Entry checklist
Use this checklist alongside your files before submitting a product.
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Resources
Find the checklist, worksheet or guide you need to prepare an entry, understand the assessment or use an award.
Application guides
Prepare an entry
Start with the entry checklist. Use the claims and use-context worksheets to organise the product case, then consult the guides relevant to your evidence and files.
Claims and evidence worksheet
Complete one set of the fields below for each principal claim. Use the references in your online entry.
Open worksheetUse-context worksheet
Use these fields to describe who uses the product, what they do and the conditions that matter.
Open worksheetUsability evidence guide
Show whether the intended users can complete important tasks and understand the product with reasonable effort.
Open guideRemote demonstration guide
A walkthrough can clarify a product task or interface when the awards team needs more information. No product shipment is required.
Open guideCategory evidence guide
Choose material that addresses your product’s function and the practical tasks performed by its users.
Open guideData and confidential-material guide
Provide relevant evidence and keep unnecessary personal information out of your application.
Open guideAssessment and independence
Understand the assessment
Read how ratings are applied, what reviewers are responsible for and how interests and purchasing are kept separate from decisions.
Assessment guide
Use this guide to understand how the evidence is rated and how the final award decision is reached.
Open guideReviewer code
Reviewers must work independently, within their expertise and with respect for the information entrusted to them.
Open guideConflicts policy
Relevant relationships must be considered for each assignment before private evidence is accessed.
Open guideFunding and purchasing independence
This policy keeps assessment and recognition separate from optional purchases.
Open guideRecipient guides
Use your award
Find the mark and certificate instructions, report product changes or prepare an appeal. The physical-items guide explains the optional quotation and order process.
Award mark guidelines
Use the award mark to identify the recognised product clearly and link it to the official record.
Open guideCertificate and record guide
Use the certificate and the live official record together to identify an award and check its current status.
Open guideProduct-change guide
Tell the awards team about changes that could affect the recognised product or the information in its record.
Open guideAppeal guide
Prepare a focused account of a material factual or procedural error in your decision. An appeal is free.
Open guidePhysical items guide
Use this checklist when requesting an optional trophy, printed certificate or official labels.
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