Page 148 -

122 • Green Project Management

efforts of a project are any more important than the other project execu-
tion factors; it is just that we are concentrating on greenality aspects of the
project in this book.

Warning signs oF greenality ProBlems

1. Resource Instability: A review of the project’s greenality resources
can yield an abundance of information about the effectiveness of the
project’s greenality effort. Attitudes of team members are directly
proportional to the project’s chances of success. When team members
become concerned with the direction of the project, particularly the
efforts to green the project’s product and processes, they may react
in several ways. If the reaction is frustration, that attitude will be
transferred to team members’ actions and manifest itself in requests
by team members to be transferred from the project, absenteeism,
and change in mood. Another indication of resource instability is
the reduction of funding for project green efforts. A third indica-
tor is a lack of follow-through of the commitments from suppliers.
Excuses will be offered for suppliers that do not meet the greenality
standards in original agreements.
2. Changes in Strategic Direction: The original commitment by man-
agement becomes diminished as the project progresses, especially
when the project experiences other difficulties, with cost or schedule
for instance. Greenality, because it is a newer effort and therefore
doesn’t have the longevity of commitment as other aspects of the
project, is the first to be cut.
3. Risk versus Reward: Some of the issues of greenality may appear to
come at a higher cost. This is particularly evident when the project is
viewed from a microlevel. Without considering all of the aspects of
the project, the risk of undertaking green efforts in both the project
and the project processes may appear not to be an advantage to the
organization’s return on investment. As a result, greenality may be
sacrificed, a mistake in our opinion.
4. Workload Queues: This is covered in detail in Chapter 10, but for now
we just want you to be aware of the concept of waste and work piling
up in front of one resource on the project as an indicator that the
project itself may be experiencing waste (and a lack of greenality).