NBQSA 2015 presentation for participants v1.2

Participants’ Briefing
at
University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC)
on
07th August 2015

Welcome
Lakmal Embuldeniya
Executive Committee Member - BCS, The CIIT Sri Lanka Section
Committee Member - NBQSA 2015

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Agenda
• Insights to NBQSA
• Introduction to Special awards
• Introduction to Category awards
• Introduction to NBQSA judging
• Q & A

Insights to NBQSA
Prof. Gihan Wikramanayake
Chairman – BCS, The CIIT Sri Lanka Section

NBQSA Objectives
• Provide recognition to outstanding achievements of
individuals and organizations in Sri Lanka who have
developed high quality ICT products
• Provide a window to gain International Recognition of
Local ICT products
• Improve the Quality of Local products & Services to
meet International Standards
• Identify young talent and provide them an opportunity to
develop their skills in ICT

Awards Categories
Mr. Ruwan Amarasekara
Hon. Secretary – BCS, The CIIT Sri Lanka Section

NBQSA Awards
• ICT Lifetime Achiever / Most Outstanding Achievement
• ICT Entrepreneur of the Year
• Most Outstanding Public Sector ICT Achievement
• Commercial Product Categories
• Tertiary Student Projects Categories
• Special Awards
• Best Local Language Support Product
• Best Open Source Product

ICT Lifetime Achiever / Most
Outstanding Achievement Award
• Either “ICT Lifetime Achiever Award” or “Most Outstanding ICT
Achiever Award” would be presented to an individual for the
yeoman services rendered towards the development and shaping
of the Sri Lanka’s ICT environment. The recipient should have
dedicated at least 25 continuous years of the life to the local
industry and need to have a proven record of;
• generating ICT employment in Sri Lanka
• bringing foreign exchange to the country
• taking leadership in reducing the digital divide in the country
• introduced innovative ICT products or services
• taken leadership to ICT Human Resources Development
• contributed to the ICT policy planning, governance, law .etc.
• This recognition is awarded jointly by BCS Chartered Institute for IT
and ICT Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka.

ICT Entrepreneur of the year
Award
• This Award is presented to a budding entrepreneur for his or her effort for
venturing into the organizational development in an ICT organization
• NOMINEE SHOULD:
• Be an entrepreneur who has provided leadership for an enterprise for at least 2
years and has demonstrated outstanding entrepreneurial qualities in growing
and developing the business
• Own at least 20% of the company’s shares or an endorsement from the Board of
Directors on entrepreneurial contributions to grow the revenue and
employment opportunities in the enterprise
• Be a Sri Lankan Citizen
• NOMINEE’S ENTERPRISE/S SHOULD:
• Have a minimum of 30% Local Equity
• Hold at least 1 year of audited accounts
• Have an annual revenue of less than USD 1M
• This recognition is awarded jointly by BCS Chartered Institute for IT Sri
Lanka Section and Sri Lanka Association of Software & Service
Companies (SLASSCOM).

Most Outstanding Public Sector
ICT Achievement Award
• Many Public Sector Organizations have been able to
effectively improve their services to the citizens by
adopting Information Communication Technologies
over the last few years. In the quest to recognize these
organizations, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Sri
Lanka Section (BCSSL) in association with ICT Agency
(ICTA) of Sri Lanka, an award will be presented to a
Public Sector Organization for the exceptional effort
rendered towards the introduction, nurturing and
development of ICT environment of their organization.

Awards Categories
(Commercial)
• Applications &
Infrastructure Tools
• Communications
Applications
• E – Government &
Services
• E – Inclusion & E –
Community
• E – Logistic and Supply
Change Management
• Education & Training
• Financial Applications
• General Applications
• Health Care
• Industrial Applications
• In-house Application
• Media & Entertainment
• Research & Development
• Security
• Start-Up
• Sustainability & Green IT
• Tourism & Hospitality

Awards Categories
(Student)
• Post Graduate Student Project
• Tertiary Student Projects (Business)
• Tertiary Student Projects (Technology)
• Secondary Student Projects

Applications & Infrastructure
Tools Category
• This Award is presented to the most innovative
nomination for the development of Applications and
Infrastructure tools.
• Product Definition:
• Any software program that operates hardware, increases
efficiency of systems, measures/monitors systems usage and
performance, provides data access/retrieval, data manipulation
(e.g. sort/merge), data management, data warehousing and
program design/development. It includes all database
management system (DBMS) software; decision-support and
executive information system (EIS) programs; spreadsheet
programs; front-end and back-end CASE tools; and emerging
areas like cooperative processing and/or object management
application development tools.

