Newsletter | 13 March 2017

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Newsletter Vol.11 rev.0, 13/Mar/2017 SPMI-PoY2016-17 Awards, Prepared by: Hari Hara, SPMI POY Chair/Board of Director Thanks to all Winners, Runners-up, Nominated Companies & all Participants, for making the 3rd Project of the Year 2016-17 Awards Exceptional!   SPMI - The Project Management Institute Singapore Chapter which is the Country Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI), established in the year 1999 is so glad to inform the results for the prestigious 3rd Project of the Year (POY) award, which had strongly attracted Corporates and Government agencies to obtain a record total number of 27 nominations for the current POY Awards. The POY 2016-17 Award Ceremony-Gala Dinner together with Member’s Nite was conducted at Carlton Hotel on 24th Feb 2017.  The 3rd POY Award Ceremony had attracted nearly 300 registrants from 200 companies.  The POY Award program was conceptualized and delivered, by Mr. Rashid Mohiuddin for the first two years and is the mentor of the program. SPMI president Mr. Umesh Ursekar had inaugurated this award ceremony, shared the importance of Project of the Year award, for recognizing project management excellence in Singapore arena. The 3rd POY 2016-17 Awards Chairman Mr. Hari Hara, presented the Overview of the POY 2016-17 award Journey, highlighted the insights of the award categories, along with the broad industrial segmentations where Project Management is largely practiced across various industries. This year, POY awards attracted nominations from various industrial segments viz Information Technology, Banking, Healthcare, Stock-Exchange, Logistics, Airport, EPC companies, Government owned consultancy, International consultancies, Energy & Chemicals, Rail Transportation infrastructure, Marine & offshore engineering firms.   SPMI was honoured to have Mr. Heng Chee How, Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s office, Republic of Singapore, as Guest of Honour who had graced this Award event, and also shared the dynamic role of Project Management profession for building Singapore’s Smart Nation vision. Also, Mr. Hari Hara was honored with a Special Recognition Award by Mr. Heng Chee How, DSG of the NTUC, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, for his exemplary leadership and commitment as Chairman of Project of the Year 2016-17 Award program and also POY Volunteer team & POY committee were honored. SPMI-POY-2016-17 award program was backed-up with a strong line-up of 19 Judges and Evaluation Panel memberswhich includes CIOs, Professors, Senior Vice Presidents, Corporate Directors, EDB director, and other senior executives from the corporate world and reputed institutions (NTU & NUS). On behalf of SPMI, Senior Minister Mr. Heng Chee How DSG of the NTUC, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, presented a Leadership Impact Award, to Mr. Vivek Kumar, Assistant Director-General, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as recognition for his leadership role in building partnership between NTUC-SPMI over the years. The 3rd SPMI Project of the Year (POY 2016-17) Awards honoured outstanding and successful projects under two categories:   Winner     Company : Singapore Exchange       Winner     Company : Land Transport Authority     1stRunner-Up     Company : Deutsche Bank AG      1stRunner-Up     Company :  Changi Airport Group Pte Ltd      2nd Runner-Up [there were Ties for this positon]   2nd Runner-Up      Company:    IHiS, SNEC, NHGEI, AIC         Company:    DHL Supply Chain          Company:  Surbana Jurong Consultants        SPMI POY Chairman Mr. Hari Hara and POY Co-Chair Mr. Velimir Tasic awarded Appreciation Plaques to all Nominated Companies for acknowledging their participation efforts to the POY 2016-17 award program. The launch date for SPMI POY 2017-18 Awards shall be announced by the SPMI POY Awards Organizing committee in the month of May-Jun 2017. SPMI expects more Corporate & Government agencies participation, where Nomination submission is Free of Charge. There are more opportunities for Sponsorship companies in the upcoming POY 2017-18 Award program. SPMI once again thanks all participated companies, for making Project of the year 2016-17 Awards so successful and looking forward to your continuous support. For More details refer PoY 2016-17 Awards Website www.pmi.org.sg/poy2016 and contact SPMI POY committee leaders Email: poy@pmi.org.sg ________________________________________________________________________________________ About the Author:  Mr. Hari Hara, MBA, MSc, PMP®, is an experienced Project Management Professional with keen interest on organizational growth, strategy and business enhancement. He holds double Master’s degree on Business Administration (Rutgers Business School, The State University of New Jersey (USA) as well as Master of Science (CIM) from NTU, Singapore. He has over 17 years of hands-on PM experience in the EPC business. He works as Board of Directors, PMI Singapore since 2015-present, on a PMI Volunteer role. Mr. Hari Hara works in Singapore as a Project Manager, in a global Design, Engineering & Construction firm, JACOBS. For any query related to this article or POY awards, please contact the author via Email: hariiyer10@pmi.org.sg, hariiyer10@yahoo.comor via LinkedIn.        SPMI POY Award Organizing Committee Proudly Supported & in Association with

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Mr. S. Harihara Subramanian | MBA, MS, PMP
Board of Directors & SPMI POY 2017-18 Chairman | PMI Singapore Chapter
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Project of the Year Award honours project teams for their successful completion of project in Business & information system and Engineering & Construction in Singapore. With overwhelming response and support from market leaders, corporates, project managers, this program was launched in 2014. Following the grant success of the SPMI POY 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, the Singapore Project Management Institute has launched the SPMI POY 2016-2017 and invites all corporates to showcase their outstanding projects for these awards.

• One of the most prestigious awards for project management professionals and organizations in Singapore to get recognized and rewarded for their outstanding projects.
• A platform for organizations to showcase their capabilities and achievements, and learn from other organizations.
• Organizations have the chance to raise the awareness of their projects and the PM profession among their senior executives.
• Winners of SPMI POY get the opportunity to compete for prestigious global PMI awards. Thus, raising the recognition also at the global level.
• SPMI POY winners will be recognized in SPMI publications, website and during the SPMI Regional Symposium.
• SPMI POY winners will be published in PMI Region 15 periodicals.

• The project must been completed between September 01, 2014 and September 30, 2016.
• The project must be implemented in Singapore or carried out by a company based in Singapore or originated from Singapore.
• The total size of the project must meet following conditions for the categories:

o Business and Information Systems:

§ Minimum budget of S$2mil, and 20 or more team members.

o Engineering and Construction:

§ Minimum budget of S$20mil, and 20 or more team members.

• An organization cannot submit more than 3 projects per category, but may submit projects in multiple categories.
• The project has not won any PMI Distinguished Project Awards.
• The project has neither been a Finalist nor won the SPMI POY 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
• PMI affiliation is not necessary for nomination.

We had the honour to welcome the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
(NTUC) and Minister in the Prime Minister Office, Mr. Chan Chun Sing to our awards ceremony to handing over the awards to our WINNERS and FINALISTS:

We had the honour to welcome the Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Mayor, North East District, Mr. Teo Ser Luck to our awards ceremony to handing over the awards to our WINNERS and FINALISTS: