Competition Overview: Project Excellence Award

The SWOPMI Chapter is pleased to announce an Excellence in Project Management award to acknowledge, honor, and widely publicize small businesses for superior performance and execution of exemplary project management.

Small business managers often are not looked at as project managers; when in fact they are. The characteristics required to be successful in managing a small business are the same as those needed to properly manage projects. Today, the project manager is expected to be knowledgeable in all areas of business, including finance and accounting; sales and marketing; research and development; strategic and operational planning; human resources; business administration; procurement management; motivation and interpersonal skills. This knowledge is necessary because project managers administer projects much like executives manage small businesses. The multidiscipline project team becomes an entity in itself, focused on the needs of the project and trying to satisfy them in the best way possible.

Your SWOPMI Board is establishing a new initiative to showcase the success of the Project Management Community of Greater Cincinnati. This award recognizes an organization's significant success in applying project management methodology and best practices.

This is a "stand-alone" award and is not linked to the requirements set by SWOPMI Project of the Year or any other award. Award candidates who meet set qualification standards can take their projects forward to other competitions, independent of this Award. The time line for the "Excellence in Project Management" award 2008 is as follows:

• Submission of a Statement of Interest no later than March 1, 2008
• Applications must be submitted no later than March 15, 2008

The winner of SWOPMI Excellence in Project Management Award will be announced at the April 2008 Chapter dinner meeting.

The following documents are available for download:

Award Application Form .Doc or PDF

Application Nomination Guidelines

Award Statement of Interest .Doc or PDF

AWARD:

• Company profile in chapter newsletter (free advertising)
• Five minute presentation about the company at the Award dinner
• Press release to local newspapers
• Announcement on SWOPMI web site
• SWOPMI plaque honoring the company and the project manager(s)

For details on the Award Program and information about the nomination process, please contact Director of Business Outreach, at business-outreach@pmi-swohio-chapter.org

Application Information:

Download the PDF flyer Here

Contact: Alexander Iastrebenetsky, Director of Business Outreach, at

Business-Outreach@pmi-swohio-chapter.org