Develop a sustainability checklist for IT projects focusing on these three stages of a project: Pre-project phase, project execution, project closure.

The checklist should support decision making in all three phases and ideally guarantee an effective success measurement throughout the three phases:

• In the pre-project phase the checklist should help to set-up the project in a sustainable way (e.g. Required certifications in case of an IT Hardware project, coding principles in case of a software project, hosting in a low-carbon-intense country…).
• In the project execution phase the checklist should help to identify potential pitfalls (e.g. identification of resource intense calculations, “sustainable” UI design principles…).
• In the project closing phase the checklist should help to define which measurement setup should be thought of and what re-occuring checks should be considered.

Pain: IT Projects generally just focus on the successful implementation without considering sustainability aspects. There are various sustainability aspects during each of the three phases, so it is important to focus just on a few in order to not disrupt too much the main objective of the IT project. Stakeholder: Project Management Office & CIO

Context: Depending on the type of IT project (software development, software implementation, infrastructure setup…) the impact and the sustainability measures can vary Consider the effort-output-outcome-impact ratio to not impede the objective Consider also projects with the involvement of “externals” (software vendors, consultants…)

Output:

• Word/Powerpoint or equivalent
• In a chosen project management tool

Resources:

• https://climateproductleaders.org/playbook/
• https://maturity-matrix.greensoftware.foundation/
• https://www.exove.com/green-it-purchasing-guide/