296 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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

    SURFING THE GREEN WAVE

    Problem Drivers and Indicators
    Climate Change
    Population Increase
    Rapidly Developing Nations and Resource Depletion
    Environmental Degradation and Loss of Biodiversity
    Government Agencies, Mandates, and Guidelines

    Green Project Terminology: The Language of the Green Wave
    Carbon Footprint and Sustainability
    The Cycle of Sustainability
    Cradle to Cradle
    The Natural Step
    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Green Project Manager
    Biodegradable
    Greenwashing
    Triple Bottom Line
    Eco Audit
    Reduce, Redesign, Reuse, Recycle
    Renewable Energy
    SMARTER Objectives

    Understanding Green Project Fundamentals
    Green, Quality, and Greenality
    Reducing Nonproduct Output
    The Project Management Institute and Greenality
    Cost of Greenality
    Project Life Cycle Thinking
    Project Cycle of Sustainability
    Environmental Scope
    Environmental Risks
    Stakeholders

    Types of Projects: A Rainbow of Green
    Green by Definition
    Green by Project Impact (or the Lack Thereof)
    Green by Product Impact
    GreenGeneral
    A Rainbow of Green

    HIKING THE PROJECT

    Project Ideation
    Why Are Projects Initiated?
    How Are Projects Chosen?
    Decision-Making Tools and the Green Component
    Creating the “Green”-Friendly Decision-Making Environment
    Changing the Way People Think About Green
    Decision-Making Tools
    Validation of the Decision
    Creating a Green Charter
    The Initial Project Kickoff Meeting
    Acting on the Idea
    Tools and Techniques
    Greenality of Project Communications
    The Spirit of the Communication
    Jeopardy and Escalation Processes
    Greenality of Suppliers

    Developing the Project
    Project Planning
    Sustainability and the WBS
    Who and What Are Required for the Project
    Greening the People
    Greening the Schedule
    Greening the Project Purchasing (Procurement)Process
    Greening Project Costs
    Greening Project Quality
    Risk and Greenality
    Greenality Outputs
    Environmental Management Plan

    Executing the Project
    The Project Team
    The Kickoff Meeting (Implementation)
    Greenality Assurance
    Tracking Project Process
    Status and Progress ReportingUsing Social Media to Green Communications
    Execution of Greenality Efforts
    Warning Signs of Greenality Problems
    Greenality of Suppliers
    Capturing Greenality Lessons Learned

    Taking the Watch (Monitoring and Controlling)
    Greenality Data Collection and Analysis
    Measuring the Performance of Greenality
    Controlling the Issues
    Keeping on an Even Keel
    Change Control and Greenality
    Effective Actions to Abate Greenality Issues


    APPROACHING THE FINISH LINE

    The Beginning and the End?
    Heaven on Earth
    Life Cycle Thinking Basics
    Life Cycle Assessment
    A Brief History
    Standards for LCA
    Carbon Footprinting Based on LCA
    Performing an LCA
    How to Promote the Use of an LCA
    The Life Cycle of the Product of Your Project
    LCA Software Tools

    Lean Thinking, Muda, and the Four Ls
    Lean Thinking and Your Project
    Lean Methods

    At the Top of Their Game
    Patagonia
    Timberland
    Interface
    Google
    Office Depot
    Microsoft
    General Electric
    Steward Advanced MaterialsHome of “The Toxin Terminator”
    Sun Chips

    Enabling Green to Earn You "Green”
    Green Government PurchasingEPA
    Grants and Rebates
    Actions Undertaken

    CROSSING THE FINISH LINE

    Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Green (A Green Project Manager’s Toolbox)

    Resource Information
    Books We Think You Should Read or Reference
    Suggested Reading on Life Cycle Assessment
    Collaboration Tools and Resources
    Resource for Improving Team Collaboration Using
    Web-Based Media
    Green Efforts by Companies and Other
    OrganizationsA Sampler
    Web Sites Worth a Visit and a Stay
    Additional Tools and Resources for Green Project Managers

    Each chapter concludes with Endnotes

    Biography

    Rich Maltzman, PMP , has been an engineer since 1978 and a project management supervisor since 1988, including a recent two-year assignment in the Netherlands in which he built a team of PMs overseeing deployments of telecom networks in Europe and the Middle East. His project work has been diverse, including projects such as the successful deployment of the entire video and telecom infrastructure for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, and the 2006 integration of the program management offices (PMOs) of two large merging corporations. As a second, but intertwined career, Rich has also focused on consulting and teaching, having developed curricula and/or taught at:

    • Boston University's Corporate E ducation Center
    • Merrimack College
    • Northern Essex Community College
    • University of Massachusetts-Lowell
    Rich has also professionally developed project management professional (PMP) exam prep courseware, including exams and books. He even edited and was the voice for a set of eight audio CDs-a major part of a PMP prep course for an international company, for whom he has also facilitated PMP exam study groups. Rich was selected for the modeling team for the fourth edition of the PMBOK Guide published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2008, and contributed to the chapters on quality and risk.Recently, Rich presented at two international conferences-the PMO Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, and the PMO Summit in Coconut Grove, Florida, the subject being the development framework for project managers. Currently, Rich is senior manager, learning and professional advancement, at the Global Program Management Office of a major telecom concern.Rich's educational background includes a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and an MSIE from Purdue University. In addition, Rich has a mini-MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton

    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