PM Network

As many of you have noticed, PMI has been publishing more original online articles than ever before — weekly stories meant to engage, inform, and help you to succeed.

Articles such as Make the Most Out of Virtual Events, The ROI of Social Impact, Four Tips for Landing Your Next Job, and Virgin Hyperloop: Building the Impossible explore a variety of topics aimed at a growing community of project professionals who are making a difference. PMI is publishing exclusive interviews with changemakers like Nora Bavey who works to expand access to technical education. We’re exploring projects from around the globe in Project of the Week, and releasing annual specials like Future 50 and Most Influential Projects, which spotlights inspiring people and projects the world should know about.

With all this content available on demand, and to deliver the best customer experience possible, PMI is working to reach you where you are: at work, at the home office, and on mobile devices. We continue to be dedicated to improving what we offer and to help you achieve your professional and personal goals. 

In order to better serve members and the community, PMI has made the decision to cease printing the magazine version of PM Network® at the end of the year. While this only affects a small number of PMI members, it still marks the end of an era that began in 1987. At that time, there was no internet, no social media, email newsletters or mobile apps. More than three decades later digital channels have become the primary way to communicate with each other. Such technology has allowed teams at PMI to provide content on a more regular basis, without sacrificing quality, and without having to abide by long print production schedules that slow the flow of information. PMI has also made the decision to cease translating the entire issue into Spanish and Portuguese but will choose articles to translate into selected languages.

While the print magazine may be going away next year, new stories will continue to be published online, including the next Jobs Report, coming in early 2022.

Visit PM Network to keep accessing fresh content. And please download the PMN mobile app on Apple and Android to immerse yourself in The Project Economy.

Kristin Hodgson

Director & Publisher, Standards and Publications

First, I’d like to thank those who commented on my previous post for their good words about the magazine. We try to make PM Network an excellent read with information you could use in your jobs and perhaps even in your lives. After all, project management is in everything we do.

We started our tour of the magazine with the Edge section. Moving right along, let’s check out the Voices section. Voices is where experts share their advice and practitioners tell of their experience on a variety of subjects.

Each month, Voices begins with “Project Toolkit,” a roundup of practitioner takes on a common question. In October, we ask “How do you ensure attendance and full engagement at project meetings?”

Next up is “Inside Track.” This is an interview with a project executive such as a PMO director, often explaining the executive’s organization’s path to organizing and empowering a PMO, and the value a PMO brings. This month, Sonja Prinsloo of the real-estate development company Arcadis discusses her leadership in rolling out standardized project management processes and governance, helping clients deliver their portfolio plans.

Next comes a variety of columnists, including the very popular “Career Q&A.” Six times a year, Lindsay Scott, a recruitment director at Arras People, London, answers readers’ questions on getting ahead in the world of project, program and portfolio management. Other popular columnists include Jesse Fewell (writing about agile), Priya Patra (IT) and Abid Mustafa (PMOs).

Finally, Voices features your voice. The columns labeled “Getting It Done” are written by practitioners eager to share the “how-tos” that might help your job as well. The current PM Network features “Getting It Done” articles by an associate director of the U.S. Census Bureau on the massive every-10-year count of the U.S. population, and by a team of project leaders from Thales Alenia Space, Rome, on using Monte Carlo analysis to go beyond risk management.

I’ll complete the tour in the next post. Before we move on, are there any questions/comments?