Communication
Category
nomination for developing outstanding communications
technologies or for developing ICT solutions that make
creative use of communications technologies.
• Any application of software and/or hardware that is related to
the transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds,
voice, video, data, or intelligence of any nature by digital or
analog, electromagnetic or electronic signals through existing
and emerging media (e.g., radio, telephone, television,
facsimile, SMS, MMS, GPRS, Internet, WiFi, WiMax).

E-Government and
Services Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions that support
electronic government initiatives and service delivery to
the community.
• Any application of software and/or hardware that enables
transformation of internal and external government processes
toward customer-centricity, providing service delivery
opportunities to better fulfill the purposes of government to
provide efficiency and effectiveness, as well as fairness and
equitability.

E-Inclusion & E- Community
Category
initiatives for supporting wellbeing of particular groups
or reduce the digital divide in the community.
• Any application software and/or hardware developed to support
a community / society with the aim to promote the rights and
needs of particular groups; or to improve the wellbeing, quality
of life and standard of living of the community with the ultimate
intent to bridge the digital divide.

E-Logistics & Supply Chain
Management Category
nomination for developing solutions that support the
Logistics & Supply Chain Management.
• Any application software and/or hardware that support and
enable the process of planning, implementing, and controlling
the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and
related information from the point of origin to the point of
consumption in order to meet customers’ requirements.

Education & Training
Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions for the delivery
of education and training.
• Any application of software and/or hardware that promotes a
program or programs to develop, administer, and support the
training, general knowledge, academic, technical, vocational
skills and cultural attainments of individuals. The programs
cover those used in schools, preschool, child care centers,
colleges, universities, teaching and learning institutions,
educational radio and television stations, libraries, museums,
enterprises, etc.

Financial Category
the Financial sector and various financial related
business processes in an enterprise.
the process of transferring and managing capital or funds or
monetary related entities within or across the enterprise.
Included are applications for the banking, insurance, stock
exchange, and multi finance industries.

General Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions that supports
any business processes in an enterprise which would
not come under any of the categories above.
• Any application of software and/or hardware to support a range
of functions that are commonly used by an enterprise or
business entity to improve efficiency and productivity. Included
are back office applications, office productivity tools, human
resource information systems, administration tools,
procurement systems, customer relationship management
systems, etc.

Healthcare Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions for the health /
healthcare sector.
• Any application of software and/or hardware that is for the use
of individuals or communities to promote, maintain, monitor, or
restore health. Included are systems for hospitals, clinics,
health resorts, etc.

Industrial Applications
Category
nomination for developing solutions that support the
industrial sector, including manufacturing processes.
• Any application of software and/or hardware that is used by
industrial-type industries to help them increase the process
performance of creating products and services, and to improve
efficiency and productivity. Some examples are Computer Aided
Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), optimization devices and
system, process effectiveness monitoring tools, industrial
applications for oil and gas, etc.
•

In-house Applications
Category
nomination for an outstanding product that has been
developed by a company for its own use.
• Any application of software and / or hardware developed by a
company/organization that is implemented ‘in-house’ in the
company/organization for the company/organization’s use. The
software and /or hardware product can be of any nature (e.g.
communications application, financial application etc.).

Media & Entertainment
Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions for the Media &
Entertainment Industry.
the process of combining text, sound, pictures, and videos to
create a diversion that holds the attention (entertainment) in the
form of Multimedia, Infotainment, Immersive, and Interactive
software, Games, animation etc. OR Any application software/
hardware that provides management and technical support to
the news & entertainment industry.

Research & Development
Category
• This Award is presented to the most outstanding ICT
R&D project.
• Any ICT creation arising from the practical application of
scientific, engineering, or management knowledge that results
in new and improved products, processes, or services that fill
market needs. The product must not be commercialized yet.

Security Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions for the ICT
Industry as well as the Security sector.
• Any application of software, hardware or a combination of both
that is related to authentication, encryption, intruder detection,
anti-virus, data and/or system protection and counter security
checking system that is applicable to the information technology
environment as well as other security systems at large .

Start-up Category
nomination for an outstanding product from a ‘Start-up’
company.
• Any application of software and/or hardware developed by a
company/organization that is registered within two (02) years to
the application closing date. The founder and/or developers are
major shareholders of the company. The established company
must not be a subsidiary of a well-established parent company.
The product must be installed / operating at least at one
customer site. The software and /or hardware product can be of
any nature (e.g. communications application, financial
application etc.).

