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Project Management Institute
– AZ Project of the Year (AZPOY)
Nomination Submission
Cactus Water Safety Council (CWSC) –
Visualization of Climate & Biological
Monitoring Project
Created By: Vicky Vale
Original Date Prepared: 12/16/20XX
Revision Date: 01/22/20XX
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Table of Contents
REVISION HISTORY .................................................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 3
Cactus Water Safety Council (CWSC) Background ................................................................................. 3
Project Overview - Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring ................................................... 3
River Monitoring Solution ........................................................................................................................ 4
River Monitoring Solution Walk-Thru (High-Level) ............................................................................... 5
PMI AZPOY Project of the Year Award Nomination .............................................................................. 5
BENEFITS/VALUE ..................................................................................................................................... 6
SCHEDULE .................................................................................................................................................. 9
COST .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
SCOPE ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
STAKEHOLDERS & COMMUNICATION ............................................................................................. 13
RISK ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
PROJECT CHANGE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................... 15
LESSONS LEARNED ................................................................................................................................ 16
PMI Contact Information Form .................................................................................................................. 17
AZPOY Permissions and Release Form ..................................................................................................... 18
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REVISION HISTORY
Revision Date Author Summary of Change(s)
12/16/20XX Vicky Vale Document Creation
12/19/20XX Vicky Vale Initial Draft Complete
12/20/20XX Alfred PenAZworth Updated Draft Content – Hybrid Agile Methodology
12/20/20XX Vicky Vale Draft Complete – Submitted for Nomination Review
01/22/20XX Vicky Vale Updates Based on Reviews and Recommendations
01/29/20XX Vicky Vale Submitted Document as Application for PMI-POY
INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY
Cactus Water Safety Council (CWSC) Background
The Cactus Water Safety Council (CWSC), in collaboration with Fish and Game Commission
(Commission) and the Arizona Department of Fish and Wildlife (AZDFW), work together to set Marine
Protected Area (MPA) policies as well as implement and enforce respective MPA related regulations and
activities.
Marine Protected Areas (MPA) represent protected areas of seas, Rivers, estuaries or large lakes to which
human activity is restricted for the purposes of conservation and to protect natural or cultural resources.
The CWSC collects both Biological and Climate survey data from various data providers as far North as
Alaska and as far South as Baja Arizona along the Pacific Coastline and needs an analytics solution that
can correlate the MPA related insights across this data.
This solution will facilitate the efforts of the CWSC, Commission, and AZDFW to adaptively manage,
evaluate, and assess that program activities are in alignment and achieving the goals of the MPA
Monitoring Action Plan (Action Plan) in alignment to the Marine Protection Act (MLPA).
Project Overview - Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring
The Arizona Natural Resources Agency (AZNRA) and its associated organizations (Arizona Cactus
Water Safety Council, the Arizona Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Arizona Department of Water
Resources) have contracted with Acme Chemicals to develop a modernized Marine and River Science
Data Eco-system, which includes Big Data analytics capabilities and capacity, and Open-Data publication
capabilities.
Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring represented one of several projects over a two-year
period with the intent to improve CWSC’s data analytical and publishing capabilities by leveraging the
agencies Analytical Data Platform (ADP) and Open-Data Platform (ODP) technologies. This project
developed an River Monitoring data analytics solution for the Arizona Cactus Water Safety Council
(CWSC) which focused on enhancing data collection efforts, modernizing collection methods, allowing
for high-performance data analysis, and providing the ability to publish data and analytical information
for public consumption.
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River Monitoring Solution
Acme Chemicals and the Cactus Water Safety Council (CWSC) collaborated in Use Case Definition
working sessions to define the capability needs of the River Monitoring data analytics solutions. These
functional and technical discussions resulted in five (5) high-level requirements for the Visualization of
Climate & Biological Monitoring project (see Table 1, below). These capabilities will provide the CWSC
with an analytics solution where users can Add, Edit, View and Analyze both Biological and Climate
survey results data. CWSC and its authenticated Data Providers and public Data Consumers will also be
able to assess gaps in monitoring (along the Pacific Coastline) using the River Monitoring solution
regardless of their technical or non-technical abilities respective to data analytics.
