We can’t help it – we just have to share with you the initial reviews of our book. We’re so impressed not only with the reviews but with the high caliber of reviewers, (MUCH better than Statler and Waldorf – in our figure to the left) that we actually were mystically compelled to go out and buy some copies ourselves.
Seriously, it’s great to see these:
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“A first-of-its-kind book that links the necessity of going green with project management. Organizations may have difficulty competing in the next decade without understanding the necessity for supporting sustainability. Unfortunately, many executives have not yet recognized how project management can effectively address sustainability issues. This book offers a flexible and adaptive approach to bridging the gap between going green and project management. The book is a must-read for senior executives as well as project managers.”
— Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the The International Institute for Learning
“This is 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 recognise 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, and author of many project management books including Managing Risks in Projects
“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
“Green Project Management is 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 how to do this: metrics, definitions, examples and, very important, planning. Awesome!”
—Bas de Baar, ProjectShrink.com
“Maltzman and Shirley show that you don’t have to be implementing a rainforest conservation project to be green. 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, and the book Project Management in the Real World
“This is 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 for his book “Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders” (winner of the 2008 David I. Cleland Literature Award)
“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 of 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, Professor, Department of Business Administration, Augsburg College; & Author of Information Technology Project Management, Sixth Edition and An Introduction to Project Management, Third Edition
Wow! Congratulations!
It was a pleasure to read and review your book!