PMI Certified Sustainable Project Professional

Early decisions fix most of a project’s impact. You follow sustainability through concept, planning, delivery, operation and end of life, and see where each choice changes the result.

• Sustainability at concept and feasibility
• Sustainability in design and procurement
• Sustainable delivery practices
• The operating phase and the product’s use
• End of life, reuse and disposal
• Life cycle thinking applied to a project

You build A life cycle map with sustainability decision points marked.

PRiSM weaves sustainability into project management as a method rather than an add-on. You learn its principles and phases, and how it combines with the methods you already use.

• Principles of PRiSM
• PRiSM phases and processes
• Integrating PRiSM with predictive and agile methods
• Roles and responsibilities in PRiSM
• Governance in PRiSM
• Tailoring PRiSM to project size and type

You build A PRiSM-based project outline that integrates sustainability into the plan.

The P5 Standard turns sustainability into elements a project can examine. You learn its five areas and their sub-elements, and use them to see what a project does to people, the planet and its own economics.

• The structure of the P5 Standard
• People: labor, society and customers
• Planet: transport, energy, materials and waste
• Prosperity: economic effects and value
• Process and product impacts
• Selecting the elements that matter for a project

You build A P5 element selection for one project, with the rationale for each choice.

Claims about impact need evidence. You measure and score a project’s effects with the P5 Standard, understand life cycle assessment, and weigh trade-offs between options.

• Choosing indicators and measures
• Collecting baseline data
• Scoring impacts with P5
• Life cycle assessment in outline
• Comparing project options
• Presenting an impact analysis

You build A P5 impact analysis comparing two options for one project.

A plan makes sustainability a deliverable. You set goals, assign owners, choose measures and targets, and link the plan to budget, schedule, risk and procurement.

• Setting sustainability goals and objectives
• Targets and key indicators
• Roles and accountability
• Linking the plan to cost, schedule and risk
• Sustainable procurement and supplier requirements
• Tracking, review and adjusting the plan

You build A sustainability management plan for one project.

Governance decides whether sustainability goals survive pressure. You define policies and decision rights, set up review gates, and manage compliance with laws and commitments.

• Sustainability policies and commitments
• Decision rights and review gates
• Compliance with environmental and social law
• Ethics and anti-corruption in projects
• Assurance and audit of sustainability claims
• Escalating sustainability issues

You build A governance outline with decision rights, review gates and escalation rules.

Investors, regulators and communities want comparable information. You learn how ESG reporting works, how common reporting standards are structured, and how to collect reliable data from a project.

• ESG concepts and how they relate to project sustainability
• Reporting frameworks and standards such as GRI and the ISSB
• Materiality: deciding what to report
• Data collection, quality and controls
• Avoiding misleading claims
• Writing a sustainability report for a project

You build A project sustainability report with its materiality choices and data sources.

Sustainability work succeeds when the people affected can see and judge it. You plan communication, tell the story with data, and handle questions and criticism openly.

• Stakeholders with sustainability interests
• Planning sustainability communication
• Visual reporting and dashboards
• Engaging communities and critics
• Reporting setbacks honestly
• Feeding stakeholder feedback into the plan

You build A stakeholder communication plan for sustainability progress.

Sustainability work depends on sound project basics. You review scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality and procurement in the light of sustainability goals, so that the plan holds under pressure.

• Scope and requirements for sustainable outcomes
• Schedule and cost trade-offs
• Risk management for sustainability risks
• Quality and sustainability standards
• Procurement and supply chain
• Change control and benefits tracking

You build A project plan skeleton that carries sustainability requirements through each knowledge area.

One project carries the course. You analyze its impacts, write the plan, set governance, track results through simulated events, and produce a report for stakeholders.

• Choosing the project and its sustainability scope
• Analyzing impacts with P5
• Writing the plan and governance
• Tracking results and handling setbacks
• Reporting to stakeholders

You build A sustainability plan, impact analysis and report for one project.