- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (6 Sep 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1439830010
- ISBN-13: 978-1439830017
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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A first-of-its-kind book ... links the necessity of going green with project management. ... This book offers a flexible and adaptive approach to bridging the gap between going green and project management. ... 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. An indispensable book for project managers who are responsible for green projects, and an essential source for anyone willing to apply good project management principles to green initiatives. Maltzman and Shirley guide us through the impacts of green to project management, helping us to understand the basic vocabulary and principles, and potential developments and needs. The book also introduces new perspectives that are likely to become a reference in the field: the SMARTER principle, the green spectrum of projects, and a detailed guide to the green project life cycle.
—Jean Binder, PMP, MBA, International Speaker and award winning author (David I. Cleland Literature Award, 2008)
The green imperative affects us all, personally and professionally, whether we recognize it or not. Green Project Management is an idea whose time has almost come, and very soon all project managers will need demonstrable green credentials. This important book defines the green field and sets out the steps for those who want to be ahead of the crowd, allowing us to take a considered response instead of being forced to react when green is no longer an option. But do it because you should, not because you must.
—Dr. David Hillson, PMP, FAPM, FIRM, MCMI, Director of Risk Doctor & Partners
Greenality is the new black. Project managers need to consider the sustainability or greenness of their projects in the 21st Century; it is now part of their remit to make the best use of resources with this in mind.
—Peter Taylor, Author of The Lazy Project Manager
... 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. Green + Quality is what your customers are demanding, and Rich and Dave wrote the ultimate guide for Project Managers to learn how to do this: metrics, definitions, examples and, very important, planning. Awesome!
—Bas de Baar, ProjectShrink.com
In this well-researched book, they explain why project managers need to view things through an environmental lens. Their measure of greenality will become another project process; a success factor by default for future projects. Maltzman and Shirley haven’t lost sight of the business imperative, either. They explain how being green is good for the bottom line, and when the business case stacks up, it’s good for projects and the planet.
—Elizabeth Harrin, Author of the award-winning blog A Girl's Guide to Project Management
Unless you plan on leading a project to colonize the moon, you'd better incorporate this book's greenality principles into your project success scorecard. We've only got one planet to live on last time I checked.
—Kimberly Wiefling, Author, Scrappy Project Management
... 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. They suggest that project managers add another focus to their work: viewing projects through an environmental lens. Maltzman and Shirley coin the term "greenality" to describe the degree to which you consider environmental factors that affect projects throughout the entire project life cycle and beyond. Greenality can be applied to all projects, and we will all benefit from this important concept.
—Kathy Schwalbe, Author & Professor, Department of Business Administration, Augsburg College
Maltzmann (engineering, project management supervision) and Shirley (management, project management) offer guidance for project managers on how to implement green techniques and methods and maintain a healthy project bottom line. The authors address green terminology, green project fundamentals, types of projects, project development, execution, monitoring and controlling, life cycle assessment, lean thinking, and funding opportunities such as grants, rebates, and tax credits.
—In Research Book News, booknews.com, February 2011
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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
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I'm a typical German with a green attitude - I sort my waste and try to avoid additional packaging, pick for long rides the train as preferred transportation and think that nuclear power isn't as clean as everybody wanted us to belief. The buzz words have been - "carbon footprint" and "sustainability".
But as project manager I never thought about what I could do within my professional life to influence my projects to follow a green approach.
The book Green Project Management (GPM) is giving all project professionals impulses to think about new opportunities and chances to develop and renew their own project portfolio under the aspect of becoming green.
For project managers and greenality, the triangle of PM reciprocates into a square for the additional tool that is social responsibility.
For project managers and greenality, the triangle of PM reciprocates into a square for the additional tool that is social responsibility.
To be honest some of the ideas aren't that new, because using resources carefully is one of the three angles of the magic triangle. But this book sets a new basis to look at the topic and think about deciding on different approaches.
For me, Green Project Management was setting a new dimension to project management itself. As we always look at Budget, Time and Quality some of us may already have implemented for themselves the social responsibility (i.e. people development and social impact). This would make the triangle to a square and the Green Thinking within projects could be complete the picture to a pentagon or be a new dimension on top of all other parameters (see figure 1).
In the end, we as project managers choose and decide on a daily basis and affect with these decisions our environment and set the surrounding conditions for further generations.
The book starts with a lot of explanations on the problem drivers and terminology of Green Project Management. This includes discussion of the right definition of sustainability as well as the different standards like the Kyoto Protocol or what is behind California's AB32. This may sound less pleasant to read as we would like, but the book fills the facts with side stories to please the reader whilst providing basic training and setting a standard for further discussions.
Some project managers may say that you can't succeed while trying to make decisions on economic and environmental basis at the same time, but this book proves differently. Some companies tried and were caught while greenwashing themselves. This can ruin all your efforts. So your focus should be to reduce the resources you have (not only personal) or recycle, but how to best reuse them. Recycling and reusing will cut off expenses and save money while implementing a green thinking or greenality (Green + Quality = Greenality). Just as an example think about reducing the weight of the packaging and saving money for raw materials and shipping.
It is also worthy to consider the entire life cycle. The life cycle approach isn't new, but to take the challenge to add green or lean thinking to it, it will also earn more complexity and long-lasting value.
The authors mention that the project managers in all companies are the key figures to implement greenality. They are already used to changing processes and implementing new ideas, so it is ineluctably to convince the project managers first.
