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Project Sustainability
Project Sustainability
Management
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What is Sustainability/
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APM Definition
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Discussion Questions
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Industry Perspective on
Sustainability: PMI
• How organizations manage financial,
social and environmental risks
• Ensure business can continue to operate
regardless of obstacles such as resource
shortages, environmental disasters, and
social and political events.
• Related to: green practices, business
continuity planning, stakeholder
engagement.
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Discussion Questions
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Sustainable Development
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Overview of Perspectives on
Sustainability
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Discussion question
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Sustainability in Project
Management
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Project Management and
Sustainability
• Time: Short, med, long term
• Geographic: Local, regional, international
• Value orientation
• Performance
• Participation
• Waste reduction
• Accountability
• Cultural Dimension
• Risk Reduction
• Political Dimension
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Definitions of Sustainable
Project Management
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Discussion Question
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Sustainability impact on Project
Management
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Sustainability Strategies
Sustainability Sustainability Mutual sustainability strategies
strategies adopted strategies adopted
by project by project hosts
organizations
Strategy Description Strategy Description Strategy Description Description (host)
(Project)
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What are the sustainability
challenges for PMs here?
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-
canada-30103078
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• Aarseth, W., Ahola, T., Aaltonen, K., Økland, A. and Andersen, B., 2017.
Project sustainability strategies: a systematic literature review. International
Journal of Project Management, 35(6), pp.1071-1083.
• Hopwood, B., Mellor, M. and O'Brien, G., 2005. Sustainable development:
mapping different approaches. Sustainable development, 13(1), pp.38-52.
• IUCN, UNEP, WWF. 1980. World Conservation Strategy: Living Resource
Conservation for Sustainable Development. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland.
• Silvius, A.J. and Schipper, R.P., 2014. Sustainability in project management:
A literature review and impact analysis. Social Business, 4(1), pp.63-96.
• Schipper, R, & Silvius, G 2017, 'THE SUSTAINABLE Project Management
CANVAS', Journal Of Modern Project Management, pp. 50-59, Business
Source Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 19 November 2017.
• World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). 1987. Our
Common Future. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
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