Sustainability With a Project Management

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Phases of project management.........................................................................................................2
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The aim of this assessment is to discuss the sustainability with a project management.
Project management is considered as a most essential aspect while carrying out the project.
Project management knowledge is essential for managing and organizing the different
components. With effective project management knowledge skills it becomes easy to meet the
target and to deliver the project by understanding the key requirements (Kivilä, Martinsuo and
Vuorinen 2017). This also ensures that the key stakeholders are being considered while
organizing a project. The paper will focus on identifying the key success factors that are needed
for integrating sustainability into project management.
Phases of project management
Project management is considered as an important aspect and hence it is important to
ensure that while organizing a project all the key phases are fulfilled successfully. The key
phases that are associated with a successful completion of project management include initiation,
project planning, execution, project control and monitoring and project closure. Each phase plays
a major role in managing the project (Larsson and Larsson 2018). The main reason behind
dividing the project into different phase is that it offers a feasible structure for ensuring that the
project has been executed successfully. The key activities that are carried out within the project
management phases are listed below:
Initiation of the project: This is the first stage of the project lifecycle and hence it is
important to ensure that all the feasibility and value related to the project are identified at this
stage. This phase includes developing a business case document for the purpose of estimating the

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potential benefits that are likely to be offered (Holden et al. 2017). The second activity that is
carried out within the initiation phase is performing the feasibility study. The main aim behind
carrying out a feasibility study is to evaluate the project goals, cost and timeline that are
determined for the purpose of developing the project.
Planning phase: The main aim of this phase is to execute the planning process once the
project gets approval. Project planning is prepared for the purpose of producing quality outputs
by handling all the necessary risks (Heagney 2016). The project planning helps in working
effectively with the team members and ensures that the project has been executed within the
estimated cost, time and scope.
Project execution: the project execution phase is essential as this helps in developing a
better team for the purpose of satisfying the needs of the customers. Execution phase is mainly
achieved with the help of team (Chawla et al. 2018). Each team member is responsible for
carrying out the project successfully after analyzing the key requirements. The execution phase is
carried out with the help of proper project plan.
Monitoring and control: The project phase needs to be generated efficiently so that it can
meet the desired deliverable. Each phase must be controlled and monitored properly so that the
chances of error can be reduced. This will increase the success factors for the project (Meredith
et al. 2017).
Project closure: this is the last phase where the project team members aims at identifying
the basic needs of the project and ensures that the project details have listed successfully
(Carvalho and Rabechini Jr 2017).