pg.
12
13%
The pay gap between male and female IT workers in the
United Kingdom in 2008
—Women in IT Scorecard
june09
viewpoints
25
From The Top
Full Speed Ahead
Quentin Kopp, California High-Speed Rail
Authority, Sacramento, California, USA
26
Ask PM Network
Cash Is King
by Bud Baker, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
28
Inside Latin America
The Ultimate Measure
by Roberto Toledo, PMP
29
The Business of Projects
The Price to be Paid
by Gary R. Heerkens, MBA, CBM, PMP
30
Voices on Project Management
Make a Statement
by Joyce Li, Ph.D., PMP
also in this issue
01 Opening Shot 76
09 PMI.org/features 77
11 Contributors 78
12 The Buzz 81
22 Metrics 84
33 In Brief
In the Field
Product Roundup
Featured Books
Services Directory
The End Result
on the cover
26 Bud Baker on Why Cash Rules
34 3rd Annual Trend Report
60 On the Map: Johannesburg, South Africa
Winner of a 2009 Honorable Mention and a 2009 Silver Award
for a single-topic issue from the Society of National Association
Publications (SNAP) for general excellence among magazines
with a circulation of more than 100,000.
calendar of events
UPCOMING MAJOR
PMI GLOBAL EVENTS
10–13 October PMI Global Congress 2009—
North America. Kissimmee, Florida, USA.
Visit PMI.org for details.
JUNE
10-13 PMI Information Systems Specific
Interest Group 2009 Professional Development
Symposium. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
www.pds.pmi-issig.org
AUGUST
10-12 Project Management Australia
Conference. PMI Australia Chapters,
Canberra, Australia.
www.pmoz.com.au
29 August- 3 September PMI New Jersey
Chapter Seminar at Sea. New York, New
York, USA to St. John, New Brunswick,
Canada and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
www.pminj.org
SEPTEMBER
15-16 5th Biennial International Project
Management Conference, Leveraging
Project Management in Today’s
Economy: Innovation-Efficiency-Partnerships. PMI Southern Caribbean
Chapter, Macoya, Trinidad.
www.pmiscc.org