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Article

Think Twice to Achieve a Sustainable Project Management: From Ecological Sustainability towards the Sustainable Project Management Cube Model

by
Raquel Castro Madureira
1,2,*,
Cláudia Sousa Silva
1,2,
Marlene Amorim
1,2,
Marta Ferreira Dias
1,2,
Bruno Lins
1 and
Gisela Mello
1
1
GOVCOPP, Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
2
Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering Industrial and Tourism, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2022, 14(6), 3436; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063436
Submission received: 31 January 2022 / Revised: 1 March 2022 / Accepted: 11 March 2022 / Published: 15 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Project Management in the Digital Transition Era: Principles, Tools and Practice)
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Abstract

This work aims at contributing to a new Sustainable Project Management (SPM) paradigm, focusing on the role of project managers as a key element. The contribution of this research has both practical and theoretical implications. It presents the first results of a project developed under the Erasmus+ program Think Twice, recommending a set of ecological practices to motivate and develop project managers’ skills to adopt Sustainable Project Management. Subsequently, supported by a literature review and content analysis of the data collected for this project, an original conceptual model is presented: the Project Management Triple Sustainability Cube. This tool is intended to guide project managers on their journey to sustainability in project management, comprehensively and systematically. To this end, the tool outlines guidelines for adopting comprehensive practices according to the triple bottom line sustainability vectors (environmental, social, and economic) relating to people, processes, and innovative solutions (go/no digital) throughout the project life cycle.
Keywords: project management; digital era; smart management; sustainability project management; digital era; smart management; sustainability

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Madureira, R.C.; Silva, C.S.; Amorim, M.; Ferreira Dias, M.; Lins, B.; Mello, G. Think Twice to Achieve a Sustainable Project Management: From Ecological Sustainability towards the Sustainable Project Management Cube Model. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063436

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Madureira RC, Silva CS, Amorim M, Ferreira Dias M, Lins B, Mello G. Think Twice to Achieve a Sustainable Project Management: From Ecological Sustainability towards the Sustainable Project Management Cube Model. Sustainability. 2022; 14(6):3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063436

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Madureira, Raquel Castro, Cláudia Sousa Silva, Marlene Amorim, Marta Ferreira Dias, Bruno Lins, and Gisela Mello. 2022. "Think Twice to Achieve a Sustainable Project Management: From Ecological Sustainability towards the Sustainable Project Management Cube Model" Sustainability 14, no. 6: 3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063436

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Madureira, R. C., Silva, C. S., Amorim, M., Ferreira Dias, M., Lins, B., & Mello, G. (2022). Think Twice to Achieve a Sustainable Project Management: From Ecological Sustainability towards the Sustainable Project Management Cube Model. Sustainability, 14(6), 3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063436

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