LMR Solutions was Awarded "PMI’s Project of the Year" for Qualcomm's SMART EPM Deployment

San Diego, CA. September 25, 2006 –LMR Solutions in partnership with Qualcomm, QWBS-GNS division wins the “PMI’s Project of the Year” at this year’s Annual PMI Conference in San Diego.

Ken Wolsey, VP Marketing for PMI San Diego honored LMR Solutions at this year’s Annual conference with the ‘Project of the Year’ Award. This year’s award recognizes LMR Solutions for its excellence in Enterprise Project Management (EPM) specifically in deployment excellence.

LMR Solutions won this award based on its excellence for the deployment of the solution as due to the value provided by the resulting solution. The criteria used to judge the projects are:

• Application of project management standards

• Achievement of project objectives

• Overcoming obstacles

• Adherence to cost and schedule

• Financial impact

• Non-financial impact

• Innovation

Sr. Project Manager for the Qualcomm project, Mark Virnig says, “It has been an impressive year for LMR Solutions as well as our customers. We are honored to have won Project of the Year. Everyone on the account team should feel proud of this achievement. They put the work in necessary to make the project succeed and the end result is success.”

LMR Solutions’ SMART EPM approach to deploying Microsoft’s EPM solution by phasing and leveraging “What people know and use today” (Microsoft Office System) has helped organizations improve adoption, change business culture, reduce training and support costs, accelerate deployment time, and minimize total cost of ownership for organizations deploying EPM solutions.

To hear more about how LMR Solutions deployed this solution for Qualcomm QWBS and learn about the benefits that Qualcomm is receiving from this solution, you are encouraged to attend the PMI San Diego dinner meeting on October 25. For more information about this event and to register please see www.pmi-sd.org

About LMR Solutions

LMR Solutions has won several Microsoft awards this year including Global EPM Excellence Award, EPM Best Practices and Competencies award, Microsoft Solution Builder Award, Marketing Excellence Award, and last year’s West Region Partner of the Year and Solution Innovation awards to name a few.

LMR Solutions is closely partnered with Microsoft to provide dynamic Enterprise Work Intelligence Solutions. LMR Solutions is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Office System (Information Worker Productivity).

LMR Solutions was founded in 1999 by a consortium of business professionals from KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint) who had the desire to provide dynamic business solutions and services for a fair cost to the client. LMR Solutions was founded on the principles of open communications, excellence for fair remuneration and the flexibility it takes to perfectly meet our client’s needs.

About Qualcomm

Next-generation wireless communications is emerging as the most important technology of this millennium. To ensure that the entire wireless industry is inspired and continues to evolve, innovate and experience success, QUALCOMM develops its technologies and solutions for the purpose of enabling key participants in the wireless value chain.

By partnering with and acting as an enabler to the business activities of these participants, QUALCOMM ultimately enables consumers, professionals and government entities — the end users who benefit from the success of the wireless industry today and into tomorrow.

About PMI

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art in project management. PMI's aim is to promote professionalism in the practice of project management through a comprehensive support system.

The San Diego Chapter of PMI was formed in 1987, and continuously has been known for its progressive and innovative programs. The Chapter’s primary mission is to enable members to achieve project management excellence by enhancing expertise through project management education and training, supporting Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and promoting association with other project management professionals. The chapter has received the Chapter of the Year Award and has won the Sustained Superior Performance Award several times. If you are interested in joining our Chapter please log onto http://pmi.org/info/GMC_IndividualMembership.asp  to apply.