Sustainability & Green
IT Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions that supports
any business processes in an enterprise which would
enhance the sustainability.
• The application of software and / or hardware developed by a company /
organization that provided direct impact on sustainability issues and offers
value on economy, environment and society. The application of any, or a
combination, of software, hardware, processes, products or services which
address sustainability issues inclusive of, but not limited to, climate
change, environmental conservation and impact and/or environmental
initiatives such as life-cycle management, resource management, carbon
emission reduction, carbon credit trading, environmental performance
monitoring or renewable energy management. Sustainability is measuring
metrics based on economic, environmental and social outcomes.

Tourism & Hospitality
Category
nomination for developing ICT solutions for the support
of the tourism and hospitality industry.
• Any application of software and/or hardware for the service
based industries such as transport, food and beverage, tours,
souvenirs, accommodation, health and eco-tourism, culture,
adventure or escape and relaxation.

Post Graduate Student
Projects
• This Award is presented to the most innovative ICT
project that is submitted by a student of a tertiary
educational institution who had graduated within 2
years of closing date of Application Submission.

Tertiary Student
Projects
• Category: Technology
• This Award is presented to the most innovative technology
based ICT project that is submitted by a student of a tertiary
educational institution.
• Category: Business
• This Award is presented to the most innovative Business
Systems based ICT project that is submitted by a student of a
tertiary educational institution.

Judging Criteria
Mr. Geethapriya Tillekeratne
Chief Judge - NBQSA 2015

ENTRIES - NBQSA 2015
Categories Entries
Applications & Infrastructure Tools 2
Communications 3
Education & Training 3
E-Government & Services 6
E-Inclusion & E-Community 3
E-Logistics & Supply Chain Management 5
Financial 10
Green IT 1
Healthcare 3
Industrial 2
Media & Entertainment 3
Security 1
Tourism & Hospitality 2
SUB-TOTAL 44

ENTRIES - NBQSA
2015
Categories Entries
SUB-TOTAL
Research & Development 10
General 6
In-house 8
Start-Up 4
Post Graduate Student Project 2
Tertiary Student Project (Business)
Tertiary Student Project
(Technology)
TOTAL 74

Judging Location,
Facilities & Process
• Judging Venue: Royal College Union Skills Center at
Rajakeeya Mawatha, Colombo 7.
• Each Applicant will be informed the date and time of
judging
• Multimedia Projector and INTERNET Connectivity will
be provided. All other hardware & related equipment
must be brought by the Applicant. Any installation or
settings should be carried out well before the schedule
time.
• Applicant should provide at least one letter from a
customer with regards to successful implementation of
same product

Judging Method
Equipment
setting up
time
5
minutes
TOTAL time slot of
45 minutes
to present AND demonstrate
their product / entry to the
panel of judges & Answer
Questions
30
minutes
for presentation
and
demonstration
of the product
15
minutes
for answering
questions from
the judges.
Equipment
removing
time
5
minutes

Judging Panel
• Judging will be done
by a panel of
(Approx. 3-5
members) judges
with a chairperson of
the panel for each
category
Chief Judge
Category
Head Judge
Judges
Category
Head Judge
Judges
Category
Head Judge
Judges
Category
Head Judge
Judges

Judging Criteria
• Uniqueness - 20%
• Technology and Innovation
• Trend Setting
• Value to Public /
Government - 25%
• Accessibility & Reach
• Transparency & Impact on
Quality of Life
• Functionalities & Features
- 25%
• User Requirement
• Compatibility and
Interoperability
• Quality & Application of
Technology - 20%
• Content & Standards
• Product Stability & Reliability
• Presentation - 10%
• Organization of Presentation
• Enquiries
Applicable to: E-Government & Services

Judging Criteria
• Technology & Innovation
• Trend Setting
• Value to Community &
Society at large - 30%
• Accessibility & Reach
• Social Integration & Impact
on Quality of Life
• Functionalities and
Features - 25%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 20%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: E-Inclusion & E-Community

Judging Criteria
• Trend Setting
• Market Potential - 20%
• Market Share & Potential
• Business and Financial
Model / Strategy
- 25%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 20%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Education & Training

Judging Criteria
• Trend Setting
Model / Strategy
- 25%
• User Requirements
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 20%
• Content & Standard
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Tourism & Hospitality / Healthcare / Communications / Financial / E -
Logistic and Supply Change Management / General

Judging Criteria
• Creativity
Model / Strategy
- 25%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 15%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Media & Entertainment

Judging Criteria
• Trend Setting
Model / Strategy
- 20%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 25%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Industrial Applications

