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Welcome
Welcome to the July 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
When a Journal Becomes a Conversation
By Yamanta Niroula (Nepal)
On Updating Probability Estimates
By Dr. Ken Smith (The Philippines)
On PMBOK v8 Application Playbook
By Kenneth Bainey (Canada)
Featured Papers (Editor Accepted)
Governance of Programs & Projects
Governing multi-Vendor Digital Ecosystems: A Project Management Approach to Orchestrating Complex Digital Delivery
By Sreesudha Ayyalasomayajula (USA)
Keeping the Value Case Alive: Broadband, Wi-Fi and AI Governance
By Bhavin Gandecha (USA)
Strategic Project Leadership: Integrating and Operationalizing Workforce Sustainability in Project Governance
By Darshit Joykumar Patel (USA)
Project Cost, Schedule, Scope, Quality Management
Extending Earned Value Management to Firm Fixed Price Contracts Through a Multi-Perspective Analytical Framework for Mixed Contract Portfolios
By Alexandre Rodrigues (Portugal)
Foreword by Wayne Abba (USA)
Development of an Integrated Cost and Schedule Estimation Framework for ASME B31.3 Pipeline Projects
By Naufal Abdurrahman (Indonesia)
Six Decades Later: Modernizing the Happel Factor for Cost Estimation in Oil and Gas Projects
By Robbii Adriansyah Kullit (Indonesia)
Optimizing Fuel Pump and Filling Shed with Standardized Multidimensional-WBS and Bidding Template for FEL Improvement
By Peter Lewis Hamonangan Panjaitan (Indonesia)
Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure Topics
Application of Management Information System in Road Construction Project Delivery: A Study of SETRACO Nigeria Limited
By Temitope Edward Akinwumi, Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, Emmanuel Chinenye Ubani (Nigeria)
An Integrated Framework for Improving Construction Productivity in Saudi Industrial Projects
By Saad A. Al-Wahaib and Abdul Rahman Habib (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
The Dilemma of a Resource-Intensive Industry: The 48-Minute Opportunity
By Omar M. Al-Mourad (UAE)
Material Handling Equipment Identification and Selection Factors for Delivery of High-Rise Building Projects in Abia State Nigeria
By Ihuoma Chijioke Ohajuru, Ibeawuchi Ifeanyi Echeme, Emmanuel Chinenye Ubani (Nigeria)
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Peer Reviewed Papers
The Signal Gap: Why Initiative Drift Goes Undetected and What It Costs Organizations
By Caran Bradshaw (USA)
The Register Has No Memory: Pricing the cost of an independence assumption on HS2, across schedule and cost, and a low-cost correction available to any project
By Nikhil Dhand (India)
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Series Articles
The Success Illusion: Why “On Time and On Budget” Tells You Almost Nothing (Reimagining Project Management for a New Era)
By Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez (Spain)
Turning Movie Moments into Practical Project Lessons (Projectland Goes to the Movies)
By Dawn Mahan & Jerry Manas (USA)
AI in Project Management (Introduction to the Series)
By Dr. Prasad Kodukula (USA) and Guz Vinueza (Ecuador)
The Landscape, the Opportunity, and the Limits (AI in Project Management)
By Dr. Prasad Kodukula (USA) and Guz Vinueza (Ecuador)
Title this month (Sustainability and Regeneration in Projects)
By Dr. Hugo Minney (UK)
Young Changemakers Case Series (Introduction to the Series)
By Evelyn Chao (USA)
Too Young to Rent a Car, Old Enough to Change the World with BioMedizone (Young Changemakers Case Series)
By Anvi Palav (USA)
Commentary by Yan Xu, PhD (USA)
Managing and Resolving Crisis in the Project: Crisis at the Organizational Interfaces of a Cross-Corporate IT Project (Project Business Management)
By Dr. Jude Joseph (Canada)
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Advisory Articles
Applying “The Algorithm” of Elon Musk to Project Management: Learning from the Master Disruptive Provocateur
By Dr. Bill Moylan (USA)
The Importance of Early Warning Signs
By Harold Kerzner, PhD and Al Zeitoun, PhD (USA)