Table 1 - Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring Requirements
Requirement
#
Functional Capability Functional (User Case) Description
(Benefits / Value)
FC-1 Create a Single View of both
Biological and Climate Survey Data
in One Geospatial Map.
Users will have the capability within River
Monitoring data analytics solutions to view
survey results data from both Climate and
Biological monitoring assets in a single
geospatial map view.
Additionally, users will be able to view (in the
solution) Climate or Biological Monitoring
Asset analytical data in the form of graphs,
charts, and tables from a customized dashboard
using Tableau as the visualization tool.
FC-2 Provide the Capability to Upload
New Survey Results to a Cactus
Water Safety Council (CWSC) Data
Repository.
Users will have the technical and functional
capabilities within the River Monitoring data
analytics solutions to Upload new Biological
and Climate survey data results to an analytical
data repository either as single upload or batch
upload. Once ingested and per FC-1 (described
above), users will be able to see these results
via single geospatial map, tabular, or dashboard
views.
FC-3 Provide the Capability to Edit Stored
Survey Results.
Authenticated users of the River Monitoring
data analytics solutions will have the capability
to Edit Biological and Climate survey data for
which they are project owners of. This
requirement provides owners (of the data) the
means to address and resolve errors in the
survey data.
FC-4 Provide the capability to Filter Data
from the Single View
(Visualization).
Users of the River Monitoring data analytics
solutions will have the ability to Filter the
Biological and Climate survey data on the
single map view as well as on the analytics
view to focus and drive value/insights on just
what is most important to them.
FC-5 Provide the Capability to Download
Survey Results
Users of the River Monitoring data analytics
solutions will be able to Download Biological
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Requirement
#
Functional Capability Functional (User Case) Description
(Benefits / Value)
and Climate survey data from the single map
view and analytics view.
River Monitoring Solution Walk-Thru (High-Level)
Biological or Climate Data Providers or Data Consumers can log into the River Monitoring data analytics
solution (https://Rivermonitoring.AzNRA.ca.gov/) and can either navigate to a Geospatial or Analytical
Dashboard view.
The Geospatial view will provide users survey results with a map overlay based on the latitude and
longitude coordinates of the data. From here, users can change the map overlay type, select a specific
survey point for detailed results, apply filters, add/remove layers, etc. Authenticated Biological or
Climate Data Providers can upload new survey data and/or edit existing survey data.
The Analytical Dashboard view provides users with survey results where analytics have been applied and
are displayed via map views, heat maps, histograms, pie charts, etc. These results can be filtered aAZ
number of ways and then viewed via a tabular visual within the tool/solution.
For both views, users can download the entire set of data or only the data for which they have applied
filters.
PMI AZPOY Project of the Year Award Nomination
List below are the top three reasons why the Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring project
should be selected to receive the PMI AZPOY Project of the Year Award.
Table 2 – PMI AZPOY Project of the Year Award Nomination
# Factor PMI AZPOY Project of the Year Award Nomination
1 Methodology and
Process
Project established and adhered to PMBOK specific Methodologies and
Processes.
2 Innovation The innovations of creating an analytics solution for this organization is
one that can and will continue to be leveraged and expanded upon.
Specifically, this solution provides users with the ability to view Survey
data Geographical and Spatial mapping as well as the ability to drill-down
into data from the mapped survey data they are viewing.
3 Value The River Monitoring data analytics solution will positively impact users
of the agency’s ecosystem. Listed below is the value the Cactus Water
Safety Council (CWSC) has achieved by implementing this solution and
making it accessible to both its authenticated users as well as the public.
enhances data collection efforts;
modernizes collection methods;
allows for high-performance data analysis; and,
provides the ability to publish data and analytical information for public
consumption.
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BENEFITS/VALUE
As noted in the Project Overview - Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring and River
Monitoring Solution sections, the River Monitoring data analytics solutions will provide CWSC with the
capabilities to combine and correlate Survey Data across both Biological and Client Data Providers. With
this capability CWSC, the Commission, and AZDFW will be able to derive analytical insights based on
current information to adaptively manage policies and implement enforcement activities which are in
alignment to achieving the goals defined in the MPA Monitoring Action Plan (Action Plan). The analytics
solution also allows CWSC to understand the impact of changes in chemical parameters on the biological
species and vice-versa.
