I've enjoyed a great career managing projects in the aerospace, engineering-construction, and computer services industries with Aerospace Corp, TRW, Fluor Corp, Hewlett-Packard, and a few others. Some of my effort dealt with training and coaching aspiring project managers toward certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI). I actively participated in PMI where I founded a Specific Interest Group for managing Service and Outsourcing projects, wrote articles, and presented papers at PMI Symposiums. This material is available at this site under Project Topics for anyone interested in Project Management or those who want to acquire aid towards certification by PMI... Retirement brings the opportunity to look beyond your chosen field, to document topics of interest, and or course to simply "vent". This material is found under Universal Topics, and I offer these along with a request for feedback. These topics deal with current situations and I intend to update them from time to..