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Measuring project sustainability maturity level - a fuzzy-based approach

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  • Renard Y.J. Siew
  • Maria C.A. Balatbat
  • David G. Carmichael

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Traditionally, project management is focused on outcomes such as quality, time and cost, with little consideration for environmental and social issues. While project management maturity has been discussed at length in the literature, there is currently a paucity of research exploring ways to embed sustainability into project management. Being able to measure levels of sustainability attainment in project management will help project owners identify strengths and weaknesses in their current practices. This paper addresses a gap in the literature by: 1) prescribing a set of criteria for assessing project sustainability maturity levels leading to a project sustainability maturity level (PSML) model, and 2) presenting a fuzzy-based approach to measure maturity levels. An example illustrates the various steps involved in the approach. The fuzzy-based approach is seen as appropriate for reflecting the uncertainty in sustainability maturity assessments. The originality of this paper lies in showing how sustainability can be assessed in a progressive manner through maturity levels.

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  • Renard Y.J. Siew & Maria C.A. Balatbat & David G. Carmichael, 2016. "Measuring project sustainability maturity level - a fuzzy-based approach," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 19(1), pages 76-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsusd:v:19:y:2016:i:1:p:76-100
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    1. Kevin Friedrich, 2023. "A systematic literature review concerning the different interpretations of the role of sustainability in project management," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 73(1), pages 31-60, February.
    2. Nomeda Dobrovolskienė & Rima Tamošiūnienė, 2016. "Sustainability-Oriented Financial Resource Allocation in a Project Portfolio through Multi-Criteria Decision-Making," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-18, May.
    3. de Guimarães, Julio Cesar Ferro & Severo, Eliana Andréa & Jabbour, Charbel Jose Chiappetta & de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes & Rosa, Ariane Ferreira Porto, 2021. "The journey towards sustainable product development: why are some manufacturing companies better than others at product innovation?," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).

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