Integrating Sustainability in Managing IT Projects
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Running head: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY IN MANAGING IT PROJECTSIntegrating Sustainability in Managing IT ProjectsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s note
1INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY IN MANAGING IT PROJECTSIntroductionThe need for sustainable development is increasing with the passage of time. This is avery important concept that the society and organizations are incorporating in its various layersand fields. Most of the important projects integrate sustainable developments in its functionalitiesfor the development and progress of the organization as well as the well being of the society. Aproject consists of several phases and each of them needs to be integrated with sustainability anddecisions must be based on sustainability (Griggs et al. 2013). A business sector operates in asociety and in order to get success they must take care of the society as well. The depletion ofnatural resources is a main concern for the society. While developing a project an organizationconsiders all the aspects of technicality and appoints a manager who would particularly take careof the integration of sustainability in managing project.This essay focuses on the sustainability integration while managing projects. This essaygives the main focus on the IT project management and IT sector. This is the most boomingsector in the present era. It consumes and utilizes several resources for the completion of itsprojects. This essay points out on the requirement of integrating sustainability in IT projectmanagement (Dincer and Rosen 2012). It points out the project management approaches. Therelevance of sustainability lies in the fact that the utilization of resources is leading to theirdepletion and it is affecting the community and environment in a harmful way. It gives a briefoverview about the critical success factors and the criteria for an IT project. The corporate socialresponsibility plays a major role in implementing and planning for a project. This essay suggeststhat a proper balance in the economic growth with the society and environmental protection mustbe maintained for the betterment of people. DiscussionBrief OverviewSustainability focuses on fulfilling the requirements and needs of the people who are inthe present generation. Their main aim is to utilize the resources in such manner so that thepeople of the future generation will not have to suffer or compromise (Eskerod and Huemann2013). Well planned and optimal utilization of the resources will not lead to the depletion of
2INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY IN MANAGING IT PROJECTSnatural resources. There are several other definitions of sustainability as well like it can beconsidered to be a minute change or major reorientation in the strategies that are adopted by theglobal businesses.The carbon percentage in the climate has decreased and it is also expected that the climatewill change due to the over consumptions of resources by the IT industry. IT sector or businessesare said to be responsible for emitting around two per cent of carbon. IT projects can take severalinitiatives to integrate sustainability by the process of saving energy (SILvIuS and SChIPPER2012). Computers can be functioned to shut down in an automatic manner, consolidation of datacentre and energy efficient hardware deployment will be some of the effective steps that can betaken by IT projects to integrate sustainability. The hardware deployed in IT projects utilizeshuge amount of energy. Another main point is that an IT project also needs huge storage spacefor the purpose of storing data and information. People get employed mostly in the IT sector. Ifthe IT projects harm the society and do not take care of the natural resources then it will create anegative impact on the people of the future generation. Integration of economical factors,environmental factors and social factors will help in achieving sustainability in a project.Energy saving methods is the main way of integrating sustainability in IT projects. Onemost important way that can be used by an IT project in order to save the storage space is bydeploying cloud infrastructure that will enable the company to store data in the cloud by savingstorage space as well as cost. Another method to save storage space is to use small storagedevices that can hold huge quantity of data (Lang et al. 2012). This is the concept of Green IT.The high energy consumption traditional monitors can be replaced by LCD monitors. LCDmonitors consumes energy in small amounts. Laptops can be used to save energy. The electronicdevices used in IT sector and projects are made of metals that are depleting. Recycling can bedone while planning and executing an IT project.Success CriteriaIn order to get success in an IT project several success criteria needs to be fulfilled.Efficient implementation must be carried out (Zou et al. 2014). IT projects must not only focus onthe technical aspect but also focus on the social and economical aspects. IT projects must bedeveloped by taking into account the environment in which it operates. Proper strategies must betaken in order to develop good quality project that will not harm the society or environment. High
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