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#FuturePMO
Taking Responsibility?
The Role of PMOs
in Realising a Sustainable Society
GilbertSilvius
PhD MSc MBA

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#FuturePMO
Taking Responsibility?
The Role of PMOs
in Realising a Sustainable Society
GilbertSilvius
PhD MSc MBA
Professor of
Project & Programme Management
Consultant, Trainer, Educator, Researcher
Experience
>15 years Training, Education and Research
>20 years Projects and Project Management
>25 years Management and Consultancy
Education
PhD (Utrecht University)
MBA (Catholic University Leuven)
MSc Economics (Erasmus University)
Royal Military Academy
Specializations
Project Management
Information Management

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Responsible Project Management
We have serious problems
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Taking Responsibility?

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We have serious problems
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We have serious problems
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Impact >
Regeneration
We have serious problems

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I = P x A x T
I = Impact
P = Population
A = Affluence
T = Technology
The IPAT formula was developed in the 1970s during the course of a debate
between Barry Commoner, Paul R. Ehrlich and John Holdren.

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The Lineair economy
USE
I = P x A x T

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The Circular economy
I = P x A x T

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Projects account for approximately
1/3 of economic activity in
Western European societies
Schoper, Y-G, Wald, A., Ingason, H.T. (2018), “Projectification in Western economies: A comparative
study of Germany, Norway and Iceland”, International Journal of Project Management, 36(1), 71-82.

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Projects
are
the way
to
sustainability

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We need
Sustainable Projects
and
Sustainable
Project Management

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Sustainable Projects
and
Sustainable
Project Management
Sustainable Project Management is
the planning, monitoring and
controlling of project delivery and
support processes,
with consideration of the
environmental, economical and social
aspects
of the life-cycle of the project’s
resources, processes, deliverables and
effects,
aimed at realizing benefits for
stakeholders,
and performed in a transparent, fair
and ethical way
that includes proactive stakeholder
participation.
Silvius, A.J.G. and Schipper, R. (2014), “Sustainability in project management:
A literature review and impact analysis”, Social Business, 4(1), pp. 63-96.

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Sustainable Projects
and
Sustainable
Project Management

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We have serious problems
and we need serious people to solve them

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Taking Responsibility?
Now here’s where come in!

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The PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning
How is (the
consideration of)
sustainability embedded
in the project
management standards,
tools and templates of
the organization?

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Project Sustainability Impact Analysis

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Project Sustainability Impact Analysis

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Added Value
DELIVERY
84%
DELIVERABLE
63%

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The Sustainable PMO
How are projects and
project managers
assisted when assessing
the sustainability
(impact) of their
projects?
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning
Knowledge is a crucial
enabler of ‘seeing’
sustainability aspects
and effects.
How is this competence
developed?

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning
How is knowledge about
sustainability
aspects/impacts
collected and shared?
How do we make sure
we improve?

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning
How is sustainability
considered in project
selection?
And in project reporting?

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning
How is sustainability
considered in project
selection?
And in project reporting?
Projects make strategies and ambitions happen!
Sustainable projects make sustainability strategies happen!

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ Learning

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The Sustainable Project Manager

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The Sustainable Project Manager?
Exploring factors that stimulate project managers
to consider sustainability

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The Sustainable Project Manager?
Exploring factors that stimulate project managers
to consider sustainability
• Intrinsically motivated PMs
Are stimulated to address sustainability
because they care about nature, the planet and
the future and because they feel that caring for
sustainability is something they should do.
The characteristics of the project, or the
opinion of others, do not play a large role.

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The Sustainable Project Manager?
Exploring factors that stimulate project managers
to consider sustainability
• Intrinsically motivated PMs
• Task driven PMs
Will consider sustainability when it is part of
the project’s requirements or objectives,
when the client asks for it or when they are
rewarded for it.

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#FuturePMO
The Sustainable Project Manager?
Exploring factors that stimulate project managers
to consider sustainability
• Intrinsically motivated PMs
• Task driven PMs
• Pragmatic PMs
Take a pragmatic approach to the consideration
of sustainability in project management. Not
strongly self-motivated for sustainability, but will
consider it when they see a good application.
Needs tools and results.

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The Sustainable Project Manager?
Exploring factors that stimulate project managers
to consider sustainability
• Intrinsically motivated PMs
• Task driven PMs
• Pragmatic PMs

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Sustainable Project Management
Mind shift
Taking responsibility for
sustainable
development
Having a holistic perspective on
managing change
Paradigm shift
Scope shift
Managing social, environmental
and economical impact

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Taking Responsibility?

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The Sustainable PMO
Standards
/ Tooling
Consulting
Support /
Archives
Portfolio
Coordination
Human
Resources
Training
Knowledge
Management
/ LearningTaking Responsibility?

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Take Responsibility!
The Role of PMOs
in Realising a Sustainable Society
GilbertSilvius
PhD MSc MBA
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Questions?

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