The project management profession is undergoing a significant transformation, shifting from traditional success metrics—such as time, cost, and scope—to an emphasis on value creation. In this evolving landscape, sustainability has emerged as a critical form of value. As organizations place greater emphasis on sustainability, the need for project managers who can incorporate people, planet, and prosperity dimensions into their projects is rapidly increasing. This course is designed to provide you with the specialized skills, knowledge, and tools necessary to lead and collaborate on projects that foster sustainable change within organizations. You will gain the ability to implement sustainable practices throughout the processes of project management, from planning to closure, optimizing sustainability in stakeholder engagement, risk management, systems thinking, resource allocation, procurement, and supply chain management. People, planet, and prosperity must be core foci in project management, one of the fastest growing professions today. Green skills are in high demand, and the future of our planet relies on professionals like you leading the way.

• Learners will examine the shift towards value creation in project management, highlighting the growing importance of sustainability, which includes minimizing environmental impact, fostering social responsibility, and ensuring economic viability.
• Learners will identify and apply key tools and techniques to integrate sustainability into project management to effectively plan, execute, and monitor projects.
• Learners will analyze case studies in sustainable project management to identify best practices, challenges, and innovative solutions for integrating environmental, social, and economic sustainability into project planning and execution.
• Explain the human-driven complex challenges that pose a threat to the Earth's biotic and abiotic systems, and how these challenges relate to project management, focusing on the dimensions of people, planet, and prosperity.
• Incorporate sustainability principles and tools into every stage of the project lifecycle, optimizing stakeholder engagement, risk management, systems thinking, resource allocation, procurement, and supply chain management.
• Create a project management plan that emphasizes the value that sustainability brings to projects, including minimizing environmental impact, fostering social responsibility, and ensuring economic viability.

This course appears on your transcript identically to how it appears on the transcript of an enrolled ASU student who has taken the course on one of ASU’s campuses. Course attendance dates will be listed on your transcript. An on-demand course will appear on your transcript in the session you complete the course.

This course satisfies 3 credit hours toward the SUST: Sustainability General Studies requirement for Arizona State University. It is strongly encouraged that you consult with your institution of choice to determine how these credits will be applied to their degree requirements prior to transferring your credit.

To be successful in this course, we recommend English language fluency and computer literacy. We also encourage you to make sure your laptop or desktop computer meets the technical requirements.