2020

Winner

• DC Water

  Washington, D.C., USA

  Safe, clean water is the source of life for a community. Users need—and expect—unlimited and affordable access to the resource 24/7. For the IT project management office (PMO) at DC Water, that means coming up with innovative solutions to protect the labyrinthine 1,900 miles (3,058 kilometers) of wastewater pipes in Washington, D.C. Case in point: an AI-based tool that taps into a deep learning neural network model to locate defects. The so-called “facial recognition for sewer pipes” doesn’t just eliminate the risk of human error. It slashed the cost of scanning and coding flaws by roughly 75 percent. Another project by DC Water and industrial automation company GrayMatter uses technology to monitor the water quality in public drinking fountains—and turns them off when readings hit a certain level. Not only has the system been deployed in DC Water’s hometown, but other jurisdictions are buying the tech—creating another revenue stream for the org. All that bleeding-edge tech is amazing, but it also has to deliver a business solution. “We are not-for-profit. So we’ve got to be really careful with the dollars that we spend,” said Tom Kuczynski, DC Water’s vice president of IT. “It’s important that we achieve the results and the benefits from the investments that we make. That’s what the PMO helps us do.” And the PMO of the Year winner does it with great efficiency: Between 2014 and 2019, it helped DC Water’s on-time, on-budget delivery rate jump from 35 percent to 80 percent.

Finalists

• Emaar Properties PJSC

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Kern Health Systems

  Bakersfield, California, USA

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Winner

• The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project

  TANAP Natural Gas Transmission Company

  Ankara, Turkey

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Finalists

• Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project

  ATCO

  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Revitalisation de la Tour de Montréal – Montréal Tower Revitalization Project

  Parc Olympique

  Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Winners

• Lt. Dimitrios Zaires Exec. MSc, MBA, CMILT, PMI-RMP

• Dr. Ritu Ahuja, PMI-ACP, MRICS

• Roman Reznikov

• Nguyen Si Trieu Chau, LIMC, PfMP, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, IPMO-E, PMO-CP

Winners

• Vanita Ahuja, PhD, PgMP, MRICS

• Dr. Krishna Kumar T I PhD, CDAI

• Kenneth Bainey MBA, PMP

Winners

• Dr. Prasad S. Kodukula, PMP, PgMP

• Marge Combe

Winners

• Shaybah Airport Runway Upgrade Project

  Saudi Aramco

  Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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• Data-Center Co-Location Project

  Adventist Health / Quest Technology Management

  Roseville, California, USA

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• Project Rural MPowerment

  Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd

  Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Winner

• Project Management: A Benefit Realisation Approach

  by Professor Ofer Zwikael and John R Smyrk

Winner

• How Digital Information Transforms Project Delivery Models

  by Professor Jennifer Whyte

Winner

• Professor Monique Aubry, PHD, MPM

Winner

• Callum Robert Kidd

  University of Manchester