Richard and David aren't only arguing what can be done - they also help project managers to ask the right questions while implementing a green approach in their companies. Additionally, they alter the known project management methodology to become a green project management methodology. An example could be the acronym SMART for dealing with goals and objectives. The new form adds up to SMARTER. The first five are well known as:
S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Agreed upon
R - Realistic
T - Time bound
The last two are defined by the authors as
E - Environmentally
R - Responsible
This example shows that just by adding these two words you chance the way to define your objectives and goals for the project or the whole project portfolio. This can change the behavior of companies and inspire other project managers to try to establish the transformation themselves.
The main section in the book is describing the way green aspects could be implemented within the projects we manage. This includes project planning as well as communication and controlling. It is all about lean thinking and adding value to our planetary resources. David and Richard also deliver concrete examples for handling decision-making tools like brainstorming or cost-benefit analysis in a green manner. The authors encourage us to validate or make decisions on green aspects and adjust our communication behavior - is it always necessary to meet in person or could we just use a video conference? Greenality is just another aspect that can be implemented within all project management templates and methodologies.
But they even start to think beyond the challenges provided within your own enterprise. They question the greenality of suppliers and implement this into the decision making pro or con for each project.
As with all new ideas, it starts with acting, not intending. So if you read this book it can provide some new ideas, hints and tips to change the way you lead your projects. But you have to do it yourself - as always, project management is hard work but it can also add long lasting value for the environment.
--Reviewed by Andreas Splett
But as project manager I never thought about what I could do within my professional life to influence my projects to follow a green approach.
The book Green Project Management (GPM) is giving all project professionals impulses to think about new opportunities and chances to develop and renew their own project portfolio under the aspect of becoming green.
For project managers and greenality, the triangle of PM reciprocates into a square for the additional tool that is social responsibility.
For project managers and greenality, the triangle of PM reciprocates into a square for the additional tool that is social responsibility.
To be honest some of the ideas aren't that new, because using resources carefully is one of the three angles of the magic triangle. But this book sets a new basis to look at the topic and think about deciding on different approaches.
For me, Green Project Management was setting a new dimension to project management itself. As we always look at Budget, Time and Quality some of us may already have implemented for themselves the social responsibility (i.e. people development and social impact). This would make the triangle to a square and the Green Thinking within projects could be complete the picture to a pentagon or be a new dimension on top of all other parameters (see figure 1).
In the end, we as project managers choose and decide on a daily basis and affect with these decisions our environment and set the surrounding conditions for further generations.
The book starts with a lot of explanations on the problem drivers and terminology of Green Project Management. This includes discussion of the right definition of sustainability as well as the different standards like the Kyoto Protocol or what is behind California's AB32. This may sound less pleasant to read as we would like, but the book fills the facts with side stories to please the reader whilst providing basic training and setting a standard for further discussions.
Some project managers may say that you can't succeed while trying to make decisions on economic and environmental basis at the same time, but this book proves differently. Some companies tried and were caught while greenwashing themselves. This can ruin all your efforts. So your focus should be to reduce the resources you have (not only personal) or recycle, but how to best reuse them. Recycling and reusing will cut off expenses and save money while implementing a green thinking or greenality (Green + Quality = Greenality). Just as an example think about reducing the weight of the packaging and saving money for raw materials and shipping.
It is also worthy to consider the entire life cycle. The life cycle approach isn't new, but to take the challenge to add green or lean thinking to it, it will also earn more complexity and long-lasting value.
The authors mention that the project managers in all companies are the key figures to implement greenality. They are already used to changing processes and implementing new ideas, so it is ineluctably to convince the project managers first.
Richard and David aren't only arguing what can be done - they also help project managers to ask the right questions while implementing a green approach in their companies. Additionally, they alter the known project management methodology to become a green project management methodology. An example could be the acronym SMART for dealing with goals and objectives. The new form adds up to SMARTER. The first five are well known as:
S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Agreed upon
R - Realistic
T - Time bound
The last two are defined by the authors as
E - Environmentally
R - Responsible
This example shows that just by adding these two words you chance the way to define your objectives and goals for the project or the whole project portfolio. This can change the behavior of companies and inspire other project managers to try to establish the transformation themselves.
The main section in the book is describing the way green aspects could be implemented within the projects we manage. This includes project planning as well as communication and controlling. It is all about lean thinking and adding value to our planetary resources. David and Richard also deliver concrete examples for handling decision-making tools like brainstorming or cost-benefit analysis in a green manner. The authors encourage us to validate or make decisions on green aspects and adjust our communication behavior - is it always necessary to meet in person or could we just use a video conference? Greenality is just another aspect that can be implemented within all project management templates and methodologies.
But they even start to think beyond the challenges provided within your own enterprise. They question the greenality of suppliers and implement this into the decision making pro or con for each project.
As with all new ideas, it starts with acting, not intending. So if you read this book it can provide some new ideas, hints and tips to change the way you lead your projects. But you have to do it yourself - as always, project management is hard work but it can also add long lasting value for the environment.
--Reviewed by Andreas Splett
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14 Mar 2011
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I am currently writing a thesis on Project Managers in the field of Architecture. This book has been an instrumental guide in my research. It is well rounded and gave me a great platform for understanding how the industry can, and should, move into being "GREEN." The Authors have done a superb job in giving the reader valuable information that can not be found anywhere else. I highly recommend this book.
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12 Mar 2011
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Very enlightening read. Well written, engaging, and "today". The polar bear story alone is worth the price of the book. Look it up on p. 77.
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Excellent book - worth the read!
12 Mar 2011
Format:Hardcover
I found this book to be quite valuable in understanding how to take a "green" approach to project management. You don't even have to manage green projects, but simply (and importantly!) want to make a difference as a project manager. This book shows you how to do that. Highly recommended!
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