Earth PM » assertion http://www.earthpm.com At the intersection of GREEN and PROJECT MANAGEMENT Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Help prevent green stagnation! http://www.earthpm.com/2009/12/help-prevent-green-stagnation/ http://www.earthpm.com/2009/12/help-prevent-green-stagnation/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:03:58 +0000 Rich http://www.earthpm.com/?p=215 Arras People produces a very good newsletter (just released today) which this month lists its seven predictions for Project Management in 2010.

Amongst the seven predictions is this one:

  • Momentum for Green-Related Change Will Remain Stagnant

Although green issues seem to have risen in public consciousness in recent years, the central entity that can provide the forceful impetus for adaptation to global warming strategy remains yet to be found. Some of us surmise that currently there exists a gap around training, which in turn can lead to uncertainty as to solidifying a sound carbon footprint with each project undertaken. Who is the leader, then, that will face the issues head-on and ensure guidelines and standards for sustainable project carbon footprint governance? An individual? Government? A governing body? One thing remains certain: without someone or thing to pr ovide the impetus, talk about green initiative will remain cheap and toothless.

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Cheap and toothless?

We need a dentist – and f ast!

Our efforts here at EarthPM are to avoid this stagnation.  Join our discussion, read our upcoming book, and understand what we’re saying about green PM.  Help avoid stagnation in this area!

Ironically, the very next prediction is “Projects will continue to fail”:

  • Projects Will Continue to Fail

This is an issue that doesn’t seem to show signs of being fixed, thus earning a heavy dedication of questions on the 2010 Project Management Benchmark Report. To date, a Google search will reveal a variety of blog pieces and expertise about project failure – 275 million entries come up on Google.co.uk. And yet, figures today show that around 75 PERCENT OF PROJECTS STILL FAIL! When will the lessons of project failure finally be turned into practical application that prevents those lessons having to be re-learnt? Why do we pay the matter lip-service when it obviously hasn’t borne out better results? Who or what can fix it?

We do not see these two predictions as unrelated. Our first Assertion is that taking sustainability into account in project planning helps us do things right.  So if you want to keep repeating that last bullet – and having projects continue to fail at a rate of 3 out of 4, continue to let green/sustainability stagnate, and you will have that number at 75% or higher.  Let’s break this cycle of dysfunction!
See the whole set of predictions in the Arras newsletter with this link.
What do you think?
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