The purpose of this award is to recognize and honor the best project management literature published during the previous calendar year.  This award recognizes the author(s) for significant contributions and for advancing the project management knowledge, practices, procedures, concepts, or other advanced techniques that demonstrate the value of using project management.   

Submission Deadline: 26 April 2010

Eligible

›   The nominee(s) must have formally published an article, book, or other information in the field of project management during the previous calendar year.
›   The nominee(s) may or may not be a PMI member. 

Not Eligible

›   Current PMI staff, contractors and/or consultants are not eligible for this award projects
›   Acts performed under contract to PMI, directly or indirectly, will not be considered·      PMI Standards are excluded from nomination. 
›   Sitting members of PMIs Board of Directors may not participate in the nomination or evaluation process of this award, nor are members of the Board eligible to receive this award. 

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2009 Award Winner 

Kathleen B. Hass, PMP, for her book titled Managing Complex Projects A New Model, published in 2008 by Management Concepts.

Previous Recipients of the David I Cleland Project Management Literature Award

2008:  Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders by Jean Binder, MBA, PMP

2007: The AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition

2006: Kenneth H. Rose, PMP

2005: Gregory A. Garrett, CPCM, CPM, PMP

2004: Dragan Z. Milosevic, PhD, PMP

2003: Preston G. Smith, CMC; Guy M. Merritt

2002: J. Kent Crawford, PMP

1999: Vijay Verma