The Board of Trustees of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management, chaired by the Director General, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Chairman of the Award Board of Trustees, Mattar Al Tayer, has approved the eight winners in the third session of the 17 candidates submitted by the International Jury to the Council Winners will be announced and honored on December 10 at the 6th Dubai International Project Management Forum 2019.

The award - totaling AED 2,600,000 ($ 710,000) - aims to make Dubai an international hub for innovators and project management professionals, to encourage innovation in the field, and to add a new horizon to the innovative startup of the business sector in the Gulf region.

Laila Faridon, Secretary-General of the Award, said: “The technical advisory committee of the Award submitted to the International Jury, composed of distinguished specialists and experts in the fields of project management, a list of 62 of the 202 entries qualified for the evaluation stages. The International Jury nominated 17 entries and submitted to the Board of Trustees of the Award. To identify and approve the names of the winners, the Board approved the names of the winner of each category, and the top three in the category of innovative enterprise in the management of projects ».

“The award comprises four categories, the individual category, which includes the 'Innovative Project Manager of the Year' award, valued at $ 50,000, and focuses on benefits management, cost and time management, procurement management, quality management, risk management and constraints, change management, culture and requirements. $ 50,000 in Innovative Project Management Office Award, which includes topics on cost, time and scope management, project integration management, risk and constraints management, project portfolio strategy, project management performance, project management and communication and resource management, As well as the focus of the development of standards, methodologies and procedures of project management ». The second category relates to teams, including the $ 80,000 Innovative Team Award, covering four areas: communication management, change management, culture, stakeholder requirements, risk and constraints management and project integration management.

She added: «Category III includes institutions under the title (Innovative Foundation Award in Project Management), through the amendment of the previous institutional categories to include three centers, the first value of $ 200 thousand, the second value of $ 150 thousand, and the third place worth $ 100,000.

She pointed out that the award also includes the category «Academic», and includes «Scientific Research Award for Innovative Project Management» worth $ 40 thousand, and aims to encourage scientific research in the field of project management, and honoring researchers who work to develop theories and principles of project management, and «Award “Innovative Project Management (Academic Category)” is also worth $ 40,000 and aims to encourage the adoption of project management principles in projects and academic work.

1.6

AED million

Total Award.

- The award aims to

Make Dubai an international center

For owners of innovations

And specialists in

Project management.