OVERVIEW

The Individual Category is the PMO Global Awards category that annually honors individuals around the World for their significant contributions to the PMO global community or the PMO Global Alliance.

Four Awards are given in this category:

• World PMO Influencer of the Year Award
• PMOGA Lifetime Contribution Award
• PMOGA Fellow Award
• PMOGA Volunteer of the Year Award

HOW TO APPLY

These awards are not open for applications.

The nominees will be appointed by the Nominating Committee, composed of experienced professionals from several countries.

These nominations will be based on an extensive analysis of the contributions of the potential candidates.

ELIGIBILITY

PMO INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Nominees must be at least 30 years old.

• Executives, Practitioners, Consultants, Authors, and Researchers can be nominated.

• PMO Global Alliance affiliation is not required for nominees.

PMOGA LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION AWARD

• Nominees must be at least 50 years old.

• The nominee must have a history of significant contributions to the PMO or Project Management field.

• Practitioners, Consultants, and Academics are eligible for this award.

• PMO Global Alliance affiliation is not required for nominees.

PMOGA FELLOW AWARD

• The nominee must have a history of significant contributions to the PMO Global Alliance community.

• Practitioners, Consultants, and Academics are eligible for this award.

• PMO Global Alliance affiliation is required for nominees.

PMOGA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Nominees must have a history of significant contributions to the PMO Global Alliance community.

• Practitioners, Consultants, and Academics are eligible for this award.

• PMO Global Alliance affiliation is required for nominees.

ALL AWARDS

• PMOGA employees, PMOGA contractors, and PMOGA consultants are not eligible for any award in this category.

• Current members of the PMO Global Awards Committees/Boards are eligible but they will not be able to judge the Individual Category.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

PMO INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR AWARD CRITERIA

1) PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

This criterion evaluates the nominee’s journey, analyzing his/her career in terms of consistency and the path that made the nominee become an outstanding PMO Influencer.
Weight: 15%

2) INFLUENCE

This criterion evaluates how the nominee has been consistently acting as a true PMO Influencer in the last 24 months, inspiring the PMO community, providing valuable contributions to professionals and organizations.
Weight: 20%

3) BEST PRACTICES

This criterion evaluates the technical quality of the nominee’s contributions in the last 24 months.
Weight: 15%

4) INNOVATION

This criterion evaluates what innovative contributions the nominee has provided to the PMO community in the last 24 months.
Weight: 15%

5) COMMUNITY

This criterion evaluates how much the nominee actively works to create an engaged PMO community in his/her country and in the World.
Weight: 15%

6) VALUE GENERATION

This criterion evaluates the impact of the nominee’s actions, words, and ideas in the PMO community and how much the community recognizes the importance of his/her contributions.
Weight: 20%

PMOGA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD CRITERIA

1) VOLUNTEER JOURNEY

This criterion evaluates the nominee’s journey, analyzing his/her work in terms of consistency and the path that made the nominee become an outstanding volunteer.
Weight: 20%

2) INFLUENCE

This criterion evaluates how the nominee has been consistently influencing the community to grow and engage in the last 24 months, inspiring our members and, providing valuable contributions and support to make them more and more involved with our community.
Weight: 20%

3) INNOVATION

This criterion evaluates what innovative contributions the nominee has provided to the PMOGA to improve engagement and retention of members in the last 24 months.
Weight: 20%

4) COMMUNITY

This criterion evaluates how much the nominee actively works to create an engaged PMO community in his/her country and in the World.
Weight: 20%

5) VALUE GENERATION

This criterion evaluates the impact of the nominee’s actions, words, and ideas in the PMO Global Alliance community and how much the community recognizes the importance of his/her contributions.
Weight: 20%

PMOGA LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION AWARD AND PMOGA FELLOW AWARD CRITERIA

• Potential candidates for these two special awards are appointed by the PMO Global Alliance Board of Directors, which has the privilege of selecting the winners.

• The main criterion used is the importance of the set of recognized and relevant contributions that candidates have provided to the global project management community and PMOs.

GENERAL RULES

• The evaluation process and its scores are proprietary to PMO Global Alliance and will not be disclosed to anyone, except to the Auditing Committee, composed of Judging Committee Members from the same home countries of the finalists that will be able to verify all the detailed information of the final evaluations, ensuring the reliability of the evaluation process.

• PMO Global Alliance will not reimburse any expense related to the Awards Ceremony, the conference where it will be hosted, or trophies shipping services.

• PMO Global Alliance reserves the right within its sole discretion, and at any time up to the time of the presentation of the award, to determine that a participant is or has become ineligible for the award.

• PMO Global Alliance reserves the right to make or cancel an award, or change deadlines as circumstances dictate, always aiming to promote the PMO Global Awards quality and benefit the global PMO community.

• PMO Global Alliance reserves the right to rescind an award if it is discovered that any information submitted is false or misleading.

• Participants, finalists, and winners will be publicized through PMO Global Alliance (and its partners) communication channels and external media. Participants may also coordinate additional publicity with PMO Global Alliance.