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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Any books about achieving business goals, portfolio management, strategy execution or case-study driven books will count here. Business Resilience is a longer read, but it’s a really interesting guide to how to make sustained progress at pace, whatever pace is appropriate to your organization. PDU claim: 9 hours. PDU claim: 5 hours.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. We’ve always found the following sentences useful to complete for work agreements in this area: “We encourage each other to maintain a sustainable pace by …”. These are fine strategies. Implicit coordination strategies for effective team communication.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Several empirical studies have indeed found that teams with a frequent delivery strategy are more likely to deliver successful project outcomes and satisfy stakeholders than teams that do not ( Chow & Cao, 2008 , Jørgensen, 2016 ). Ultimately, the role of (top) management is to keep their business healthy and economically sustainable.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

They transform project initiatives from isolated endeavors into integral components of the organization's broader strategic roadmap, laying the groundwork for sustained success and growth. A project governance plan directly assists in keeping ideas in check and delivering project requirements aligned with overall strategies and objectives.

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Creed Over Greed: Motivation and Purpose

Leading Answers

The Tesla vision and mission statement used to be: “ To accelerate the world's transition to sustainable transport. However, in mid-2016, the company changed it to “ To accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. ” That is a worthy goal.

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6 Ways to Manage Projects Like a Nordic

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Nordics are big on sustainability and business ethics thanks to their passion for the rugged landscape and their championing of the underdog. That should reduce team conflict (although it is always worth having a few conflict resolution strategies on hand in case you need them). Practice ethical business.

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