Green Project Management

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Within the past few years, much attention has been given to the importance of sustainable development. Most notably, the International Organization for Standardization established ISO 14000 to address the operational standards that relate to the environment. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) was also established to promote development of cost-efficient and energy-saving buildings through the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building certification program. These initiatives, as well as soaring energy costs, have in turn produced the need to merge environmentally-friendly approaches with traditional project management methodologies.

This workshop is for anyone involved in projects wishing to practice Green Project Management while bringing projects in on-time and on-budget in the real-world. Green Project Management approach enables project teams to fuse best practices from both the ISO14000 and PMI PMBOK standards, in a very practical way.

Upon completion, participants involved with PMI and the Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP) program, are awarded 32 PDUs or Contact Hours. Our PMI REP Code is 1270.

Course Outline

• Introduction and Course Objectives
• The Green Revolution
• Traditional Project Management
• Green Project Management
• Merging Traditional and Environmental Approaches
• The Total Systems "4-5-6" Approach
• Envisioning a Green Project "4-5-6" The Initiating Process Group
• Planning for Success "4-5-6" The Planning Process Group
• Changing the World "4-5-6" The Executing Process Group
• Walking the Walk "4-5-6" The Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
• Greenfields Forever "4-5-6" The Closing Process Group
• Taking Responsibility PMI's Code of Professional Responsibility
• Conclusion 

Upon completion of this course, each participant will be able to:

• Develop Environmentally-Conscious Project and Phase Plans
• Estimate work effort, resources and schedules for successful and efficient project completion
• Understand the challenges of managing Cross Functional, Task-Force, Matrix and Hierarchical teams, while fostering a green mentality
• Negotiate with Staff, Support Groups, Vendors, and Contractors while maintaining focus on environmental and waste-reduction activities
• Implement a Change Management plan, including analysis of any environmental impacts the changes may produce
• Track and Report the status of the project using traditional and/or paperless approaches
• Identify and Plan to mitigate Project, Product and Environmental Risk factors
• Understand the impact of Green approaches on Product Scope and Quality Management
• Achieve Green process goals even on non-Green projects
• Understand the use of project software tools to help Plan, Organize, Schedule, Control, Track and Report projects

Instructional methods include lecture, discussion, detailed case study workshops, exercises and presentations. These materials are aligned with the PMI PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). Upon request, demonstration and use of Microsoft Project can be included, as well as in-house standards and policies which may apply.

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