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Welcome
Welcome to the July 2026 PMWJ
By David Pells, Managing Editor (USA)
From Executive Editor’s Desk
Dr. Miles Shepherd (UK)
Tributes
Tribute to Klaus Pannenbäcker, IPMA Fellow (Germany)
By Multiple Friends and Colleagues
Tribute to Max Wideman, PMI Fellow (Canada)
By Multiple Friends and Colleagues
Letters to the Editor
On Three Advisory Articles in June PMWJ
By Nikhil Dhand (India)
On the First Global Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Project Management: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What It Changes
By Massimo Pirozzi (Italy)
On Governance and June PMWJ Contents
By Aina Aliieva (Canada)
Featured Papers
General PM Methods, Models, Topics
Quantum Fragility Index (QFI)
By Bob Prieto (USA)
Sustainable Project Management: Building a Future-Proof Approach for Lasting Success
By Dinesh Sharma and Bhavika Nayyar (India)
PMOs – Programme, Portfolio, Project Management Offices
From PMO to AI-Powered Investment Protection System
By Konstantin Lagutin (Israel)
Governance of Programs & Projects
Enhancing Gateway Reviews with Governance Maturity Models
By Dr Tom Crow BE; Professor Shankar Sankaran BE; Ted Tooher BE; John Templeman BE (Australia)
Different Failures, Same Structure: Why Governance Breaks Down Across Sectors
By Sudhir Taneja (UK)
Programme Stewardship: Human-Centred Board Assurance for Complex Delivery Environments
By David Baiyeshea PhD, MCIOB, Stuart Hosking-Durn FICPEM, Jonathan Campbell FCIOB (UK)
Educational, Environmental, Public Social Topics
Projectizing the “Hospital for One”: Implementing Glocal Healthcare Supply Chains via the GIDC Model
By Dr. Mohamed Tawfik (Saudi Arabia)
Tailoring for Fracture: Applying PMBOK® 8th Edition’s Tailoring Framework to Project Management in Post-War Peacebuilding Contexts: The Case of Syria
By Ahmad Khalil Khanji, PMP (Syria)
Disaster Response and Public Health Preparedness: A Project and Program Management Perspective
By Sreesudha Ayyalasomayajula (USA)
Managing Academic Transformation: Lessons from Redesigning a Graduate Project Management Curriculum
By Anna Ladipo (USA)
Project Cost, Schedule, Scope, Quality Management
Beyond Gold Price Indexation: INKINDO Billing Rate as Labor Escalation Factor for Indonesian CAPEX Estimates
By Azlul Fadhly Oka (Indonesia)
Validating Front-End Loading Maturity Using Earned Value for Downstream Oil and Gas Capital Investment Decisions
By Vanessa Graciela Bernadeth (Indonesia)
Developing a Standardized: Multidimensional WBS for Storage Tank Rebottoming Projects
By Abdullah Arief Su’aidy (Indonesia)
Probabilistic Activity Drag
By Alex Lyaschenko (Australia)
One Page Mastery: The Zakzouk Framework for Integrating Scope, Schedule, and Cost in Capital Projects
By Mohamed Ahmed Zakzouk (Saudi Arabia)
Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure Topics
Construction Quality Under Pressure: Governance Drift, Informal Control, and the Production Paradox
By Yamanta Raj Niroula (Nepal)
Governance Issues Behind Construction Project Failure in Nigeria
By Nathan N. Agu; Nkechinyere P. Nnolum; Nnaemeka J. Anikwe (Nigeria)
Assessment of Selected Highway Road Maintenance Project Performance in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
By Indongesit Alfred Udo, Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, PhD, Emmanuel Chinenye Ubani (Nigeria)
Assessing the Impact of Advanced Degree on Quantity Surveying Competence
By Chukwuebuka Ibebuike Onyia (Nigeria)
Adoption of Modern Construction Equipment: Implications on Quality Performance of Projects in Ebonyi State
By Ajuruchi Stanley Otu-Nnam, Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, PhD, Ulari S. Onwuka (Nigeria)
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Peer Reviewed Papers
The Genoa Model: Lessons in Emergency Infrastructure Governance for Project Management Practice
By João Henrique Pettená do Carmo, PMP® (Brazil)
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Student Papers
From Technical Solution to Managerial Transformation: PERT and the Polaris Missile Program in the 1950s
By Evelyn Chao (USA)
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Series Articles
Sponsoring Project Business (Project Business Management)
By Oliver Lehmann (Germany)
