2020

  • PMI PMO of the Year Award 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.

        DC Water IT Project Management Office team
    • Finalists

      • Emaar Properties PJSC

        Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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        Emaar Properties PJSC team
      • Kern Health Systems

        Bakersfield, California, USA

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        Kern Health Systems Enterprise Project team
  • PMI Project of the Year Award 2020

    • Winner

      • The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project

        TANAP Natural Gas Transmission Company

        Ankara, Turkey

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        The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project team
    • Finalists

      • Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project

        ATCO

        Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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        Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project team
      • Revitalisation de la Tour de Montréal – Montréal Tower Revitalization Project

        Parc Olympique

        Montréal, Québec, Canada

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        Montreal Tower Project team
  • PMI Rising Leader Award 2020

    • 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

  • PMI Eric Jenett Person of the Year Award 2020

    • Winners

      • Vanita Ahuja, PhD, PgMP, MRICS

      • Dr. Krishna Kumar T I PhD, CDAI

      • Kenneth Bainey MBA, PMP

  • PMI Fellow Award 2020

    • Winners

      • Dr. Prasad S. Kodukula, PMP, PgMP

      • Marge Combe

  • PMI Project Excellence Award 2020

    • Winners

      • Shaybah Airport Runway Upgrade Project

        Saudi Aramco

        Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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        Saudi Aramco team
      • Data-Center Co-Location Project

        Adventist Health / Quest Technology Management

        Roseville, California, USA

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        Adventist Health Quest Technology Management team
      • Project Rural MPowerment

        Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd

        Colombo, Sri Lanka

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        Project Rural MPowerment Mobitel team
  • PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award 2020

    • Winner

      • Project Management: A Benefit Realisation Approach

        by Professor Ofer Zwikael and John R Smyrk

  • PMI Project Management Journal® Paper of the Year Award 2020

    • Winner

      • How Digital Information Transforms Project Delivery Models

        by Professor Jennifer Whyte

  • PMI Research Achievement Award 2020

    • Winner

      • Professor Monique Aubry, PHD, MPM

  • PMI Linn Stuckenbruck Teaching Excellence Award 2020

    • Winner

      • Callum Robert Kidd

        University of Manchester