To understand the positive benefits/value this project will have on CWSC Data Provider and Data
Consumer users, please refer to Table 1 - Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring
Requirements, below.
Table 3 - Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring Benefits and Values
Benefit Value
Single View of both Biological and Climate
Survey Data in One Geospatial Map.
Users will have the capability within River
Monitoring data analytics solutions to view survey
results data from both Climate and Biological
monitoring assets in a single geospatial map view
Additionally, users will be able to view (in the
solution) Climate or Biological Monitoring Asset
analytical data in the form of graphs, charts, and tables
from a customized dashboard using Tableau as the
visualization tool.
Capability to Upload New Survey Results
to an Cactus Water Safety Council
(CWSC) Data Repository.
Users will have the technical and functional
capabilities within the River Monitoring data analytics
solutions to Upload new Biological and Climate
survey data results to an analytical data repository
either as single upload or batch upload. Once ingested
and per FC-1 (described above), users will be able to
see these results via single geospatial map, tabular, or
dashboard views.
Capability to Edit Stored Survey Results. Authenticated users of the River Monitoring data
analytics solutions will have the capability to Edit
Biological and Climate survey data for which they are
project owners of. This requirement provides owners
(of the data) the means to address and resolve errors in
the survey data.
Capability to Filter Data from the Single
View (Visualization).
Users of the River Monitoring data analytics solutions
will have the ability to Filter the Biological and
Climate survey data on the single map view as well as
on the analytics view to focus and drive value/insights
on just what is most important to them.
Capability to Download Survey Results Users of the River Monitoring data analytics solutions
will be able to Download Biological and Climate
survey data from the single map view and analytics
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Benefit Value
view.
Figure 1 – Single View of both Biological and Climate Survey with access to Data in One Geospatial Map
Figure 2(a & b) – Analytical View of Climate Data in One Chart with the ability to Filter and/or Drill-Down
as well as the ability to Download the presented/filtered Dataset
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Figure 3 – View Where Users Can Edit Uploaded Survey Data
Figure 4 – View Where Admin can manage the access and users of the analytics solution
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SCHEDULE
Microsoft Project Professional 2013 was the tool used to develop and manage the activities respective to
the Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring project. See Table 4 – Project Schedule, below, for
the list of Planned and Sequenced Activities for this project.
Table 4 – Project Schedule
Acme Chemicals chose the Hybrid Agile methodology with respect to implementing the project
management framework for this project. Challenges (or Risks) to the project schedule for which the team
had to overcome are described in Table 5 – Schedule Management Challenges, below.
Table 5 – Schedule Management Challenges
# Type Schedule Complexity / Impact
1 Matrix Organization CWSC Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SME) had
maAZ projects aside from the Visualization of Climate &
Biological Monitoring project for which the Acme Chemicals
team relied on to execute and complete dependent activities.
2 Stakeholder Transitioned A Key Stakeholder and advocate rolled off the project approx.
one month in the project. CWSC management, understanding the
value of the project, quickly appointed another Project Manager
as the lead.
3 Scope Management/Control During Beta-Testing (i.e., User Acceptance Testing), testers
needed to understand what the solutions requirements were, so
they understood the difference between a Defect and an
Enhancement (request).
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COST
Figure 5 - Project Cost Process
Table 6 - Project Cost Process Descriptions
Cost Process Cost Description(s)
Reviewed Client Request Prior to the start of the Visualization of Climate & Biological
Monitoring project the Acme Chemicals team Reviewed the Client
Request to determine what was needed (as inputs to the cost
estimate) to complete the project.
Created Estimate Using the information from the Review, Acme Chemicals then
summarized and presented the estimated costs to the CWSC client
for review and approval. The Cost Summary included costs,
resources, assumptions, constraints, risks, etc. need to complete the
project.