Why Team Learning Often Fails to Scale
By Jeff Oltmann (USA)
Health Care Planning, Design and Delivery, Series Guide 1: Service Area Analysis and Master Planning
By William Jackson (Colombia/USA)
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Commentaries
Budgets Kill Projects: Challenging the common belief that all Projects benefit from budgets
By Thomas Walenta (Germany)
Improving organisational strategic success: 1. By extending existing internal project management capabilities
By Alan Stretton (New Zealand)
Why the AI Race in Project Management Is Shifting Accountability Away From Humans and Onto Flawed Algorithms
By Dzmitry Dudzin (Poland)
Turning Projects into Products: Making Delivery Stick in Complex Organizations
By Sudhakar Shivaraju (USA)
Snow Flake of Risk could change Risk in Project Management
By Gareth Pugsley (UK)
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Case Studies / Lessons Learned
Cross-Industry Scenario Planning Lessons: Insights for Project Managers in the AI Era
By Alicia Morgan (USA)
The Renovation of Germany’s Deutsches Museum: An Empathetic Battle
By Sebastian Wieschowski (Germany)
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Stories
Post-Harvest Post-Mortem
By Dr. Kenneth Smith (Philippines/USA)
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Reports
First half 2026 activities from the Project Management Communities’ Associations in Italy (Project Management Update from Rome)
By Alessandro Quagliarini (Italy)
Governance Takes Center Stage: São Paulo’s Project Management Market at Mid-2026 (Project Management Update Brazil)
By João Henrique Pettená do Carmo (Brazil)
Topics this month (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)
Which are Best Universities to Study Project Management in Spain? (Project Management Update from Madrid – English & Spanish)
By Alfonso Bucero (Spain)
Navigating High Waters – Managing in an age of disruption (After EURAM 2026)
By Ipek Sahra Ozguler (Turkey)
Advancing project management excellence through knowledge, community, and leadership (PMI Dallas Chapter Newsletter)
By Carissa Roy (USA)
First AI-Driven Project Management Masterclass (Project Dynamics Newsletter)
By I2P2PM (India)
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Second Editions
The Impact of Professional Work Ethics on Productivity in Construction Consultancy
By Uchechi V. Alintah-Abel, Charity U. Ekekezie, Nwobu I. Chukwunoso (Nigeria)
The Impact of Construction Project Managers’ Attributes on Project Success in Ogun State, Nigeria
By Taiwo Rotimi Ebenezer, Solomon Michael Ojo, Shakirudeen Olawale Yusuf (Nigeria)
An Anatomy of Corruption Patterns In Building Projects Procurement in Nigeria
By Isma’il Umar, Musa-Haddary Yakubu Gimson, Chindo Peter Gangas, Abdullahi Muhammad, Galadima Hamza Babaji (Nigeria)
AI in Action: Real Stories, Real Results
By Greg Saunders (USA)
Unlocking Innovation: The Power Trio of Agile, AI, and DevOps
By Samant Kumar (USA)
Program Drift: Early Warning Signals in Large Digital Transformation Programs
By Cornelius Greyling (USA)
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Book Reviews
The Project Management AI Handbook: Leveraging Generative Tools in Waterfall and Agile Environments (J Ross Publishing)
By Dr. Prasad Kodukula and Guz Vinueza
Reviewed by Prof. Shankar Sankaran PhD, PMP, PMI Fellow (Australia)
Project & Production Scheduling (Probus Publishing)
By Quentin W. Fleming, John W. Bronn, and Gary C. Humphreys
Reviewed by John Jeter (USA)
Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards (Wiley)
By Harold Kerzner, PhD
Reviewed by Sunil Kumar Suvvari (USA)
Megaproject Management: Lessons on Risk and Project Management from the Big Dig (Wiley)
By Virginia A. Greiman
Reviewed by Nicole Thomas (USA)
Case Studies on Project Management in Practice (Edward Elgar)
Edited by Alejandro Romero-Torres, Shankar Sankaran, and Joseph Griffin
Reviewed by Dr. Patricia M. Chowdhury, EdD, MM, MBA, PMP (USA)
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