Awards
Introduction...
The Australian Institute of Project Management has established the Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA) Program to recognise honour and promote outstanding achievements in program and project management.
In the context of these guidelines, the term “project” covers “program” where appropriate.
Award Submission and Judging...
All awards for the 2010 PMAA were submitted in June 2010. State & Territory judging is undertaken throughout June and July with National judging completed in August.
There are two classifications of Awards:
- Awards for the management of projects.
- Awards for individual project management achievement.
The PMAA has two levels:
- Chapter level: winners are selected in each Australian State and Territory.
- National level: the State and Territory winners are judged for the National awards.
2009 PMAA Winners!
Awards for Management of Projects...
Any project with an Australian affiliation is eligible to enter the PMAA. A winning project will be one that demonstrates excellence and/or innovation in the application of project management. Projects may be of any size or dollar value, from either the public or private sector and can be located anywhere in the world
The project must have an approved project plan and budget. The project must be recently completed or be a recently (generally within 18 months of submission closing date) completed discrete phase of a larger program or project.
2009 PMAA Winners!
Project Categories...
Category 1: Construction / Engineering
Construction/engineering projects such as buildings, utilities, and infrastructure having a total project budget of less than $100,000,000.
Category 1A: Construction / Engineering
Construction/engineering projects such as buildings, utilities, and infrastructure having a total project budget in excess of $100,000,000.
Category 2: Defence / Aerospace
Defence or aerospace projects involving the delivery of products or services. 2009 National Winner the Qantas A380 Delivery project (right)
Category 3: Product Development
Product development projects such as vehicles, production line products and manufactured items. They normally involve project management of the innovation, development and production or manufacture of a new product.
Category 4: Information Technology
Information technology projects that normally involve project management of software development and/or hardware upgrades in the information technology sector or information technology component of any business. processes and organisational culture.
Category 5: Organisation / Change Management
Research, development and organisational change and management projects which normally involve business initiative projects and/or the project management of organisational change.
Category 6: Small Projects
Small scale projects from any industry with a total project budget of less than $1,000,000, undertaken in any field.
Category 7: Regional Development
Projects undertaken outside of major metropolitan areas. These projects must demonstrate that value was added to the regional area. Value may be achieved in many ways such as increased employment opportunities, technology, economic development, infrastructure improvements or health or education services.
Category 8: Community Service and/or Development
Community, cultural or volunteer-based projects as well as projects that are conducted by or underpin/promote the education, development, preservation and well being of indigenous, disadvantaged, or disabled people or which are undertaken in not-for-profit organisations.
Category 9: Sustainable Projects
Projects that demonstrate excellence in delivering sustainable outcomes from the social, financial and environmental (triple bottom line) viewpoints and/or projects that have embedded sustainability principles and practices into their project execution processes and organisational culture.
Awards For Individual Project Management Achievement...
Eligibility
Any program/project director, project manager or project team member who normally resides in Australia is eligible to enter, or be entered in, the PMAA. A winning individual will be one who demonstrates excellence and/or innovation in project management over a cumulative period of not less than two years. The project(s) undertaken may be of any size or dollar value, from either the public or private sector and can be located anywhere in the world.
Individual Categories
Category A:
Program/Project Director (i.e. equivalent to AIPM Level 3 CPPD).
Category B:
Project Manager (i.e. equivalent to AIPM Level 2 CPPM).
Category C:
Project Team Member (i.e. equivalent to AIPM Level 1 CPPP).
2009 PMAA Winners!