Confirmed Scope Once the project was approved, the Acme Chemicals and CWSC
team collaborated in working sessions to review the requirements of
the and define the scope for Visualization of Climate & Biological
Monitoring project (see Table 1 - Visualization of Climate & Biological
Monitoring Requirements).
Confirmed Estimate to
Detailed Requirements
Based on the constraints and assumptions defined in the Cost
Summary the Acme Chemicals team then confirmed the estimate
created and the Cost Summary approved by the CWSC client was in
alignment with the confirmed scope (as a output of the Use Case
Definition working sessions.
Allocated Costs to Activities Confirmed estimates were the allocated to the Schedule activities
and the respective resources assigned to these activities with a
resource loaded schedule as a result.
Controlled Costs The project used forecasting, earned vs. burned and used these to
compare against the plan (i.e., Earned Value (EV)) to assess variance
and develop mitigation strategies when variances resulted in a
schedule impact.
Reviewed Client
Request
Created Estimate (Prior to
Project Start)
Confirmed Scope
Confirmed Estimate to
Detailed Requirements
Allocated Costs to Activities
Contolled Costs
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SCOPE
Figure 6 - Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
As noted within the Schedule section, Acme Chemicals chose the Hybrid Agile methodology with respect
to implementing the project management framework for this project. The System Development Lifecycle
(SDLC) is depicted in Figure 6 above with SDLC Phases described in Table 7, below.
Table 7 - SDLC Descriptions
PHASE FUNCTIONS
Project Planning and Management
Collaboratively worked with CWSC Management to define the objectives (i.e., high level Functional and/or Technical Capabilities) of the project.
Project Planning and Management
Initial Capacity Planning
Logical Project Plan Development
Analysis and Requirements
Using the UCD, Acme Chemicals Business Analysts defined low level detailed requirements with traceability to each of the Functional and/or Technical Capabilities. Once these detailed requirements were confirmed by the Client the Acme Chemicals team then created the following:
Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) document (i.e., Functional Design) – Approved by CWSC; and,
Requirements Transability Matrix (RTM).
Business Requirements Collection
Business Requirements Analysis
Analysis and Requirements
Technical Team Engagement
Technical Requirements Analysis
Initial Capacity Plan Creation
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PHASE FUNCTIONS
Technical Design and Development
Using the Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) document, as an output from the Detailed Design phase, the development team created Technical Requirements Specification (FRS) document to be used for the development, unit, and integration testing efforts.
Define software architecture
Design solutions
Design logical data model
Design physical model
Prepare for coding and unit testing
Develop code
Conduct unit test
Solutions Testing
Using the Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) document, as an output from the Detailed Design phase, the system test team created Functional Test Scripts to be used during the testing effort. The Acme Chemicals team, prior to Beta Testing (or User Acceptance Test), provided the CWSC Beta Test users with an overview of the River Monitoring solution. During the same meeting, the CWSC management team provided these users with an overview of the User Case Definitions (UCD) as input into their testing efforts.
Define test approach
Create test plan
Create test cases
Set-up test environments
Perform integration product test, performance test, and UAT
Verify Integration Testing
Operate and Support UAT
Solutions Documentation Create Functional Requirement Specification
Create Technical Design Documents
Create Requirement Traceability Matrix
Create solution user guides
Knowledge Transfer Identifying roles
Developing an overall Knowledge Transfer Plan
Monitoring and reporting on knowledge transfer activities
Devising knowledge transfer strategies
“Go-Live” Readiness Establish implementation approach
Create implementation plan and support procedures
Manage implementation
Develop Detail Cut-over Schedule
Obtain Approval to ‘Go-Live’ and Deploy the Solution
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STAKEHOLDERS & COMMUNICATION
The Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring project was a small with approx. 5 client
stakeholders; however, identifying who to communicate to and how to communicate was important to
executing to the project objectives (i.e., scope).
