A project nominated for this award should have shown outstanding innovation in its use of technology, services or processes in the development or deployment of an organisation’s IT infrastructure.  In doing so the project may have changed accepted local or industry practices, produced or used innovative products or services, used new deployment methods or used common technology in a particularly innovative way.  The size and complexity of the project will not be a major factor in the judges’ deliberations; the pure innovation value of the project should make it stand out from the rest. 

Award Criteria

The judges will be looking for:

• Demonstration of innovation in the project
• Sheer brilliance in identifying an opportunity to innovate within their organisation

Project Detail Required

Background information

1. Business turnover or Public sector annual budget
2. Number of employees
3. Annual IT spend
4. Project elapsed time, Man days effort, and Project Management days effort

Award Information

1. Describe the vision and objectives for the project.
2. Describe and provide evidence of the tangible benefits and value delivered (See rule 2).
3. Describe the intangible (soft) benefits and value delivered.
4. Describe the organisation’s perception of IT Innovation that existed before the project.
5. Describe the problem that this innovation solved.
6. Describe the process which your organisation used to identify this innovation as a potential ‘winner’.
7. What other options were considered and why were they rejected?
8. How did you make the case or secure the people and resources to deliver?
9. Describe the problems encountered and how they were overcome.
10. Describe the organisation’s perception of IT Innovation that existed after the project.
11. Why should this project win this award?