Introduction on Sustainable Project Management for IPMA-NL Special Interest Group on Sustainable PM

Sustainabilityin Project Management

An overview

Gilbert Silvius & Ron SchipperFebruary 24th, 2014

• 51 years of age, 2 kids• Professor of Project and Programme Management• Education:

– PhD (Utrecht University) – MBA (Catholic University Leuven) – MSc Economics (Erasmus University) – Royal Military Academy

• Experience:– LOI University of Applied Sciences– Independent researcher and lecturer– Van Aetsveld Projects and Change Previous:– HU University of Applied Sciences– Getronics Consulting – Royal Dutch Army

• Interests:– Project Management– Business and IT alignment

Authentic thinker, Experienced lecturer, Innovative author

Gilbert Gilbert Gilbert Gilbert SilviusSilviusSilviusSilviusGilbert Gilbert Gilbert Gilbert SilviusSilviusSilviusSilvius

gilbert.silvius@gmail.com

www.gilbertsilvius.nl

Ron Ron Ron Ron SchipperSchipperSchipperSchippersustainability project managersustainability project managersustainability project managersustainability project manager

Education

– 1996 Msc Computer ScienceUniversity of Amsterdam

Expercience

< 2000: UWV

> 2000: Van Aetsveld

– Program/Project manager

– Industry experience:Financial, Energy, Health, Transport

– Sustainability expert

– Research

– Author

Website

www.duurzaam-projectmanagement.nl

www.duurzaamprince2.nl

Contact

Email: ron.schipper@aetsveld.nl

Mobile: +31623366129

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Project management of sustainable development projects

Sustainability of sustainable development projects

Sustainable managementof projects

Sustainabilityneeds

Changeis organized in

Projects

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne / Tredoux (SA)

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne (SA)

• Tom Taylor (UK)

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne (SA)

• Tom Taylor (UK)

• Richard Maltzman & David Shirley (US)

www.earthpm.com

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne (SA)

• Tom Taylor (UK)

• Richard Maltzman & David Shirley (US)

• Lawrence T. Barnard, Brian Ackles & James L. Haner (US)

www.iispm.org

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne (SA)

• Tom Taylor (UK)

• Richard Maltzman & David Shirley (US)

• Lawrence T. Barnard, Brian Ackles & James L. Haner (US)

• TenStep: Tom Mochal & Andrea Krasnoff (US)

www.green-pm.com

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne (SA)

• Tom Taylor (UK)

• Richard Maltzman & David Shirley (US)

• Lawrence T. Barnard, Brian Ackles & James L. Haner (US)

• TenStep: Tom Mochal & Andrea Krasnoff (US)

• GPM: Joel Carboni (US) + team

www.greenprojectmanagement.org

Who’s moving?

• Alan Brent & Carin Labuschagne (SA)

• Tom Taylor (UK)

• Richard Maltzman & David Shirley (US)

• Lawrence T. Barnard, Brian Ackles & James L. Haner (US)

• TenStep: Tom Mochal & Andrea Krasnoff (US)

• GPM: Joel Carboni (US) + team

• Gregory T. Haugan (US)

Who’s moving?

• Gilbert Silvius & Ron Schipper (NL)

www.duurzaam-projectmanagement.nlwww.duurzaamprince2.nl

Voorwoorden Ruud Koornstra, Tendris

Willem Lagerweg , MVO Nederland

Peter Coesmans, IPMA-NL

1. Inleiding

Achtergrond en aanleiding

2. Duurzaamheid en MVO

3. Duurzaamheid in ondernemingen

Anders doen

4. De rol van projecten in de implementatie van duurzaamheid

5. De impact van duurzaamheid op projecten en projectmanagement

6. Duurzaam projectmanagement

Anders denken

7. Duurzaamheid als paradigma en waardenshift

8. De rol van de projectmanager

De rol van het individu

9. De weerbarstigheid van het veranderproces

10. De competenties van de duurzame projectmanager

En nu praktisch

11. Tools en methodieken

12. Een voorbeeld project

Who’s moving?

• Gilbert Silvius & Ron Schipper (NL)

• Jennifer Tharp / Russell (US)

Who’s moving?

• Gilbert Silvius & Ron Schipper (NL)

• Jennifer Tharp / Russell (US)

• Paola Morgese (It)

Who’s moving?

