PROJECT of the YEAR

Lisa Rosenblum

PMI - Columbia River Basin Chapter

VP - Marketing & Public Relations

Project Manager - Project of the Year & Awards Gala

Project Management Office Communications

Washington River Protection Solutions

1. There's never enough time to do it right the first time, but there's

always seems to be enough time to go back and do it again.

2. A project gets a year late one day at a time.

3. The sooner you fall behind the project schedule, the more time you

have to make it up.

4. You can bully a project manager into committing to an impossible

project completion date, but you cannot bully him into meeting it.

5. What is the most common item that pops up in lessons learned

meeting? - "We need to remember to conduct lessons learned

meeting".

Top Ten List

6. I heard they said the lesson learned meeting is a good place to start

the ‘Blamestorming’.

7. Too few people on a project can't solve the problems - too many

create more problems than they solve.

8. Sponsors are like diapers - they need to be changed often, and for

the same reason.

9. Prioritization is the best abused trick to say ‘No’.

10. Screw up once, it's a mistake. Twice, it's a process. Three times, it's

policy.

Project Management Humor

PMO Bytes Blog

Wai Mun Koo

projectmangement.com

POY Introduction

• What is Project of the Year?

• What are the project requirements?

• Why would I submit my project?

• Opportunity to compete in global competition

• Questions for the POY Dream Team

• Challenge

POY Introduction

By definition:

Project of the Year (POY) is a competition that recognizes, honors and

publicizes project teams, and their companies, for superior

performance and execution of exemplary project management tools

and concepts.

What is POY?

Simply put, POY is the “Oscars” of project management

• Nominees

• Awards Gala

• Fine food & wine

• Cameras flashing

• Inspirational music

• Room full of highly talented project teams that are making a

difference in project management, not only in our community,

but all over the world

• It’s a celebration!

The Oscars of Project Management

Two awards given:

Project of the Year Award -

Reviewed by an anonymous committee made up of

senior level PMP’s

Peoples Choice Award -

Selected by ballot the night of the Awards Gala

based on the project presentation

POY Awards

The POY application is consistent with the global PMI competition

Exception:

• Project of the Year - Project cost greater than $100 million

• Project of Excellence - Project cost less than $100 million

PMI Global Competition

• Any type of project, from any industry, in public or private sectors

• No PMI affiliation necessary

• Located within the chapter’s boundaries

• Completed no more than 18 months before the application deadline

• Project must have met the needs of the customer

POY Eligibility

• Criteria covers 10 project management topics:

1. Project Need/Summary

2. Sponsor Letter

3. Benefits/Value

4. Schedule

5. Cost

6. Scope

7. Stakeholders

8. Risk

9. Project Change Management

10.Lessons Learned

• No more than 20 pages in length (total)

POY Application

All types of projects encourage to apply

Projects going for People’s Choice Award

• 20% effort on the submittal

• 80% effort on the project presentation for the Awards Gala

People’s Choice Award

2016 People’s Choice Award

Class XX Leadership Tri-Cities

TriART for Giving Project

PM - Julie Turner, DOE Dept. of Science &

Lisa Goodwin, Habitat for Humanity

2015 People’s Choice Award

Three Rivers Carousel Foundation

GESA Carousel of Dreams Project

PM - Erik VanWinkle

1. PDU eligible

2. Recognition for a project well done…Kudos!

3. Exhibit project management skills within the project management

community

Benefits to You

4. Showcase project teams achievements

to the public

5. Represent your company for project

success

6. For small business and

subcontractors, good way to market

your management and project

execution skills

6. Full support and coaching through the process

7. Past project submittals on the website

8. POY updates at every chapter meeting

9. Commemorative Awards Gala program with past and present projects

11. Write ups in the chapter newsletters

12. Your company/sponsor newsletters

13. PMI Chapter website exposure

14. PMI Chapter social media

15. Large presentation board display gifted to the project manager

16. Sponsorship logos displayed on large screen

Benefits to You

17. All submittals receive honorary mention in a large ad in the Tri-City

Herald and the Journal of Business after the event

18. Steve Swenning, “Much like an artist has a portfolio of their work,

what better way to further your career than with the documented

results of a very successful project-the planning, the conquered

challenges and the creativity in implementation.

19. “When I’ve written up POY submittals, the primary benefit was being

able to recall all the challenges and how they were positively

addressed. It forms a roadmap for the next project. They are lessons

that you don’t have to relearn and you’ve captured it in a form that you

can use in the future”.

20. Celebrities have come from our chapter competition!

Benefits to You

Photos of the 2017 Awards Gala

POY Commemorative Programs

Gala Presentation Boards

POY Announcements

POY Sponsorship

Past Award Winners

2017 Project of the Year &

People’s Choice Award Winner

Washington River Protection Solutions

AP Farm Ventilation Upgrades Project

PM - Del Scott PMP

Lead Nominator – Brad Bricker

Went on to win 2017 Global Project of

Excellence Award

1 of 3 awards (2 from US, 1 Australia)

Past Global Award Winners

2012 Project of the Year

Umatilla Chemical Depot

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal

Facility- Operations Phase

Went on to win

2012 PMI - Global Project of the Year

2015 Project of the Year

Washington Closure Hanford

River Corridor Base Scope Project

PM - Scott Sax PMP

Went on to place as runner up at the

2015 PMI - Global Project of the Year

2017 Global Award Winner

2017 Chapter Competition

Washington River Protection Solutions

Hanford AY-102 Recovery Project

Went on to win

2017 PMI - Global Project of the Year

AY-102 Project of the Year Video

2017 Global POY Competitors

2017 Global POY Competitors

2017 Global Award Winner

2017 Global Award Winner

POY Information on the Website

• November 2017 - Collecting information, photos, and other supporting

details, start outlining and writing your submittal

• December - Writing submittal through the holidays

• End December 2017 - Submit to POY Coach for review and comments

• Mid January 2018 - Incorporate comments, submit for public release

• End of January 2018 - Submittal due including company logo and

high definition photos

• February 2018 - Submittals reviewed and scored, Awards ordered

• End of February 2018 - Awards Gala

• Mid March 2018 - Global submittals due

2018 POY Timeline

POY Dream Team

Ivan Thomas PMP - Senior PM Atkins, CRB VP-Communications, Nominations, Gala Support Pete Owen PMP - Performance Assurance for Operations & Maintenance Excellent Inc- Evaluation Board

Adria Johnson PMP - IT Manager for CH2M Hill - Nominations, Gala SupportLisa Rosenblum - WRPS PMO Communications, VP-Marketing & Public Relations - PM, Master of Ceremonies

Steve Norton PMP - Owner Project Management Skills LLC - Master of Ceremonies, Submittal Coach Lisa Geffen PMP - Program Manager for CDI Corporation - Nominations, Venue

Cindy Brandal PMP – eFusion Consulting – Future POY PM

Recap

• What is Project of the Year

• Project requirements

• Benefits and exposure of submitting a project

• Local chapter and global POY

• Where to find Information

• Contact Information

• Challenge

• Take a flyer

Questions?

In Closing

Thank You!