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2018 Project Management Achievement Awards
2018 Project Management Achievement Awards
To recognise, honour and promote outstanding achievements in program and project management.
The aim of the PMAA
Why enter a submission?
• Recognition of a job well done• Assist in the development of a healthy culture• Assist in benchmarking your organisation • Good for morale• Recognise excellence in Project Management• Builds confidence • Leverage results• CPD points earnt for submissions, even more for winners
SHIRE OF CAMPASPE
2015 PMAA Submission
for
Flood Recovery
Construction/Engineering
Paul Arthurson
5/29/2015
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SHIRE OF CAMPASPE
2015 PMAA Submission
for
Echuca Parking Meter
Renewal
Category 5 Small Projects
Gary Biddle
5/29/2015
Planning a submission
Changes to PMAA 2018
Two new categories:
Category 9 – Financial Services
• Outstanding delivery of outcomes in the financial
services sector
Category 10 – Professional Services
• Project management excellence in the delivery of
professional services
Changes to PMAA 2018Submissions must include (See submission checklist):
• Client/sponsor must provide an overview of level of satisfaction of
outcomes and the standard of project management
• Written consent must be provided for use of photos, logos and
project information
• Written confirmation that consent to use the project has been
received from the client/owner
Changes to PMAA 2018• Written confirmation that the project has an approved plan
and budget
• Category clearly noted on front page of submission
• A separate submission for each category entered
• No hyperlinks, video, promotional, novelty or other
material/items not related to or supporting the actual
submission
• A summary of not more than 100 words describing the project,
its outcomes, level complexity and the reasons or purpose of
the project (specific to each category entered)
Changes to PMAA 2018
• All relevant evidence supporting submission claims
• Electronic files uploaded
- One PDF file containing the submission document (all
photos/evidence mentioned in the submission MUST be included in
the document as part of page limit)
- High resolution company logos in JPEG and EPS formats
Submission fees
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Category Member Price Non-Member Price
Individual Categories $99 (incl GST) Ineligible for entry
Project/Research
Categories
$299 (incl GST) $599 (incl GST)
• Submission fee must be paid to gain access to submission containers
• The submission fee allows for one project to be entered in up to 3
categories. Additional projects will incur another submission fee.
• NOTE: Only members are eligible for individual entries
Submission development
• Read, understand and apply the guidelines
• Select the PM Knowledge Areas
• What’s the context?
• What was innovative or outstanding?
• What were the results of this action?
• Provide evidence to support your claims
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Tips on your submission
• You MUST use the template provided on the website
• The submission should be ONE PDF document containing the full submission
• Stay within the page count, pages outside the allotted number will not be judged!
• If you are submitting in multiple categories, ensure that you have a dedicated cover page for each category and a category specific 100 word tailored summary
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Tips on your submission
• Do NOT include hyperlinks to external documents, videos or websites, they will not be viewed as part of the submission
• A client letter of approval can sometimes take a long time to receive – ensure you have this to lodge with the submission
• Logos and photos need to be supplied in high resolution
Some obvios points !• Check your spelling and your grammar
• Keep your formatting consistent-bullets points, numbering, indents, units, etc
• Have you answered the question- Are you sure??? Check
• Remember the judges have no idea about your project. So have it proof read by someone who also doesn’t know it
• Proof read it again!
• What did this project teach you and the organisation- then tell us about it
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More points continued• Believe in your project and explain why, how, you
managed it
• Highlight best practice
• Its not necessarily about projects that have gone well- a lot don’t! So tell us what you did
• Start early!
• Finally allow time to complete your submission –budget on around 40 hours
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• Gather as many photos as you can then select the appropriate ones that tell your story
• REMEMBER the photos may be of interest to you but not to your audience
• Try to have people in the photo• Photos need to be at least 300 dpi and 2MB+ for
use in printed publications • Between 5 and 10 photos can be loaded separately
and should be labelled and numbered• If it is a IT/virtual project, consider using your
marketing imagery
A word on photographs
Start with a ‘Helicopter/Satellite View’
Journalistic ContentTry to balance project speak with some plain English.
Keep it tight - short sentences without too much jargon or technical detail.
Ensure you cover the Project Management issues, not the general project issues.
Remember to have some “sound bytes” that can be used by AIPM and your organisation later.
All projects are under budget, within schedule and have delivered the scope………….
Remember you are trying to win a project/individual award not a product award………
‘Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately
so they will be guided by its light.’
Joseph Pulitzer
• National winners may also be elevated to the apfpm Achievement Awards
• Winners from apfpm Achievement Awards may then be elevated to the IPMA Achievement Awards the following year
Elevation to International Awards
• Expressions of Interest - can be made online at www.aipm.com.au
• Submissions are due 4pm Wednesday 2 May 2018
• Contact Eliza Judd for questions on 02 8288
8758 or [email protected]
General Information
Further Enquiries
Talk to one of your Chapter Councillors
Call AIPM on 02 8288 8758
Email: Eliza Judd National Events [email protected]
Visit the AIPM Website – www.aipm.com.au