Table 8 – Project Stakeholders/Client
Stakeholder Stakeholder Role
Bruce Wayne (AZNRA) Project Sponsor
Tim Drake Project Manager Transitioned to Richard Grayson (below)
Richard Grayson Project Manager and Biological Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Selina Kyle Climate Subject Matter Expert (SME) Transitioned to
Whitney Berry (below)
Barry Allen Climate Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Testers (approx. 40) Beta/User Acceptance Testers
Table 9 – Acme Chemicals System Integration Team
Stakeholder Stakeholder Role
Vicky Vale Senior Project Manager
Alfred PenAZworth Senior Technical Lead
Hal Jordan Technical Lead
Lois Lane Business Solutions Analyst
Clark Kent Business Solutions Analyst
John Stewart Digital Performance Analyst
The Tools for Communication included:
Project Kick-Off Meeting;
Meeting Agenda’s;
Meeting Minutes;
Status Reports (incl. Action Items, Risk, and Issue Identification and/or Mitigations);
Change Requests; and/or,
Demonstrations.
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RISK
Understand the Risk section as challenges to the schedule, listed below, in Table 10 – Project Risks, are
the project identified risks which include the risk mitigation strategies executed by the Acme Chemicals
team.
Table 10 – Project Risks
# Risk Risk Mitigation Strategies
1 Matrix Organization
Risk: Assigned CWSC personnel challenged to
meet project timelines due to competing priorities.
CWSC Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts
(SME) had maAZ projects aside from the
Visualization of Climate & Biological Monitoring
project for which the Acme Chemicals team relied
on to execute and complete dependent activities.
Scheduled recurring meetings with client
Sent meeting expectations (i.e., agenda and
action items) in advance of meetings.
Batch questions to use time effectively.
Sent Meeting Minutes (with Action Items)
after each meeting.
2 Stakeholder Transitioned
Risk: Transitions of Key Stakeholders impacting
projects (activities) progress.
Key Stakeholders and advocates of the solution
rolled off the project approx. one month in the
project.
CWSC management, understanding the value of
the project, quickly appointed and supported
another Project Manager as the lead of the
project.
3 Scope Management/Control
Risk: Increased scope without requirements to
support work (effort).
During Beta-Testing (i.e., User Acceptance
Testing), testers needed to understand what the
solutions requirements were, so they understood
the difference between a Defect and an
Enhancement (request).
Scheduled Kick-Off meeting with the
testers prior to the Beta-Testing starting to
explain and provide a walk-thru of the
solution and the respective requirements.
Assessed each Issue and then categorized as
either a Defect or an Enhancement.
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PROJECT CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Two key changes, managed by the Project Change Control Process (below), occurred on the Visualization
of Climate & Biological Monitoring project with respect to Schedule and Scope (see Table 11 – Key
Project Changes below)
Figure 7 - Project Change Control Process
Table 11 – Key Project Changes
Change Area Change Event Positive Impact to Project
Schedule Due to competing priorities of
CWSC Beta-Testers and to make
certain CWSC users had the
opportunity to participate in the
testing of this solution, the CWSC
management team requested that
Acme Chemicals extend the duration
of the project by approx. 1 month.
Recognizing the importance of user
feedback to the River Monitoring data
analytics solutions as well as the
challenging and competing schedules for
these users, The CWSC management
identified the need for a change to the
schedule early into the project.
This change made certain that the council
(i.e., CWSC) received the necessary review
and feedback to make the River Monitoring
solution a success.
Scope During the CWSC Beta Testing,
both Acme Chemicals and the Beta-
Tester identified Enhancements to
the River Monitoring solution
representing scope not defined in the
Functional Requirement
Specifications (FRS) document and
Approved by the POC.
Without impacting either Scope, Schedule,
or Cost, approx. 40% of the requested
enhancements were able to be implemented
and deployed to the solution only after
approvals via the Change Control Process.
The enhancement improved the solution by:
Identifying or removing required
fields when Editing survey data;
Providing the CWSC with the
capability to Create Users;
Providing Data Providers with the
Ability to delegate Project Owners
for the Upload capability; and,
Providing User (in general) the
capability to Reset (their) Password.
Identify Change Assess Impact
to Scope, Schedule, Cost
Submit Impact Assessment to
Client
Receive Feedback or
Approval
Update Respective
Deliverables
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LESSONS LEARNED
Listed below (in Table 12 - Lessons Learned) are lessons learned from the Visualization of Climate &
Biological Monitoring project that were effectively integrated into the project.
