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Introduction

The IPMA Young Project Manager Award is awarded annually to recognize and motivate young project management professionals around the world. Introduced in 2006 at the IPMA Young Crew conference in Shanghai, China, the IPMA Young Project Manager Award recognizes rising talent in the project and program management industries by honoring young project managers for their accomplishments early in their careers. These honorees have demonstrated invaluable impact to both their profession and their companies, and are on the fast track to becoming influential project leaders on an international scale.

The award is open to project management professionals aged 18 to 35 years at the time of entry. The criteria for evaluation are based upon the IPMA International Competence Baseline (ICB). An international jury will select the finalists for the award. Each finalist will receive an IPMA-Sponsorship (1.500 €) to participate in the 2010 IPMA Young Crew Management Workshop in Istanbul, Turkey.

Application Procedures 

All prospective applicants for the 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award should complete the online application. Initial applications will be accepted by the Award Committee until midnight, 30 June 2010 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Prior to completing the application, please ensure that you have a current resume or curriculum vitae (CV) available, as it is a required element of the application package. If you have any questions about the award or the application, please contact the Award Committee at ycaward@ipma.ch.

Please access the online application for the award by clicking here.

Assessment Criteria

All applicants will be evaluated on the same set of assessment criteria. These criteria were developed by members of the IPMA Young Crew Management Board, and provide a standardized approach to selecting the finalists for the award. The Award Jury, which is comprised of a panel of global project management professionals, will assess the application packages and score each package on a scale from 1-10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest). The score will then be weighted according to the following criteria:

  • Application from the Young Project Manager – 20%
  • Project Description written by the Young Project Manager – 20%
  • Evaluation by the Senior Manager of the Young Project Manager – 30%
  • Feedback from Project Owner / Customer involved in the Project – 20%
  • Award Jury Perspectives – 10%

The final score for each applicant is the sum of the weighted scores.

Confidentiality

The names of all applicants will be handled with the highest confidentiality. Such information is available only to people directly involved in the scoring and processing. Therefore, we ask all applicants to keep any feedback on their application confidential until the announcement of the results at the 2010 IPMA Young Crew Workshop Gala Dinner.

Award Jury

This year, we are excited to welcome our esteemed panel of judges for the 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award. These individuals have made significant contributions to the project management community, and will be participating in the selection process. Please continue to check this section of the website as we announce additions to our Award Jury.

Edward Logan, ManTech International

 

Edward Logan is a Business Executive Consultant at ManTech International Corporation, a publicly held Information Technology (IT) Management and Engineering Strategy Consulting company with more than 7,400 employees operating in 40 countries and headquartered based in Fairfax, Virginia.  Mr. Logan has over 15 years of combined education, professional experience in strategic management and business development with an extensive background in information technology and project management consulting services. 

Prior to joining ManTech International, Mr. Logan has also held senior executive level management positions with firms such as Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Project Performance Corporation (PPC) and Robbins-Gioia, LLC. He received his B.S. Political Science degree with honors at Northern Arizona University. He earned Master degrees at Robertson School of Government, Regent University, The George Washington University, School of Business and Elliott School of International Affairs.  He completed Senior Executive Management Programs Johnson School, Cornell University and the Stanford University. 

Edward was winner of the 2008 IPMA International Young Project Manager Award in Rome, Italy, the 2005 recipient of the PMI Project Management Community Advancement Individual Category in Toronto, Canada and inducted in 2004 Asian Academy of Hall Fame by Asian-American Leaders Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He is an active member of various professional organizations such as the Association of Professionals in Business Management (APBM), American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm), Project Management Institute (PMI), Institute of Management Consultants USA and International Project Management Association (IPMA). Lastly, Mr. Logan is a certified business manager and project manager.

Juergen Radel, Viega

Juergen Radel, M.A. studied at the University of Technology in Aachen (RWTH) and participated in an international Ph.D. program between the University of Bremen, the SDA Bocconi (Milan, Italy) and the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA/CEPIES, La Paz, Bolivia). He is IPMA and TÜV certified in the fields of project and quality management. Since 2004, he has been working in a German based, international company. His focus is project management in the field of Human Resources. Between 2008 and 2010, he was the Chairman of the Young Crew of the German Association of Project Management (GPM e.V.). In this function, he held lectures and workshops worldwide. In 2006, he was a finalist for the IPMA Young Project Manager Award. Aside from his day-to-day activities, Juergen works with different organizations such as the Foundation of German Business (SDW), in cooperation with the Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation to support start-up-entrepreneurs by providing coaching for project management.

Lindsay Scott, Arras People

Lindsay co-founded Arras People, the project management recruitment specialists, in 2002 with John Thorpe following a career in project management and project office. Before joining, Lindsay worked within the Consulting Division of Hewlett-Packard, first as a Project Co-ordinator and latterly as the Project Office Manager for the UK. During this time, Lindsay has had exposure to a variety of programmes and projects across numerous vertical markets including, e-commerce, retail, telecoms, public sector and defence. Having performed the role of an all-round project co-ordinator for a number of years, Lindsay became the Project Office Manager – defining and establishing the Project Office for the UK operations as well as providing guidance and support to the establishment of project office functions in the European regions.

Since joining Arras, Lindsay has developed the programme and project management recruitment services offering and has recruited hundreds of project management professionals for organizations in both the public and private sectors.

Lindsay is an active member of the project management community in the UK and is the careers expert for PMI, regular contribute to PM journals and broadsheets on the UK project management marketplace.

Lindsay is a keen promoter of PMOs and forms part of the managing committee for the Programme and Project Support Office Specialist Interest Group (PPSO SIG) – which for 10 years have been at the forefront of PMO thought leadership in the UK.

Deanne Earle, Unlike Before Ltd.

Deanne Earle, Founder of Unlike Before Ltd., is a project consultant based in Turin, Italy who provides services to clients across industry sectors and around the globe. Specializing in IT-led projects that are complex in nature or in a state of crisis, Deanne continues to encourage project managers to understand methodology and not shy away from applying sensibility and pragmatism where it makes sense. Her clients and mentees benefit from Deanne's input in the often over-looked space between project and organizational change where consciousness of cause and effect helps smooth the way towards meeting projected operational efficiencies, empowering employees and significantly improving internal services.

Sponsorships

IPMA Young Crew is looking to partner with organizations for sponsorship of the IPMA Young Project Manager Award. IPMA Young Crew is the only global organization that provides recognition for international, young project managers that brings visibility to their accomplishments early in their careers. Sponsoring the award demonstrates a commitment to the ongoing development of the project leaders of tomorrow. We are happy to discuss sponsorship arrangements with you, and invite you to attend the 2010 IPMA Young Crew Workshop and Gala Dinner this year.

Organizations that are interested in sponsoring the 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award or the 2010 IPMA Young Crew Workshop Gala Dinner should contact Jhaymee Wilson at ycaward@ipma.ch to inquire about sponsorship packages. We look forward to growing our partnerships this year, and to promoting the advancement of young project managers internationally.

Contact

Should you have questions about the IPMA Young Project Manager Award, please contact the following individuals:

Jhaymee Wilson and Jörn Eggeman, coordinators of the 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award: ycaward@ipma.ch

Downloads

The call for nominations for the 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award is available here.

Future documentation for the 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award will be provided on this website.