Module 4: Applying
Welcome to Module 4 the final module in this course. In this module you will pull together all your learning from the course so far to apply them to a real project you are managing, with feedback from peers.
This Module will help you:
- Address practical issues in project management related to climate change
- Identify and address potential issues in communicating about and getting buy-in to your project’s climate change response
- Gain practice in applying a climate change lens to your own project. You will also identify potential issues in communicating about and getting buy-in to your project’s climate change response.
Readings & Resources
Required reading for Module 4 activities – also included in course content
Article on change management and the ADKAR model, https://www.prosci.com/resources/articles/the-what-why-and-how-of-change-management
Being an Effective Change Agent: A Guide (2016) Stephanie Bertels, Jess Schulschenk, Andrea Ferry, Vanvessa Otto-Mentz, Esther Speck https://embeddingproject.org/resources/being-an-effective-change-agent
Guidance on how to build a business case for climate change adaptation: Lessons from coastal Australia (2018), Coast Adapt, Department of the Environment and Energy, Australia
https://coastadapt.com.au/how-develop-business-case (includes business plan template)
Required for all modules:
In Module 4 we will look at change management and business case approaches that can help you gain support for addressing climate change in your project planning. We will apply these insights to Smoky River Transit in a final Discussion Forum and to your own project in a Google doc. For our final Collaborate session, Robert Siddall will join us live to take your questions.
Activities in this module include:
4.1 Video and readings about making the case for a new lens on project management
4.2 Discussion: Smoky River Transit
4.3 Application to your own project (Google doc)
4.4 Synchronous Discussion
4.5 Course wrap and celebration
4.1 Making the case for a new lens on project management
Project managers who see the benefit of including climate change considerations in their planning, may encounter obstacles in the form of colleagues, bosses, stakeholders and others who do not see the need for it. These groups or individuals may be reluctant because they are concerned about delays or extra costs or they may not believe the benefits will outweigh the costs.
Introducing climate change perspectives to an established way of working may require a change management approach.
It may also require new business case tools that integrate climate change thinking.
Watch video interview 4 with Robert Siddall – Question: What is the most useful thing project managers can do to ensure organizational support for a climate change lens on project management?
Video: Interview 4 with Robert Siddall
Read:
- Article on change management and the ADKAR model, https://www.prosci.com/resources/articles/the-what-why-and-how-of-change