Volume XV, Issue V – May 2026

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Welcome

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

Interviews

Planning for accessibility & inclusivity, designing for variability rather than predictability! Interview with Rory McLeod, Executive and Artistic Director, Xenia Concerts, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

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Featured Papers

Data-driven Construction Management, A trilogy, Part I: Digital infrastructure as an agreement of intrinsic value within large-scale projects in the United States of America
By Daniela M. Ledezma (USA/Chili/Venezuela)

Challenges that Influence Construction Project Designs in Rivers State, Nigeria
By Godknows Chima Uchendu and Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, PhD (Nigeria)

Sustainability of Public Sector Water Projects: A Case of Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority, Nigeria
By Uche Godswill Onyeka; Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, PhD; Emmanuel Chinenye Ubani, PhD (Nigeria)

Systems Approach to Project Management Office
By Pascal Mabelo (South Africa)

Digital Twin–Enabled Project Scheduling and Decision Dashboards for Mega FEED and EPC Programs
By Tauseef Naz Arshad (UK)

A Structured Diagnostic for Predicting Customer Lessons Learned Outcomes in Low‑Frequency Review Environments
By Elena Petrova, PhD (USA)

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Alternative Materials for Construction Projects in Edo State
By Edosa M. Osazuwa and Martha A. Esekie (Nigeria)

AI Agent for PMO: An exploration of n8n orchestration and prompt engineering applied to a project’s communications
By Luis Sanhueza B. (Chile)

Causes of the Shortage of Vocationally Trained Skilled Labourers in Benin City, Edo State
By Edosa Mark Osazuwa and Promise Kelechukwu Uwelu (Nigeria)

When There Is No Framework: Building Programme Governance From Scratch in Funded Research Environments
By Sudhir Taneja (UK)

The Symbiotic Relationship Between the Programme Management Office (PMO) and Project Control
By Dr Dimitris Antoniadis (UK)

Closing the Foresight Gap: An AI-Enabled Governance Model for Enterprise Transformation Programmes
By Joyce Olaghere (UK)

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Peer Reviewed Papers

Adaptive Sprint Planning: A Hybrid MILP–RL Framework for Scaled Agile Projects
By Enoch Oghene-Mairo Omajeh (Nigeria)

Expanding Access to AI in the Enterprise: Designing Tools for Non-Technical Professionals in Regulated Industries
By Rishiraj Kohli (USA)

Was the Colosseum a Successful Project? Reframing Project Value Generation Across Two Millennia
By Arvin Prem Kumar (USA/India) and Idris A. Adelakun (USA/Canada)

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Series Articles

Building Bridges Across Organizations in Project Business (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)

From Green Building to Timber Innovation (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)

Why Portfolio Management Has Become the Real Strategy Function (Reimagining Project Management for a New Era)
By Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez (Spain)

Secret No. 5: Speed (Secrets to the Success of Organizational Transformation)
By Dr. Prasad Kodukula (USA)

Volunteer (Making a Modern Project Manager)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)

How Sponsors, Project Managers, and Team Members Lead Differently (Developmental Agile Leadership)
By Dr. Timothy J. Kloppenborg (USA) and Dr. Kam Jugdev (Canada)

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Advisory Articles

AI Accountability Is Already PM Work: Why Project Managers Should Lead the Guardrails Conversation Now
By Ashley Essick (USA)

Why Projects Misalign, and the One Shift that Fixes It
By Monica Hernandez (USA)

Influence Without Authority: Leading AI Modernization Across Boundaries
By Madhusudan Bangalore Nagaraja (India & USA)

Project Manager Guidance for Healthcare Projects and Varying Construction Scenarios
By William C. Jackson (USA & Colombia)

The Executive Edge: Essential Skills to Become an Exceptional Project Sponsor
By Randall Englund (USA) and Dr. Alfonso Bucero (Spain)

Better than PERT? You’d Better Believe! It’s More ADEPT
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines & USA)

Managing AI Software Development
By Yogi Schulz (Canada)

How to Turn Organizational Silos into Results
By Jeff Oltmann (USA)

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Commentaries

The Team Performance Paradox: How a Single Toxic Behavior Can Sabotage a Project
By Luca Paolo Giuseppe Prinzio (Italy)

Enterprise AI Is Being Bought, Not Trusted (Why adoption is growing, margins are not, and why hesitation is more rational than it looks)
By Aina Aliieva (Canada)

Agentic AI in Project Management: Are We Ready for Autonomous PMs?
By Archana Choudhary (India & USA)

The Future of Executive Sponsorship
By Harold Kerzner, PhD and Al Zeitoun, PhD (USA)

The Evolution of the PMO: Driving Agility, Insight and Strategic Value in Modern Organisations
By Nana Aforo Akosua Newman (Ghana)

Quantum Project Management: Rethinking How We Deliver the World’s Largest Projects
By Bob Prieto (USA)

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Case Studies / Lessons Learned

Assessment of Construction Delay Factors: A Case Study of a Leading Real Estate Company in Ethiopia
By Kebede Bekele Desta (Ethiopia)

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Stories

Story 5: The lifecycle or the cycle of life (Reading and Reflecting – with ‘Meet the Managers’)
By Tom Taylor (UK)

Some “extra-curricular” influences on my project management perspectives: 2. Some mid-career external help-related activities
By Alan Stretton (New Zealand)

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Reports

From High Ambition to Delayed Deliveries: Assessing Nepal’s National Pride Project Portfolio in 2026 (Project Management Update from Nepal)
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)

Good News, Not So Good News, Other Project News and Closing Remarks (UK Project Management Roundup)
By Miles Shepherd (UK)

When Small Deviations Become Big Failures – What Project Managers Can Learn from Aviation (Project Management Update from Germany)
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)

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

PMI Madrid Spain Chapter monthly meeting: April 23^rd, 2026 (Project Management Update from Madrid)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)

Lead Smarter, Adapt Faster: PMI Dallas Chapter Raises the Bar in May 2026 (PMI Dallas Chapter Newsletter)
By Joseph Adebanjo (USA)

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Book Reviews

CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job and Keep the Job (HBR Press)
By Mark Thompson & Byron Loflin
Reviewed by Abbas Mirza, PMP (USA)

AI Project Power: Reimaging Your Role in the Age of AI (Fnova)
By Mei Lin
Reviewed by Diana Owens, PMP (USA)

The Power of Enterprise PMOs and Enterprise-wide Project Management (PBM)
By Dennis Bolles and Darrel Hubbard
Reviewed by Bill Sundermann, PMP (USA)

Case Studies on Project Management in Practice (Elgar)
By Alejandro Romero-Torres, Shankar Sankaran, Joseph Griffin
Reviewed by Sunil Kumar Suvvari (USA & India)

The Voice Driven Leader: How to Hear, Value, and Maximize Every Voice on Your Team (Wiley)
By Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram
Reviewed by Rodger Martin, JD, PMP (USA)

Project Management for Healthcare, 3^rd ed. (CRC Press)
By David Shirley
Reviewed by Krystle McCloney, MHA, PMP (USA)

the emotionally intelligent team: building collaborative groups that outperform the rest (HBR Press)
By Vanessa Urch Druskat
Reviewed by Natalia Fischer, PMP (USA)

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