Integration of Sustainability into Project Management

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Integration of Sustainability into Project Management
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Success Factors for Integration of Sustainability into Project Management
The integration of sustainability with project management have benefited several
industries. The basic ideas behind sustainable development are the efficient use of the resource in
the environment also leaving it for the future generation. The constraints of sustainability that
has been considered in the study bellow are environmental, economic and social (Santoyo-
Castelazo, and Azapagic 2014). These three are the basis of identifying the successful
implementation of incorporating sustainability with the project by the manager. The critical
success factors are well defined below that are undertaken by severing authors for understanding
the indicators broadly.
An endeavour with the unique and transient feature that is carried out to obtain the
desired product or objective is termed as the project (Fleming and Koppelman 2016). That is
beneficial to the team undertaking the project. A project is expected to be successful when all the
constraints undertaken are managed well. The constraints are budget, availability of resources,
timescale, expected quality, etc.
The management of the project is the most crucial part of the processing of the project.
The effective project management is about arrangement and planning of the resources of the
undertaken project and proceeding towards its completing within the assigned time and budget.
The resources associated with a project are technology, personnel, intellectual property and
finances (Mir and Pinnington 2014). The areas where project management is required is vast,
some examples are information technology, construction, engineering, healthcare, etc. all the
related components and activities in a project t are arranged in such a manner so that the output is
effective and functional. Hence, the main aim of project management is to achieve the desired
goal within the constraints provided.

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According to PMBOK, the processes that undergo project management are initialization,
planning of the project, execution of the project, effective monitoring and controlling of the
activities and finally the closure of the project (Rehacek 2014).
Initialization- This is the starting of the project, the approval of the project is done and initial
documentation is presented to the stakeholders.
Planning- Then the next process is the planning, in this phase the team is formed to carry out the
project. The planning of all the activities is done with assigning the budget and time required to
complete a single activity (Eshtehardian and Saeedi 2016). This phase is the most time taking
phase with defining of the scope of the project, deliverables, objectives, identification tasks of
the deliverables, start and end date of each task is set along with the cost. The structure for
effective communication with the team members and the stakeholders are also planned. At the
end of this phase, the probable risks are determined with possible mitigating techniques. The
procurement process is also carried out to engage the contractors at the time they need.
Execution of the project- The planning which is done is the prior stage is carried out effectively
in this phase. The activities of the project are started in this process. The assigned tasks are
completed by the team members and the admin of the project manages all the contracts of the
project.
Monitoring and controlling of the activities- The following of the plan of the project is
tracked in this phase. The activities of the team members are monitored to proceed with the
project is the planned timescale. Reporting of the project is done, the scope is monitored and
needed changes are obtained (Man et al. 2015). The quality of the developing project is
monitored with the planned one. Adjustments are done if the project runs behind the schedule.
The risks are measured and controlled as per the requirement.

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Closure of the project- The last phase is the closing of the entire project by assuring the
objectives are met, deliverables are completed as per the requirement and with the planned time
and budget. The admin prepares the final documentation of the project and delivers to the
stakeholders or the customer.
Sustainability is related to the responsibility that the impacts will be observed by the
stakeholders, customers, communities, employees during the operation. Sustainability focuses on
the broader society and incorporates several aspects, such as:
Environment- The use of the resources in the environment must be done in a sustainable
manner, protection from climatic change and preventing pollution.
Human rights- The rights of the workers must be protected, following principles, rules and
regulation and avoiding discrimination between the employees (Stephens 2017).
Operating practice- The operations must be in favour of the right practices, anti-corruption,
regulatory follow up of the property rights and perform the fair competition.
Labor Practice- The working personals must be trained well, safety and their health must be
prioritized, and betterment in the work condition must be incorporated.
Consumer Issue- All the queries and issues of the consumer must be resolved, contractual
practices and marketing must be fair.
The conduction of a project helps business to understand their long term aims and
objectives. The framework for a project in an organization helps in aligning the enterprises’ goal
and arrange the activities as per the methods followed in the company. The constraints of social,
economic and environmental aspects are always associated with a project (Fioravanti et al.
2018). Hence, the effective management of the project in those constraints with balancing
schedule, budget, time and scope is utmost important.