• Gilbert Silvius & Ron Schipper (NL)

• Jennifer Tharp / Russell (US)

• Paola Morgese (It)

• RGC/WU: Roland Gareis & Martina Huemann (A)

Who’s moving?

• Gilbert Silvius & Ron Schipper (NL)

• Jennifer Tharp / Russell (US)

• Paola Morgese (It)

• RGC/WU: Roland Gareis & Martina Huemann (A)

• Mauro Martens, Fabien Brones, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho (Bra)

Who’s moving?

• Gilbert Silvius & Ron Schipper (NL)

• Jennifer Tharp / Russell (US)

• Paola Morgese (It)

• RGC/WU: Roland Gareis & Martina Huemann (A)

• Mauro Martens, Fabien Brones, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho (Bra)

• Universities (HU, Delft, WU, Lund, Salford)

Which industries are moving?

• Building/construction

- BREEAM / LEED / etc.

• Infrastructure

- CO2 prestatieladder / Duurzaam GWW

• Information technology

- Green IT / IS

• Financial sector

- Duurzaam beleggen

Reflection

• Mostly interpretive, sometimes normative

Reflection

• Mostly interpretive, sometimes normative

• Empirical publications mostly case-based

Reflection

• Mostly interpretive, sometimes normative

• Empirical publications mostly case-based

• Sustainability adds new perspectives / criteria

Sustainability criteria??

Economic Sustainability

Return on Investment - Direct financial benefits - Net Present Value

Business Agility - Flexibility / Optionality in the project - Increased business flexibility

Environmental Sustainability

Transport

- Local procurement - Digital communication - Traveling - Transport

Energy - Energy used - Emission / CO2 from energy used

Waste - Recycling - Disposal

Materials and resources - Reusability - Incorporated energy - Waste

Social Sustainability

Labor Practices and Decent Work

- Employment - Labor / Management relations - Health and Safety - Training and Education - Organisational learning - Diversity and Equal opportunity

Human Rights

- Non-discrimination - Freedom of association - Child labour - Forced and compulsory labor

Society and Customers

- Community support - Public policy / Compliance - Customer health and safety - Products and services labeling - Market communication and Advertising - Customer privacy

Ethical behaviour - Investment and Procurement practices - Bribery and corruption - Anti-competition behaviour

Reflection

• Mostly interpretive, sometimes normative

• Empirical publications mostly case-based

• Sustainability adds new perspectives / criteria

• However, there’s more than P/P/P

The key principles of Sustainability

Sustainability is about…

• … balancing or harmonizing social, environmental and economical interests

• … both the short term and the long term

• … local and global

• … values and ethics

• … transparency and accountability

• … stakeholder participation

• … risk reduction

• … eliminating waste

• … consuming income, not capital

Reflection

• Mostly interpretive, sometimes normative

• Empirical publications mostly case-based

• Sustainability adds new perspectives / criteria

• However, there’s more than P/P/P

• Considering sustainability impacts everything

Potential areas of impact

ISO 21500: 2012

Controlling

Implementing

InitiatingPlanningClosing

Product Processes

Support Processes

Project team

Risk identificationand management

Stakeholderinvolvement

Project reporting

Procurement

Materials used

Business case

StakeholderIdentification and

engagement

Hand-over

Organizational learning

Understandingproject success

Project communication

Project scheduling

Project specifications/requirements/quality

Potential areas of impact

ISO 21500: 2012

Business case

StakeholderIdentification and

engagement

Project context

Project specifications/requirements/quality

From:

Less bad

To: Good

Less poluting resources

Better isolated buildings

Better safety clothingProject Resources

ProjectProcesses

ProjectDeliverable

ProjectGoal

Reflection

• Mostly interpretive, sometimes normative

• Empirical publications mostly case-based

• Sustainability adds new perspectives / criteria

• However, there’s more than P/P/P

• Considering sustainability impacts everything

• It’s not just what you do, but also how you do it

Mind shiftTaking responsibility

for sustainable

development

Having a holistic perspective on

managing change

Paradigm shift

Scope shift

Managing social, environmental

and economical impact

What’s needed?

• Awareness (WHY to do it)

• Integration (in PPPM standards)

• Connecting (strategy – sustainability – PPPM)

• Operationalisation (behaviour!, beyond checklists and formats)

• Best practices (HOW it is done in practice)

• Measurement (of progress)

• Contextualisation

What can the SIG do?

• What is our mission? Our ambition?

• Agenda setting?

• What mobilizes our energy?

• How to keep the engagement?

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