Project Sustainability

Author : Mr Adri Köhler
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409459411
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Project Management written by Mr Adri Köhler and published by Gower Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of sustainability has grown in recognition and importance. The pressure on companies to broaden their reporting and accountability from economic performance for shareholders, to sustainability performance for all stakeholders is leading to a change of mindset in consumer behaviour and corporate policies. How can we develop prosperity without compromising the life and needs of future generations? Sustainability in Project Management explores and identifies the questions surrounding the integration of the concepts of sustainability in projects and project management and provides valuable guidance and insights. Sustainability relates to multiple perspectives, economical, environmental and social, but also to responsibility and accountability and values in terms of ethics, fairness and equality. The authors will inspire project managers to be aware of these considerations, and to apply them to the role they play in projects, not just 'doing things right' but 'doing the right things right'.

Author : Anna Brzozowska
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000337758
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Project Management written by Anna Brzozowska and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new approach to the issue of project management, showing how it can be approached through the lens of sustainability. The nature of sustainable project management is not only to achieve economic goals, but also environmental and social ones. Considering project management from the perspective of sustainability is very important because sustainable development cannot keep up with the pace and scale of accumulation of ecological and social problems. The natural potential of the Earth is quickly running low. The global equilibrium between the Earth’s ecosystems, which have developed for millions of years, and the human world of production and consumption, becomes disrupted. The focus is on a functional approach to the subject, allowing management and business to implement the methodology discussed. Topics discussed include sustainable planning, sustainable organizing, sustainable leading and sustainable controlling. The authors use their combined experience in the area to inform their novel approach. The book will be especially useful for people who are project managers, members of project teams and other project stakeholders. It may also be a useful reference for scientists and students studying the fields of management, IT and business.

Author : John N. Morfaw MBA
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462012728
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Project Sustainability written by John N. Morfaw MBA and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This business guide explores the complex relationship between a good strategic implementation plan and the implementation needed to enhance the sustainability of a project in the marketplace. “A good reference guide on issues related not only to the sustainability of projects and programs, but also to the sustainability of systems, institutions, and organizations.” —Dr. Mrs. Mercy M. Tembon, country manager, the World Bank, Burundi What is the relationship between a good strategic implementation plan and the implementation needed to enhance the sustainability of a project in the marketplace? Through exhaustive analysis, author John N. Morfaw elaborates on the various project sustainability metrics, characteristics, measurement, indexes, and parameters involved in the effective and efficient implementation of projects. He explores the financial, economic, social, cultural, political, legal, environmental, and educational considerations as well, discussing how each impacts a comprehensive approach for project implementation. Also offered is an comprehensive elaboration on the theories of management postulated by the “Gurus of Total Quality Management”—Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, Philip Crosby, Walter Shewhart, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Shigeo Shingo. Morfaw explores and compares other contemporary business concepts such as Six Sigma Methodology, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), capacity building, knowledge management, configuration management, S.W.O.T analysis, S.M.A.R.T techniques, and Project Sustainability Management (PSM). Included is a series of PSM training forms and templates for various project management processes and a comprehensive and Strategic and Sustainable Implementation Plan (SIP). With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Project Sustainability.

Author : Silvius, Gilbert
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466641789
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management written by Silvius, Gilbert and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it remains one of the most significant challenges in recent years, companies are beginning to integrate the ideas of sustainability into organized projects such as marketing, corporate communications, and annual reports. In this case, sustainability remains an important influence on the initiation of project management. Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management provides a comprehensive understanding of the most important issues, concepts, trends, methodologies, and good practices in sustainability to project management. The research and concepts discussed in this publication are developed by professionals and academics aiming to provide the latest knowledge related to sustainability principles for prospective professionals, academics, and researchers in this area of expertise.

Author : Wayne McPhee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119557909
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating Sustainability Into Major Projects written by Wayne McPhee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practitioner-focused guide featuring tools, models, and experience from the front lines of sustainability management on major projects With the growing need for sustainability management on large resource, infrastructure and power projects, this book provides project teams and sustainability practitioners with the practical advice, tools, and resources they need to create better projects. It offers extensive guidance for integrating sustainability into project design, planning and delivery. In each chapter, the authors provide invaluable sustainability management strategies and sample tools for project execution plans, engineering decision-making, stakeholder engagement tracking, logging commitments and follow-up actions, permit tracking, and construction management. Integrating Sustainability into Major Projects: Best Practices and Tools for Project Teams begins by introducing readers to the topic, as well as the common terminology. It then offers readers an overview of major projects, covering types of projects and project structures, the key players, and how to understand and manage different perspectives of time and space. Next, it looks at standards and guidelines, followed by chapters on: Project Management; Managing Risk and Opportunity; Sustainability Management Tools; Approvals and Permits; Design; Procurement; Construction Management; Commissioning; and more. This book: Provides analysis tools and resources that practitioners and project teams can use to successfully integrate and manage sustainability into major project design and delivery including industrial, resource, power, and infrastructure projects; Guides readers on how to work with local communities, engage with stakeholders and develop sustainability programs that support project financing; Includes case studies, lessons learned and expertise from a wide range of actual major projects and the authors' professional experiences with integrating sustainability; Leads practitioners through the major project types and their typical components, structure, and timelines, and demonstrates how sustainability can be effectively integrated into each type of major project. Integrating Sustainability into Major Projects provides the tools project teams need to successfully integrate sustainability into project design and management, making it an ideal tool for project teams and sustainability practitioners working on major resource, power, or infrastructure projects. It will also benefit project owners, organizational leaders, project finance professionals, government regulators and graduate students in engineering, project management, sustainability management, or environmental design and architecture.

Author : Richard Maltzman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466554088
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Project Management written by Richard Maltzman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of PMI's 2011 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature AwardDetailing 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.

Author : Paul Hawken
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524704652
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drawdown written by Paul Hawken and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • New York Times bestseller • The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” —Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.

Author : Gilbert Silvius
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351896563
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Project Management written by Gilbert Silvius and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of sustainability has grown in recognition and importance. The pressure on companies to broaden their reporting and accountability from economic performance for shareholders, to sustainability performance for all stakeholders is leading to a change of mindset in consumer behaviour and corporate policies. How can we develop prosperity without compromising the life and needs of future generations? Sustainability in Project Management explores and identifies the questions surrounding the integration of the concepts of sustainability in projects and project management and provides valuable guidance and insights. Sustainability relates to multiple perspectives, economical, environmental and social, but also to responsibility and accountability and values in terms of ethics, fairness and equality. The authors will inspire project managers to be aware of these considerations, and to apply them to the role they play in projects, not just 'doing things right' but 'doing the right things right'.

Author : Harald Müller
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906598509
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building a New World Order written by Harald Müller and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building a New World Order: Sustainable Policies for the Future demonstrates how the conditions for sustainable development might be created, and why all our futures are dependent on a global engagement and involvement, not just that of a few selected statesmen.

Author : Richard Maltzman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040070744
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driving Project, Program, and Portfolio Success written by Richard Maltzman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Businesses appear to have not only bought into integrating sustainability into their business plans, but have started profiting from it. This book helps project, program, and portfolio managers to integrate sustainability thinking into their projects. It introduces a new tool called the Sustainability WheelTM that tells you where you are and what you need to improve. With this tool, you can determine priorities for sustainability improvement, validate that present sustainability efforts are within your organization's mission/vision, and provide a mechanism to integrate sustainability into everyday operations.