Green Project Management

__Winner of PMI’s 2011 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award__ Detailing cutting-edge green techniques and methods, this book teaches project managers how to maximize resources and get the most out of limited budgets. It supplies proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and opportunity assessments. With illustrative case studies and insights from acknowledged leaders in green project management, the text: * Explains how to tap into green incentives, including grants, rebates, and tax credits * Includes case studies that illustrate how to integrate green techniques and methods to generate cost savings and maximize resources * Provides green techniques that take little time to implement, can benefit all types of projects, and can generate immediate savings to your project’s bottom line Praise for: __A first-of-its-kind book ... a must-read for senior executives as well as project managers.__—Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., Senior Executive Director for Project Management at The International Institute for Learning __... an impressive piece of work.__ —Jean Binder, PMP, MBA, award-winning author __(David I. Cleland Literature Award, 2008)____This important book defines the green field and sets out the steps for those who want to be ahead of the crowd...__—Dr. David Hillson,PMP, FAPM, FIRM, MCMI, Director of Risk Doctor & Partners... __an incredible call to arms to increase your project greenality for a better world, or a bigger pay check, if you’re still cynical on this topic.__ —Bas de Baar, ProjectShrink.com __... an excellent job of making the reader aware of how much influence a single project manager, let alone an entire discipline, can have on improving our environment. —__Professor Schwalbe, Department of Business Administration, Augsburg College FM 1 1 Green Project Management 1 Contents 3 Foreword 11 Acknowledgments 15 The Authors 17 Introduction 21 Endnotes 24 2 25 Section I: Surfing the Green Wave 25 3 27 Chapter 1: Problem Drivers and Indicators 27 Climate Change 27 Population Increase 30 Rapidly Developing Nations and Resource Depletion 31 Environmental Degradation and Loss of Biodiversity 32 Government Agencies, Mandates, and Guidelines 32 ISO 14000 33 Kyoto Protocol 34 European Environment Agency ( EEA) 35 U.S. Agencies, Mandates, and Guidelines 35 Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) 35 California's AB32 36 Western Climate Initiative ( WCI) 37 The Eastern States Standard 37 U. 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Conference of Mayors 38 Bottom-up Demand from Project Stakeholders,Sponsors, and Customers 38 Endnotes 40 4 41 Chapter 2: Green Project Terminology: The Language of the Green Wave 41 Carbon Footprint and Sustainability 41 The Environmental Lens 44 The Cycle of Sustainability 44 Cradle to Cradle 45 The Natural Step 46 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Green Project Manager 47 Biodegradable 49 Greenwashing 50 Triple Bottom Line 52 Eco Audit 52 Reduce, Redesign, Reuse, Recycle 53 Renewable Energy 54 Wind 54 Solar 54 Geothermal 55 Sustainable Biomass 56 Wave Motion and Tides 59 SMARTER Objectives 59 Endnotes 61 5 63 Chapter 3: Understanding Green Project Fundamentals 63 Green, Quality, and Greenality 63 Reducing Nonproduct Output 67 The Project Management Institute and Greenality 69 Cost of Greenality 71 Project Life Cycle Thinking 72 Project Cycle of Sustainability 73 Environmental Scope 74 Environmental Risks 74 Stakeholders 75 Endnotes 75 6 77 Chapter 4: Types of Projects: A Rainbow of Green 77 Green by Definition 78 Green by Project Impact (or the Lack Thereof) 84 On the Sea 84 Going Underground 85 Big Dig Facts 86 Green by Product Impact 86 Green— General 89 A Rainbow of Green 90 Endnotes 90 7 93 Section II: Hiking the Project 93 8 95 Chapter 5: Project Ideation 95 Why Are Projects Initiated? 96 How Are Projects Chosen? 98 Decision- Making Tools and the Green Component 99 Creating the " Green"- Friendly Decision- Making Environment 99 Changing the Way People Think about Green 100 Decision- Making Tools 101 Brainstorming 101 Reverse Brainstorming 102 Force Field Analysis 103 Cost- Benefit Analysis 103 Validation of the Decision 105 Creating a Green Charter 106 The Initial Project Kickoff Meeting 107 Acting on the Idea 108 Tools and Techniques 108 Greenality of Project Communications 109 The Spirit of the Communication 109 Jeopardy and Escalation Processes 110 Greenality of Suppliers 111 Endnotes 112 9 113 Chapter 6: Developing the Project 113 Project Planning 113 Sustainability and the WBS 119 Who and What Are Required for the Project 120 Greening the People 120 Greening the Schedule 121 Greening the Project Purchasing (Procurement) Process 124 Greening Project Costs 126 Greening Project Quality 127 Transcendent Greenality 128 Product- Based Greenality 130 User- Based Greenality 130 Manufacturing- Based Greenality 130 Value- Based Greenality 131 Risk and Greenality 131 Greenality Outputs 133 Environmental Management