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PM Excellence Awards

Project Management Excellence award 2020 organized by PMI Bangladesh Chapter to recognize and honor the best of the best Project Managers / Project Management teams and organizations which have made outstanding contributions and improvements in the practice of project management profession by advancing project management concepts, techniques, best practices and theories.

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Project of the Year - Business/Service

This award recognizes the Project Manager / Project team/ Organization that has delivered superior results through exemplary application of project management principles and practices.

Project of the Year - Social Impacts

This award recognizes significant initiatives undertaken by corporate bodies or organizations (as part of their Corporate Social Responsibilities activities) and NGO (Non-Government Organization) towards the improvement of the community.

PMO of the Year

This award recognizes a PMO (Project Management Office) that has demonstrated superior organizational project management abilities by adding value to its organization through its support of successful strategic initiatives. The PMO should be formally functioning before June 2017.

Academic Project of the Year

Academic projects are which are aiming to innovate and implement new ideas for the betterment of human kind can be nominated under this category like carbon reduction and energy efficiency improvement. So, the Academia Project of the Year Award recognizes and honors excellence in the conduct of academic research and the adoption or adaptation of such research project into practice.

Excellence Award Information

There are four main categories and ten awards recognized in the Project Management Excellence Awards:

1. Project of the Year - Business/Service
2. Project of the Year - Social Impacts
3. PMO of the Year
4. Academic Project of the Year

Four Subcategories under Project of the Year - Business/Service and Project of the Year - Social Impacts based on Project Scale (Cost and Completion Date):

-- Large Project (public & private) – Tk.50 crore + Project value. Delivered within the last 3 years (July 2017 to June 2020).
-- Medium Project (Public & Private): Tk.5 crore ~50 crore Project value. Delivered within last 2 years
-- Small Project (Public & Private): Tk.1 crore ~ 5 crore Project value. Delivered within last 2 years (July 2018 to June 2020)
-- Micro Project (Public & Private): Tk. 25lac~ 1 crore Project value. Delivered within last 1 year (July 2019 to June 2020)

Eligibility Criteria:

To be eligible for the Project Management Excellence Awards 2020 the project must;

- be managed by a Bangladeshi citizen
- have an approved scope, schedule, and budget, and implemented within reasonable tolerance in each constraint
- be located inside the territorial boundaries of Bangladesh
- have at least 50% of the project team inclusive of the Project Manager be located within the boundaries of Bangladesh
- completed within the period mentioned for each category (Except PMO)
- have significant and tangible outcome or benefit to the Bangladeshi nation

Not Eligible:

- Projects performed under contract to PMI, directly or indirectly will not be considered.
- Projects managed by current PMIBD Board Members and Project Management Excellence Awards 2020 working committee members are not eligible for this award.

Award Applicant/Nominator Eligibility:

The award applicant could be a sponsor, a senior member of the project team viz. equivalent of Project Manager, Program Manager, Project Director or a senior representative of the organization.

The following fees apply to the Project Management Excellence Awards 2020 categories:

Categories	Application Fees
Project of the Year (Business / service / Social impact) - Large	5,000 BDT
Project of the Year (Business / service / Social impact) - Medium	4,000 BDT
Project of the Year (Business / service / Social impact) - Small	3,000 BDT
Project of the Year (Business / service / Social impact) - Micro	2,000 BDT
PMO of the Year	5,000 BDT
Academic Project of the Year	2,000 BDT

Applicant needs to pay application fee defined per application. Payment to be done via bank transfer or direct bank deposit to the below bank account details:

Bank Name: United Commercial Bank Limited

Branch Name: DHANMONDI BRANCH

Account Name: PMI Bangladesh Society

Account No: 0841101000000161

Routing Number: 245261183

For each case, Nominee will require to provide payment information with online application form.

The nominations will valid only upon final payment is received by the PMIBD. The PMIBD has the right to cancel/decline the nomination if the payment is not received within 14 days after the submission.

- Last date of Nomination Submission: October 15^th, 2020
- Results of Nominations’ Application evaluation: October 20^th, 2020 (subject to change)
- Notification about Judges’ decision on Final results: October31^th, 2020 (subject to change)
- Award Giving Ceremony: 7^th November, 2020

Step 1: The nominee will submit information online about the nomination before October 15^th, 2020 on the PMI Bangladesh Project Management Excellence Awards 2020 website here

Step 2: The nominee's application at this stage will be evaluated by a panel of volunteer jury members and the results will be intimated by email by Bangladesh chapter by October20^th, 2020 (subject to change).

Step 3: The nominee's application at this stage will be finally evaluated, validated, and interviewed by an elite panel of jury members comprising of individuals of national repute. The nominations in final stage, shortlisted by elite jury i.e. Winner or Runner-up will be intimated by PMI Bangladesh Chapter by October31^th, 2020 (subject to change).

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2020