THE 2007 EXCELLENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AWARD WINNER!

The PMI-Portland Chapter initiated the first annual "Excellence in Project Management" Award in 2005 to acknowledge, honor, and widely publicize project teams for superior performance and execution of exemplary project management for projects completed during the previous year.

We are happy to announce that the winner of the 2007 Award goes to

TransCanada Gas Transmission Northwest

Project Name
Pacific Express, Customer Accounting & Reporting (CAR) Implementation Project. (The Pacific Express Project).

Project Description
TransCanada operates a network of 36,500 miles of natural gas pipeline through several subsidiary companies linking the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) to markets in Canada and 17 US States. TransCanada also owns, or has interestsin, approximately 7,700 megawatts of power generation. Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada headquartered in Portland, Oregon, pumps nearly 3 billion cubic feet of gas per day through more than 610 miles of pipeline running from Canada to California. GTN provides gas transportation services to more than 100 customers, including gas producers, marketers, and electric and gas utilities.

In the second half of 2005, TransCanada initiated a program of work called the GTN Customer Information Systems (CIS) Modernization Program. The purpose of this program is to replace the existing suite of legacy customer information systems with a custom-developed solution (Pacific Express). The customer systems support GTN's pipeline management functions and are considered business critical. The program is defined by several projects, each focused on distinct areas of business functionality.

The first area of business functionality to be addressed was "Customer Accounting and Reporting (CAR)". Beginning January 2006, an 8-week discovery project was executed to gather business requirements, establish technical direction, and develop project management artifacts, including a Project Charter and a supporting execution plan for the subsequent implementation project. Beginning March 2006, the Pacific Express CAR Implementation Project was initiated (generally referred to as "The Project" in the remainder of this document). This project developed the Pacific Express application and placed it into service on December 9th, 2006 and is the project being submitted to the PMI with this application.

Project start & finish dates: 03/6/06 - 12/09/06

Total effort: $2.6M

Project Deliverables
Pacific Express application, which supports the functionality and workflow required for customers to submit transactional information via a web-based interface, as mandated by a federal regulatory body.

Solution that: (i) established an implementation metaphor (service-oriented architecture) to be used by the follow-on projects, (ii) supported future changes in business direction and (iii) minimized total cost of ownership by reducing the effort required for on-going maintenance and support.

Project Manager Contact Information
Project Manager: Neville Wallace
Mailing Address: 315 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Suite 201, Portland, Oregon
Phone Number: (503) 957-4851
Email address: nwallace@obsglobal.com
Organization Name: TransCanada
Organization URL: www.transcanada.com

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THE CALL FOR 2007 EXCELLENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS IS NOW OPEN!

The PMI-Portland Chapter initiated the first annual "Excellence in Project Management" Award in 2005 to acknowledge, honor, and widely publicize project teams for superior performance and execution of exemplary project management for projects completed during the previous year.

Now in its third year, nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Excellence in Project Management Award! Please submit your excellent project application today!

To apply for the award, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Review the EPMA documents below.
Step 2: Submit your letter of interest.
Step 3: Begin work on the EPMA application.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The deadline for submitting your application is April 16, 2007

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the EPMA Team at .

EPMA Documents:

• EPMA Award Guidelines
• EPMA Letter of Interest
• EPMA Application Form

2007 EPMA Awards Booklet (participant and project descriptions)

RELATED LINKS:

• Current Awards page
• 2006 Project Excellence Award
• 2005 Project Excellence Award
• PMI® Professional Awards Program
• PMI® Project of the Year

1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
Chapter Sponsor/Mentor of the Year
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2000
2000 International Project of the Year (Awarded in September 2000) to The Reactor Vessel and Internals Removal (RVAIR) Project (February 1999 - December 1999) Portland General Electric at Trojan Nuclear Plant

2006
2006 PMI Component Award for Community Involvement

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• PMI Portland History