Plan 133 Endnotes 134 10 135 Chapter 7: Executing the Project 135 The Project Team 135 The Kickoff Meeting ( Implementation) 137 Greenality Assurance 139 Tracking Project Process 140 Status and Progress Reporting 141 Using Social Media to Green Communications 142 Execution of Greenality Eff orts 144 Warning Signs of Greenality Problems 146 Greenality of Suppliers 147 Capturing Greenality Lessons Learned 148 Endnote 148 11 149 Chapter 8: Taking the Watch (Monitoring and Controlling) 149 The DIKW Pyramid 149 Greenality Data Collection and Analysis 151 Measuring the Performance of Greenality 154 Controlling the Issues 155 Keeping on an Even Keel 156 Change Control and Greenality 157 Effective Actions to Abate Greenality Issues 160 Corrective 160 Preventative 160 Band- Aid 163 A Case for Earned Value 163 Endnotes 165 12 167 Section III: Approaching the Finish Line 167 13 169 Chapter 9: The Beginning and the End? 169 Heaven on Earth 169 Life Cycle Thinking Basics 170 Life Cycle Assessment 173 An Example of How One Company Has Used a LifeCycle Perspective in Product Improvement 175 A Brief History 175 Standards for LCA 177 Carbon Footprinting Based on LCA 178 Performing an LCA 179 How to Promote the Use of an LCA 179 The Life Cycle of the Product of Your Project 180 LCA Fundamentals 181 ISO 14040 182 Goal Definition and Scoping 182 Inventory Analysis 184 A " Bar Chart" 185 Impact Assessment 187 Interpretation 191 Reporting the Results 194 LCA Software Tools 195 Limitations to Conducting an LCA 196 Maintaining Transparency 196 Endnotes 197 14 199 Chapter 10: Lean Thinking, Muda, and the Four Ls 199 Lean Thinking and Your Project 199 Lean Methods 201 What Is Lean? 202 A Case Study in Lean Thinking ( An Illustration of Lean Thinking Beyond a " Project") 202 Wastes 203 A New Waste? 204 The Basic Principles of Lean Development5 205 The Seven Wastes of Software Development 205 A Case Study in Waste ( An Illustration of Waste Involved in the Production of Cola Cans in the UK ) 209 5S7 210 Summary— The 4L Approach 212 Endnotes 212 15 213 Chapter 11: At the Top of Their Game 213 Patagonia 214 Timberland 216 Interface 218 Google 220 Office Depot 223 Buying Green 223 Being Green 224 Selling Green 225 Corporate Social Responsibility 225 Microsoft 226 What They Do for Us 226 What They Are Doing for Themselves ( and Us) 227 General Electric 228 Ecomagination 230 Steward Advanced Materials— Home of " The Toxin Terminator" 230 Sun Chips 231 Solar Collector Technology 231 Summary 232 Endnotes 232 Пустая страница 14 Пустая страница 20 Пустая страница 26 Пустая страница 92 Пустая страница 94 Пустая страница 166 Пустая страница 168 Пустая страница 198 Winner of PMI’s 2011 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award Detailing cutting-edge green techniques and methods, this book teaches project managers how to maximize resources and get the most out of limited budgets. It supplies proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and opportunity assessments. With illustrative case studies and insights from acknowledged leaders in green project management, the text: Explains how to tap into green incentives, including grants, rebates, and tax credits Includes case studies that illustrate how to integrate green techniques and methods to generate cost savings and maximize resources Provides green techniques that take little time to implement, can benefit all types of projects, and can generate immediate savings to your project’s bottom line Praise for: A first-of-its-kind book ... a must-read for senior executives as well as project managers. —Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., Senior Executive Director for Project Management at The International Institute for Learning ... an impressive piece of work. —Jean Binder, PMP, MBA, award-winning author (David I. Cleland Literature Award, 2008) This important book defines the green field and sets out the steps for those who want to be ahead of the crowd... —Dr. David Hillson, PMP, FAPM, FIRM, MCMI, Director of Risk Doctor & Partners ... an incredible call to arms to increase your project greenality for a better world, or a bigger pay check, if you’re still cynical on this topic. —Bas de Baar, ProjectShrink.com ... an excellent job of making the reader aware of how much influence a single project manager, let alone an entire discipline, can have on improving our environment. — Professor Schwalbe, Department of Business Administration, Augsburg College "Offering the latest in green techniques and methods, this book is designed to help project managers maximize limited project resources and get the most out of a finite budget. It provides proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and advantage assessments and the procurement of incentives such as grants, rebates, and tax credits. With illustrative case studies and insights from acknowledged leaders in green project management, this book is a crucial addition to any project manager's library in this age of ecological awareness."-- Provided by publisher