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

The recipients of the awards above will be announced on December 4th at the PMO Global Awards Annual Ceremony, taking place in Paris at the PMOUNCON 2023.

HOW TO APPLY

These awards are not open for applications.

The nominees will be appointed by the PMO Global Awards Nominating Committee, 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.

The announcement dates are as follows: the top eight semi-finalists will be announced on July 27, 2023. The top five finalists will be announced on September 1, 2023, and the world winner will be announced on December 4, 2023.

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.

The award recipient will be announced on December 4, 2023.

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.

The award recipient will be announced on December 4, 2023.

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

• Potential candidates for this award are appointed by the PMO Global Alliance Nominating Committee based on the suggestions of PMOGA members.

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: 10%

2) INFLUENCE

This criterion evaluates how the nominee has been consistently acting as a true PMO Influencer, inspiring the PMO community, providing valuable contributions to professionals and organizations.
Weight: 30% 

3) INNOVATION

This criterion evaluates what innovative contributions the nominee has provided to the PMO community.
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: 10%

5) 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: 30%

PMOGA LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION AWARD AND PMOGA FELLOW AWARD CRITERIA

• Potential candidates for these two special awards are appointed by the PMO Global Alliance Nominating Committee based on the suggestions of PMOGA members.

• 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, except to the Auditing Committee.

• 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 communication channels and external media. Participants may also coordinate additional publicity with PMO Global Alliance.