The APM Scotland Branch have continued the face-to-face Branch Conference series with a full day event on 7 September 2023. Considering our ever changing environment is a vital skill for a Project Manager as they bring together a wide range of knowledge and expertise to fulfil projects in an ever evolving world where data, artificial intelligence and sustainability all play an important part.

1. A Mind Shift for Sustainability

2. Agenda

3. Prizes
Today
By end September 2023

4. Born at 318 ppm / 2 billion
(CO2.350.org)
Co-founder Responsible PM
17 years IS / IT projects
25 years educator / researcher
Member:
• BSi Committee for Project Controls
• PMI Curriculum Review Committee
• University of Southampton
• University of Por tsmouth
• Project Management Exper t,
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Dr Karen Thompson FAPM FHEA FSI

5. Project management
mind set

6. Project management
mind set

7. A new mind set for
Responsible PM

8. Economy
Project
Society
Environment
A new mind set for
Responsible PM

9. New mind set for Responsible PM

10. New mind set for Responsible PM

11. New mind set for Responsible PM

12. New mind set for Responsible PM

13. Curating
system
transformation

14. Process Output
Planning
Managing
risk
Monitoring &
controlling
Objectives
Resources
Constraints
Deliverable/s
Input
Traditional linear PM process

15. Typical iterative process
What is Agile Methodology? - Eoiin Connect

16. Generic eco-cycle
1. Gestation
2. Birth
3. Maturity
4. Release

17. 1. Listen & learn
2. Engage stakeholders
3. Organise for intervention
4. Next steps
Eco-cycle for Responsible PM
Measure
resources &
impacts

18. Advocacy Action
Listen
& learn
Engage
stakeholders
Measure
resources
& impacts
Organise for
intervention
Next
steps

19. New
competencies

20. 1. Conscious
awareness
of project impacts,
opportunities & potential
benefits
2a) Regeneration
& protection of natural,
social, & economic
resources to deliver value
for people, planet &
prosperity
2b) Systems
thinking
to better understand
uncertainty & anticipate
opportunities
for balance of
short & long term
3. Collaborate
& engage
for ethical decision
making & adaptation
Values for
Responsible PM

21. (deRezende and Blackwell, 2019) 6
10
7
6
5
5
8
2
4
18
9
Project management competencies
Influencing skills Communication skills Team working skills
Emotional skills Contextual skills Management skills
Cognitive skills Professionalism Knowledge and experience
Project management knowledge Personal skills and attributes
[Initial search = 3,360 documents, included in analysis = 65 documents, 81 competencies]
PM
Competencies

22. (Laasch & Moosmayer, 2016)
Analysis
(think)
Intellectual
competence
Knowledge
(know)
Action
(do)
Practical
competence
Interaction
(relating)
Self-
adaptation
(become)
Personal competence
Character
(be)
Responsible
management
competency
framework

23. (Thompson, 2022)
Analysis
(think)
Intellectual
competence
Knowledge
(know)
Action
(do)
Practical
competence
Interaction
(relating)
Self-
adaptation
(become)
Personal competence
Character
(be)
Mapping of PM
competencies
22 13
7 23
16 0

24. Ecological worldview
Systems perspective
Sustainability mindset: 12 principles
(Rimanoczy, 2022)
Emotional intelligence
Spiritual intelligence

25. 12 project management principles
and a system for value delivery (PMI, 2021)

26. (Thompson, 2022)
Requires a shift to
principles-based learning
Competency
framework for
RPM Becoming a
responsible
project
practitioner
Delivering
value through
projects
Systems,
anticipatory &
uncertainty
thinking
Engaging people,
communities &
organisations

27. Mind shift
from to
Adaptive transition
Regenerative process
Developmental mind set

28. What can you do?
• Sign the RPM Manifesto: www.ResponsiblePM.com
• Connect with us on LinkedIn
• Join a workshop
• Organise a workshop for your organisation
• Complete the Project Sustainability Survey: Sustainability Survey 2023 (alchemer.com)
• Visit our regular Café on Meet-up: https://www.meetup.com/Responsible-Project-Management/

29. Prizes
Today
By end September 2023

30. Thank You
www.ResponsiblePM.com
https://www.meetup.com/Responsible-Project-Management/

31. References
Dalcher, D. 2009. Software Project Success: Moving Beyond Failure . The Euro pe a n J o ur n a l fo r th e
Info r m a t i cs P r o fe s s i o n a l . Vo l X Issue 5.
De Rezende, L.B. and Blackwell, P. 2019. Project management competency framework. Ibe r o a m e r i ca n
J o ur n a l o f P r o j e c t Ma n a g e m e n t . Vol.10, No.1, A.R.B., pp. 34 -59. 2019.
Laasch, O. and Moosmayer, D.C. 2015. Responsible management learning: reflecting on the role and
use of paradigms in sustainability, responsibility, ethics research. CRME Working Paper 2 -2015
PMI, 2021. A Gui d e to th e P r o j e c t Ma n a g e m e n t Bo d y o f Kno w l e d g e . 7th Edition. PMI
Rimanoczy, I. 2022. The 12 Sust a i n a b i l i t y Mi n d s e t P r i n c i pl e s . Available online: (https://isabelrimanoczy.net/wp-
content/uploads/The-12-Sustainability-Mindset-Principles-presentation-nuevo.pdf
Thompson, K.M. & Williams, N.L. 2023. The Role of Responsibility in Sustainable Project Management.
In: Silvius,G. & Huemann,M. Research Handbook on Sustainable Project Management. Edward Elgar
Publishing.
UK Government Office for Science . 2021 . Sy st e m s Thin ki n g : An Int r o d uc t o r y Too l Kit fo r Civ i l
Ser v a n t s . London: Government Office for Science