From sustaining to regenerating: community development as partnership (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)
Why AI Makes Project Leadership More Human, Not Less (Reimagining Project Management for a New Era)
By Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez (Spain)
Five Leadership and Team Lessons that Movies Teach Exceptionally Well (Projectland Goes to the Movies)
By Dawn Mahan & Jerry Manas (USA)
Resist Complacency (Making a Modern Project Manager)
By Yasmina Khelifi (France)
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Advisory Articles
Misaligned Stakeholders: How to Diagnose the Gap Between Formal Approval and Operational Reality
By Name (Italy)
How to Improve Sponsor & Executive Accountability for Value-Driven Project Success in Africa
By Dr. Colin Prince (South Africa)
Balancing AI and Human Judgment for Better Project Management
By Stephen Meltser (USA)
A Contextual Guide to Setting up a Programme Management Office
By Dr Dimitris Antoniadis (UK)
Resilience as a Core Project Management Capability
By Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun (USA)
One more time: Preventing project failures
By Yogi Schulz (Canada)
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Commentaries
When the Project Manager Must Use Real AI – as in Actual Intelligence
By Dr. Bill Moylan (USA)
Turning PMBOK® v8 from a PMP® Exam Reference to an Operating Delivery System
By Kenneth Bainey (Canada)
A Single Comparative Measure for Decision Support in Project and Portfolio Management
By Alexander Apostolov, PhD (Bulgaria)
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Case Studies / Lessons Learned
A Remarkable Public-Private Partnership: A Case Study – Part II
By John Craig (USA)
The A-12 Cost Overrun
By Wayne Abba (USA)
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Stories
Some personal reflections on contributions of certain “hidden” innate traits to important segments of my career
By Alan Stretton (Australia)
Rice Production, Rats, and a Consumption-Function Conundrum
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines/USA)
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Reports
Growing our influence, strengthening our community (APM Update for PMWJ)
By Adam Boddison, APM CEO (UK)
Topics this month (Project Management Update from Rome)
By Alessandro Quagliarini (Italy)
Complexity as a Strength: Why Project Management Needs More Than Planning (Project Management Update from Germany)
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)
Nepal’s ‘Quad Project’: Four Development Corridors, One Ambitious National Plan
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)
Odds & Ends, Good News, Not So Good News, Other Project News, Professional Society News and SPUN (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)</strong
By Dr. Jouko Vaskimo (Finland)
PMI Madrid Chapter June monthly meeting makes a difference with Creative Leaders (Project Management Update from Madrid)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)
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Second Editions
Management of Environmental Pollution From Construction Practices in Developing Countries: A Review
By Cosmas Oseyende Ehimioboh, Godwin Jerome Anoh, Uche Ndudi Obi, Precious-Favour Oluchukwu Nzeneri (Nigeria)
Evaluating Risk Management Strategies and Barriers in Public Infrastructure Projects: A Case Study of Imo State, Nigeria
By Henry Ajaelu, PhD, Ani S. Chukwunonso & Nweke C. Princewill (Nigeria)
An Appraisal of Public Procuring Entities’ Involvement in Contractors’ Environmental, Social and Governance Practices in Nigeria
By Mustapha Abdulrazaq, Khalifa Y. Lawal, Ishaya C. Kamale (Nigeria)
Regenerative Project Management: Rethinking the Purpose and Practice of Projects
By Dr. Lisa Hammond (USA)
Responsible AI: Managing AI Risks and Compliance With Innovation
By an Amin Sheikh, PhD (USA); Khalid Ahmad Khan, PhD (Pakistan); Aamir Khalid Pirzada (Saudi Arabia)
When Project Success Becomes the Trap: Navigating “Never-Ending” Projects in Highly Regulated Industries Through Governance, Strategic Prioritization, and Emotional Intelligence
By Shawna Calhoun (USA)
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Book Reviews
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
By Priya Parker
Reviewed by Sandra Rojas (USA)
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