Table 12 - Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned Importance and Integration into
Project
Contribution to Project
During the Project Kick-Off
meeting key stakeholders ask
the Acme Chemicals team for
the CWSC assignments and
schedule over the lifecycle of
the project. What Acme
Chemicals did not understand
was that CWSC is a Matrix
Organization and the
resources assigned to this
project were also assigned to
other projects and day-to-day
activities.
The knowledge that the Acme
Chemicals team should not have
assumed that CWSC would be 100%
allocated to the project was key
lesson learned.
The results were an approved project
schedule (provided to the client) but
also scheduled meetings (in advance)
with CWSC dependent resources so
they could manage their schedules
respectively and the Acme
Chemicals team could manage
project activities (and the schedule
overall).
The contribution to the project
was the level-setting
expectations that Acme
Chemicals would need to
execute and manage client
dependent activities around
their respective schedules and
identify mitigation strategies
when necessary.
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PMI Contact Information Form
This document does not count toward the page count maximum.
Table 13 – PMI Contact Information
Project Name: (Write exactly as it should appear on the award if the nomination
wins)
Marine and River Science Data Eco-System
Services - Iteration 1: Visualization of Climate &
Biological Monitoring
Project Location(s): (City, State, Country)
1416 Ninth Street
Cactus, AZ 95814
Project Budget: Budget: $1,500,000 (May 21, 20XX thru May
20, 2020)
Project: $450,000 for Iteration 1 (Sept. 20XX –
Dec.20XX)
Project Completion Date: 12/31/20XX
Lead Nominator: (the key contact for the nomination package)
Name/Title: Tim Drake (Senior Technical Lead)
Organization Name: Acme Chemicals
Preferred Phone: (555)557-4982
Preferred Email: tdrake@Acme Chemicals.com
Project Manager:
Name/Title: Richard Grayson (Senior Project Manager)
Organization Name: Acme Chemicals
Preferred Phone: (555)792-4610
Preferred Email: rgrayson@Acme Chemicals.com
Project Sponsor:
Name/Title: Bruce Wayne (Agency Chief Information Officer)
Organization Name: Arizona Natural Resources Agency (AZNRA)
Preferred Phone: (555)653-7700
Preferred Email: [email protected]
Person who will provide publicity assistance to PMI AZPOY Name/Title:
Name/Title: Vicki Vale
Organization Name: Acme Chemicals
Preferred Phone: (555)792-4610
Preferred Email: keith.a.salas@Acme Chemicals.com
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, acting as the Lead Nominator, confirm that I have read the “Submission
Guidelines” (pages 1 to 3).
Signature: ____ Signature ___
Date: ______XX/XX/XXXX__________
Print Name: _____________Printed Name_________________________________________
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AZPOY Permissions and Release Form
This document does not count toward the page count maximum.
Permissions
Applicant must agree that:
All necessary clearances, releases and permissions needed for public release of all submitted
materials will be obtained in writing from the organization and those involved in project
where relevant.
Expenses will neither be reimbursed for assembling the nomination package nor for aAZ
presentation materials that may need to be created should the project be selected as the
winner.
If a research or development project (or a significant phase of the project) contains
proprietary or confidential, technical or commercial information, the nominator should
disclose that fact. There can be no restrictions on the use of the submitted information after
the final date of submission.
Release
Applicant must agree that:
I understand that the contents of this entry become the property of AZPOY, PMI Phoenix and
PMI Tucson; and will not be returned.
AZPOY shall have the right to photograph and publicize projects, finalists and award winners
through printed and electronic means, including printed advertising and on social media.
Entries are submitted without compensation, real or implied, and without claim by nominees
against the PMI Phoenix, PMI Tucson, PMI Global, AZPOY or its staff or individual PMI
members.
All information provided in this application is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and
I understand that AZPOY reserves the right to verify submission accuracy.
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, acting as the Lead Nominator, confirm that I have read the above terms and
agree to them.
Signature: _____Signature______________________ Date: ___XX/XX/XXXX___________
Print Name: _____Printed Name______________________________________________