Date: 16 June 2019 - 20 June 2019
Course ID: GPM03/2019
Duration: 5 Days
Fee US$ - VAT is not included: 3200 US$
Venue: Kuwait
Category:
LEED, Green, Environment and Sustainability
According to research by Accenture and the UN Global Compact, in a survey of over 1,000 CEOs from 27 industries across 103 countries, 93% regard sustainability as key to their organization’s success. The objective of this course is to support this demand from senior management by helping you develop the skills needed to make your projects sustainable.
You’ll learn about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how to use the PRiSM (PRojects integrating Sustainable Methods) project lifecycle developed by Green Project Management (GPM) to support them. You’ll learn about the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) and how to use GPM’s P5™ standard to evaluate the impact of your project on the TBL.
In addition, you’ll learn how to prepare a better business case that addresses sustainability, and how to develop and use a Sustainability Management Plan. We’ll also provide a sustainability perspective on project management fundamentals from estimating to scheduling to procurement management.
On the last day of class, you’ll take the Green Project Manager — Basic (GPM-b) exam. Successful candidates will:
• Set themselves apart from the vast majority of other project managers in the market
• Be listed on the international register of GPM certified PMs
• Increase your job mobility and choices even in the face of a tough job market
• Improve your earning potential with an internationally recognized certification in one of the fastest growing focus areas
• Have proof of your skills and knowledge at applying sustainable methods in projects
• Demonstrate to senior managers that you are aligned with the organization’s mission and values
Approximately 50% of class time is devoted to casework and experiential learning.
This course is taught in English.
At the end of this course, participants will be better able to:
• Describe the importance of sustainability
• Understand the PRiSM project lifecycle
• Develop an effective business case
• Perform a P5 impact assessment (P5IA)
• Engage and negotiate with your project's stakeholders
• Evaluate potential suppliers using sustainable criteria
• Identify and prioritize risks and opportunities
• Document project success criteria
• Estimate, budget, and schedule project phases
• Build a stronger team
• Understand and deal with conflict
• Report accurately on project progress
Day 1 Overview
• Participant and instructor introductions
• Exercise: your project management challenges
• Review of schedule and learning objectives
About Green Project Management (GPM®)
• Global presence
• University partners
• Awards program
Core Concepts: Sustainability
• Sustainability drivers (why it’s important)
• Triple Bottom Line
• Exercise: measures of sustainable performance
• Other sustainability models
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Exercise: assessment of organizational performance
Core Concepts: Project Management
• Definitions of sustainable projects and project management
• Projects within the organization
• A sustainable view of the Triple Constraint
• Product-scope vs. work-scope
• Exercise: SDGs and participant projects
PRiSM Project Lifecycle
• Lifecycle concepts and examples
• PRiSM project lifecycle
• Exercise: advantages and disadvantages
Day 2 The Business Case
• Business case in the project lifecycle
• Business case overview and contents
• Exercise: draft a business case
P5 Impact Analysis (P5IA)
• Basics of the P5 Standard
• P5IA steps
• Exercise: People (Social) Elements
• Exercise: Planet and Prosperity Elements
• P5 scoring
• Exercise: P5 scoring
Sustainability Management Plan
• Sustainability management plan in the project lifecycle
• The management plan process
• Exercise: KPIs for sustainability
Day 3 Stakeholder Engagement
• Definitions of stakeholder and stakeholder engagement
• Exercise: stakeholder matrix and engagement ideas
• Win-win negotiations as a tool for stakeholder engagement
• Typical negotiating process
• Exercise: negotiating engagement with sustainability
Sustainable Procurement
• Terminology variations
• Requirements for sustainable procurement
• Exercise: advantages and disadvantages
• The procurement process
• Exercise: selection criteria
• Contract types: fixed price, unit price, etc.
• Exercise: terms and conditions for sustainability
Risks and Opportunities
• Underlying concepts
• Exercise: identify risks and opportunities
• Probability-Impact matrix
• Risk responses
• Exercise: classify and respond to risks and opportunities
Success Criteria
• Definition of project success
• Categories and examples
• Exercise: project management and product success criteria
Day 4 Requirements, Design, and Delivery
• Where are these in the project lifecycle?
• Understanding iteration
• Requirements basics
• Exercise: critique requirements statements
• Elements of design
• Exercise: validating design against the requirements
• Delivery
Breakdown Structures
• Purpose and characteristics of a Breakdown Structure
• When and where in the project lifecycle
• Sample Breakdown Structures
• How to use a Breakdown Structure
• Exercise: develop partial WBS or PBS
Estimating
• Estimates vs. budgets
• Estimating basics
• Exercise: estimating PBS/WBS activities
Budgeting
• Converting estimates into budgets
• Summing estimates
• Exercise: ranges at the project level
Scheduling
• Duration estimates
• Network logic diagram elements
• Sequencing and the critical path
• Gantt charts and schedule baselines
• Exercise: impact of resource limitations
Change Control
• Cost of changes
• Change control process
• Exercise: communicating about change
Progress Reporting
• Qualitative measures
• Quantitative approaches
• Earned value illustration
• Red-Amber-Green reporting
• Exercise: schedule variances
Closure Phase
• Review of closure activities
Team Building
• Definition of “team”
• Tuckman’s Stages: behaviors and feelings
• Exercise: characteristics of a high-performance team
• How conflict happens: from stressors to reactions
• Exercise: dealing with conflict
Day 5 GPM-b Exam
• Review of exam content and structure
• Multiple-choice exam