Judging Criteria
• Trend Setting
Model / Strategy
- 25%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 20%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Security / Applications & Infrastructure Tools

Judging Criteria
• Trend Setting
• Proof of Concept - 25%
• Commercial Potential
• Pilot Trial
- 25%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
Technology - 20%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Research & Development

Judging Criteria
• Business Model &
Financial - 20%
• Marketing
• Funding
• Innovation & Technology -
15%
• Application of Technology
• Product Innovation
• Execution - Team
Composition -
Implementation - 25%
• Scalability of Operation
• Team Composition
• Investment Viability - 10%
• Quality of Customer Base
• Market Share
• Unique Selling
Proposition - 30%
• Market Entry Barrier / IPR
• Competitive Advantage &
Differentiation
Applicable to: Start-up Applications

Judging Criteria
• Technologies & Innovation
• Trend Setting
• Value to Society at large -
30%
• Triple bottom line
• Environmental metrics
• Functionalities / Features
- 25%
• Compatibility /
Interoperability / Security
• Quality / Application of
Technology - 20%
• Product stability & Reliability
• Organization & Presentation
• Addressing the criteria &
Enquiries
Applicable to: Sustainability & Green IT

Judging Criteria
• Uniqueness (20%)
• Technology & innovation
• Trend Setting
• Market Potential (25%)
• Commercial Potential
• Pilot Trial
• Functionalities / Features
(25%)
• Compatibility & Interoperability
• Quality /Application of
Technology (20%)
• Presentation (10%)
• Organization
• Enquiries
Applicable to: In-house Applications

Judging Criteria
• Application of Technologies
• Innovation
• Proof of Concept - 15%
• Understanding of the
Problem to be Solved
• Understanding of Business
Environment
- 15%
• Compatibility &
Interoperability
• Quality - 30%
• Enquiries
Applicable to: Secondary and Tertiary Student Project

Judging - Evaluation
The score for each entry by an individual judge will be
𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 = 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 × 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
Final Score for product
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 =
𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐽𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠

Criteria for Awards
• In order to win, the
Gold, Silver or
Bronze awards, the
Final Score should
be 60% or greater.
• If more than one
product has scores
above 70%, Gold,
Silver, Bronze will
receive according to
the highest scores.
GOLD
• Minimum final
score of 70%
SILVER
• Minimum final
score of 65%
BRONZE
• Minimum final
score of 60%

APICTA Awards 2015
Lakmal Embuldeniya
Committee Member - NBQSA 2015

Asia Pacific ICT
Alliance Competition
• APICTA is an alliance of national ICT organizations
representing their respective economy to build and
enhance a mutually cooperative network to
• Promote ICT
• Enhance technology innovations, capability and adoption
• Encourage the development of indigenous ICT solutions for the
global market.

APICTA 2015
(Colombo, Sri Lanka) 18-22 Nov

APICTA Award Winners
(Sri Lanka / Commercial)
2014
Virtusa
Corporation -
MERIT Award
Evidu Private
Limited -
MERIT Award
2013
Zone24x7
(Private)
Limited -
MERIT Award
2008
Epic Lanka
(Pvt) Ltd for
EPIC Dial a
Bank®
Management
System -
GOLD Award
Microimage
Mobile Media
(Pvt) Ltd –
MERIT Award

Q & A ?
Mr. Vajeendra S Kandegamage
Chairman - NBQSA 2015 Organizing Committee

Calendar of Events
 Call for Applications 8th June 2015
 Applications Close 31st July 2015
 Participants Briefing at UCSC 7th August 2015
 Judges Briefing 7th August 2015
 Judging process (Commercial)
19th to 22nd August
2015
 Judging process (Commercial) - 2nd Round 5th September 2015
 Judging process (Tertiary)
22nd to 24th August
2015
 Judging process (Tertiary) - Final
30th to 31st August
2015
 APICTA Nominees – Participants September 2015
 Lifetime achievers & ICT Entrepreneurship Evaluation September 2015
 NBQSA 2015 Awards Presentation 9th October 2015

Important Points
• Reach Royal College Union Skills Center well in time for
the presentation
• Have all the equipment tested prior to the time slot
• Be prepared to do the presentation within the allocated
time
• Bring the customer recommendation documents (if not
provided already)
• Have a 20 sec video clip about the product in DVD
format (DV Pal- 720x576, 25fps, 4:3) – Deadline 10th
September 2015
• This year APICTA registration fee - US$50

Vote of Thanks …
Mr. Shanaka Rajapaksha
Deputy Chairman - NBQSA 2015 Organizing Committee

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