterprise Agile Transformation, Key Drivers and a Practical Path to Sustainable Growth
By Nana Aforo Newman (Ghana?)

Integrated Renewable Energy and Building Energy Management Systems for Sustainable Commercial Infrastructure
By Paulson Geo Philip (UAE)

Toward a Unified Conceptualization of Operational Readiness: An Organizational Capability for Converting Project Success into Sustainable Operational Performance
By David Tain (Canada)

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Peer Reviewed Papers

Towards Intelligent Project Management Offices: A Systematic Literature Review of AI-Driven Analytics and Digital Governance Frameworks in Multi-Site Infrastructure Delivery
By Zeeshan Ahmed (Ireland)

Project Management Knowledge in Online Communities: What Practitioner Posts Reveal About How Project Managers Solve Real-World Challenges
By Dr. Avital Zadok and Prof. Daphne R. Raban (Israel)

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Series Articles

The Business Case Is Not a Forecast. It Is a Bid. (Reimagining Project Management)
By Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez (Spain)

Earn or Burn – Training for Project Business (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)

Energy Generation and Distribution: Powering a Regenerative Future (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)

The AI Barbell Model: Balancing Value Creation and Human Control in Project Management (AI in Project Management)
By Dr. Prasad Kodukula (USA) and Guz Vinueza (Ecuador)

From Heroes to Team: What The Avengers Teaches Project Leaders (Projectland Goes to the Movies)
By Dawn Mahan & Jerry Manas (USA)

A Literate Generation: Turning Passion into Change (Young Changemakers Case Series)
By Grace Andino (USA)
Professional Perspective by Sean Chao (USA)

Stakeholders in the AI Era: Who Are They (New Series: The Stakeholder Perspective in the Generative AI Era)
By Massimo Pirozzi (Italy)

To see previously published series articles, click here

Advisory Articles

When AI Handles the Work: How Program Managers Stay Valuable
By Ankur Gupta (USA)

Mindset Before Method: Why PMBOK® v8 Fails Without the Right Starting Approach
By Kenneth R. Bainey (Canada)

The Need to Reduce Team Member Turnover
By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. and Al Zeitoun, Ph.D. (USA)

How to Develop Your Project Management Career: A humble vision
By Alfonso Bucero, PhD (Spain)

Responding to a disconnected project team
By Yogi Schulz (Canada)

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Commentaries

Improving organisational strategic success: 2. By further extending existing types of expanded external project management services
By Alan Stretton (Australia)

Beyond Governance: The Adaptive PMO Framework for Mega Transformation Programmes
By Muhammad Naeem (Saudi Arabia)

Rethinking Risk Management: Definition, Analysis, and Response
By Ayman Sadek (Egypt)

The Behavioral Blind Spots That Derail Major Capital Investments
By Sam Turner, Nick Petschek, and Roy Diggory (?)

The Convergences of Football [aka Soccer] and Project Management: PM Learning from the World Cup
By Dr. Bill Moylan (USA)

Why Do We Only Read About Project Management When Projects Fail?
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)

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Case Studies / Lessons Learned

From Project Management Diary: Women’s Livelihood Empowerment in Fragile Contexts — A Knowledge Transfer Case Study in Governance, Risk, and Resource Management
By Dr. Arif ud din, Post Doc, PhD (Pakistan)

Maturity Evolution in Benchmark Organizations: The Embraer Commercial Aviation Case
By Júlio César G. de Abreu, Tamires Françoso da Costa and Fábio Marcelo Messias (Brazil)

Early Application of Agile Concepts in Project Management to Accelerate Restoration of Post-Katrina New Orleans
By Lewis E Link, PhD

To see previously published case studies, click here

Stories

A nice day – for a meeting
By Tom Taylor (UK)

Clean Water, Healthy Ways
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines/USA)

Building My Own Car for the Race
By Naval Singh (India)

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Reports

When the Time Runs Out: Project Management Lessons from Nepal’s Flood Disaster (Project Management Report from Kathmandu)
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)

Good News, Not So Good News, New Projects, Other Project News, Jelly Fish Threat, Natural Reconolonisation, Montagu’s Harrier and Beavers to the Rescue (UK Project Management Roundup)
By Miles Shepherd (UK)

Updates about Association of Project Professionals Finland; PMI Finland Chapter; Kruunusillat projects, Hailuoto Causeway (Finland Project Management Roundup)
By Dr. Jouko Vaskimo (Finland)

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Second Editions

Analysiing the Social Media Strategies used for Promoting Construction Professional Services: A Case Study of Quantity Surveying Services in Edo State, Nigeria
By Godwin Jerome Anoh, Cosmas Oseyende Ehimioboh, Uche Ndudi Obi, Chukwuemeka Patrick Ogbu and Wisdom Anegbemu Ogbonifo (Nigeria)

Building Construction Material Waste Management Strategies Using 3R-Based Circular Economy in Akwa Ibom State
By Nsikak E. Udo (Nigeria)

Waste Management and SDFs: Quantifying the Financial Benefits of Circular Economy Practices in Construction
By Anjonrin-Ohu Adeyemi, Taiwo Yetunde, Lawal Taofeek Olusola (Nigeria)

Projects Don’t Fail – Relationships Do: A Leadership Perspective on Stakeholder Engagement and Project Resilience
By Jennifer Jones (USA)

AI Without Chaos
By Diane Roberts (USA)

Risk Management Requires Change Management: Rebuilding Foresight on a Distressed Project
By Neil Farquharson (USA)

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Book Reviews

Leadership Unblocked | Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential (HBR)
By Muriel M. Wilkins
Reviewed by Rene’ Lazarchik, PMP (USA)

Beyond Agile, Before AI: Build What’s Worth Amplifying
By Dhanesh Kumar
Reviewed by Aina Aliieva (Canada)

To see previously published book reviews, click here