Despite the image and the play on words, this is actually a very serious and urgent posting regarding exposure.

It has nothing to do with being too “revealing” or getting too cold.

Rather it has to do with an “Exposure Draft” which the Project Management Institute (PMI) has made available for comment, and it’s only open for comment until 14-January.

The document is The Standard for Portfolio Management.  And it’s only open as an Exposure Draft until 14-January-2012

Here is a link to the page that explains how you can make comments and suggestions on the Exposure Draft of the Standard for Portfolio Management.

http://www.pmi.org/PMBOK-Guide-and-Standards/Standards-Current-PMI-Standards-Projects.aspx

We are urging our readers to go there and to review the document for how well (or poorly) it integrates sustainability thinking.  Already in our initial review we notice some problems.  For example, when it discusses ‘Organizational Value’, it says that

“Organizational Value … also includes other forms of value such as employee or customer satisfaction, contribution to the community, enhancement or protection of the environment…”

” Also?”

Like it’s a “throw-in” gimme?

It’s good that the environment is mentioned, and that social and community aspects are mentioned, but not good enough.  These items – these sustainability, long-term items, must be integrated.

Help us, won’t you, by spending some time with this document and adding your comments and insight.  We feel it’s very important because it’s at the Portfolio level that business make fundamental decisions about what types of projects and programs to undertake.

 

Thanks.

 

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