The Race to Net Zero - are you on track with your projects?
- 1. Presentation on the Carbon Self- Evaluation to PMI UK “Transforming the Net Zero Landscape through the Power of Projects” PDATF Climate and Nature Emergency Workstream 22 October 2021 Donnie MacNicol, Jo Jolly and Jonathan Williams
- 2. Climate and Nature Workstream Co-Leads Donnie MacNicol works across multiple sectors energising leaders and teams delivering complex change to maximise value and certainty of success through a focus on the human dimension. Jo Jolly is a Deputy Director in the Environment Agency and leads their newly formed Bespoke & Emerging Projects team. Jonathan Williams is a Project Manager at the Environment Agency as well as an apprentice at the Project Data Analyst Academy and is helping the Environment Agency realise the opportunities that project data analytics can provide to improve project delivery performance.
- 3. WHY WHAT HOW
- 4. Problem WHY
- 5. Sir James Bevan Chief Executive Environment Agency “It’s not as bad as you think - it’s worse.”
- 6. Deep and rapid emissions reduction Greenhouse gas removal at scale Restoring damaged climate systems
- 7. How are we doing? The probability of delivering a major project within cost, time and benefits is 0.5%. • 1 in 3 hours worked in the UK are spent working on projects • productivity has stagnated
- 8. • We value the human factors in project delivery and can even predict project performance • We drive out waste through the sharing of data on a scale we haven’t yet seen • Every project delivers benefits far beyond their original stated purpose How do we want it to be?
- 9. Psychologically Safe Teams… Speak Up and Share Ideas Consensus Driven Personally Connected Professionally Focused Courageous Want to Please Embrace Diversity Seek Consistency Inclusive Defer to Leadership Learn from Mistakes Avoid Failure Create Purpose Require Purpose Candid and Honest Nice all the Time Appreciate each Other Have Relentless Expectations Trust each Other Cautious to Trust Psychologically Unsafe Teams... © 2021 Zircon BeTalent All Rights Reserved The need for psychological safety
- 10. Boston Barrier & the UN SDGs
- 11. Problem WHAT
- 13. Workstream Members • Environment Agency • Sir Robert McAlpine • Projecting Success • UCL (University College London) • Petrofac • Team Animation Ltd
- 14. Question to answer Workstream questions we are looking to address 1. As project / data professionals what can we do in our own sphere of influence? 2. How well are we doing and what can done to make the biggest impact? 3. How can we share what is working and deal with systemic challenges? 4. What impact are the myriad of strategies and policies around NetZero having on what we do and how we do it?
- 15. Answering practitioners questions Where am I now on my project in terms of Carbon? What should I be considering wrt Carbon in my projects? How do I compare with other people in my sector? What can I learn from others or share with others if doing well? What influence can I have and what do I need to achieve this? … raise your awareness, be better informed, challenge and motivate yourself to make positive choices regarding Carbon on your projects using the power of data
- 16. We all need to start somewhere by making changes – large or small, personally and professionally.
- 17. Carbon Self-Evaluation 1 We either don’t do it or it is chaotic and ad-hoc 5 We are continually optimising and improving on our embedded approach 1. Data Engagement - Is Carbon being discussed within my organisation? 2. Data Access - What access do I have to any data regarding Carbon from a projects perspective? 3. Data Quality - What is the quality of the data that we do have in relation to Carbon in projects? 4. Data Skills - What skills and knowledge do I have / am I being supported to obtain wrt Carbon? 5. Data Solutions Development - What solutions / tools exist to help identify, analyse, share etc data on Carbon? + Project Methodology
- 19. Open Report on the PDATF Workstream page
- 20. Sharing wisdom • As part of the CSE we ask you: • “What you do / could do” • “Challenges you face” • Capture and share back in your report • Curate and analyse to allow us to: • Share with responders insights as quickly as possible • Identify themes • Inform the 6 Workstreams around challenges • Hold mirror up – provide industry leaders a reality check on lived experience • Challenge effectiveness of policies and strategies • Improve cross sector sharing and learning • Start publishing reports and insights and also sharing at events
- 21. In advance of COP26 in November this year 1. Launch the CSE (with support from the PMI et al) 2. Obtain and analyse any initial data and gain initial insights 3. Publish preliminary findings (if available) 4. Engage with industry leaders to discuss initial findings (if available)
- 22. Phase 1 Analysis A number of questions to answer including…. “What impact are the myriad of strategies and policies around NetZero having on what we do and how we do it?”
- 23. Potential Phase 2 Activities • Introduce company specific CSE completion • Enhance the reports based on the available data • Create a community discussion around what people are doing and how they are overcoming challenges • Help prioritise the 6 workstreams within the Project Data Analytics Task Force (PDATF)
- 24. Problem HOW
- 25. “As a project delivery community don’t underestimate our immense collective power, and our ability to make a difference.” We have a choice
Editor's Notes
- #6: Climate change – whether through a gradual or catastrophic increase in temperature is the greatest threat to humanity We all have a part to play The Task Force realise that project and data professionals have expertise and can positively influence the discussion For that reason we will be prioritising our efforts on the workstreams so playing our part We would like your support
- #13: Climate change – whether through a gradual or catastrophic increase in temperature is the greatest threat to humanity We all have a part to play The Task Force realise that project and data professionals have expertise and can positively influence the discussion For that reason we will be prioritising our efforts on the workstreams so playing our part We would like your support
- #23: NOT just projects / data – anyone who works around projects Phase 1 as up to COP26 in October 2021 in Glasgow Stimulate and motivate – diagnostic/ questionnaire – FIRST STEP Primary aim Secondary aim is to gather comparative data Capture and share your wisdom – thoughts, examples from what you and your organisation are doing Empower you through information That you can use parctically Using the data collected earlier report back on how well you are doing Provide suggestions for what action you can take personally Prioritise the Task Force efforts – prioritised against the PDATF workstreams + Hackathons + development of solutions Help refine task force workstreams to achieve NetZero - Which ones would make the greatest difference, just like in the broader world Create a Carbon Challenge map to demonstrate the scale of the challenge and what are the priorities Future phases Future phases is engaging at an organisational level – could you get your organisation to contribute? This will answer the Questions How well are we doing and what can done to make the biggest impact? “As professionals what can we do in our own sphere of influence?”
- #26: Climate change – whether through a gradual or catastrophic increase in temperature is the greatest threat to humanity We all have a part to play The Task Force realise that project and data professionals have expertise and can positively influence the discussion For that reason we will be prioritising our efforts on the workstreams so playing our part We would like your support
- #27: The insight you provide will then allow us to do Inform profession By analysing the data we can identify areas where we are doing well and areas of concern We can then inform the project and data professions as to how well the communities they represent are or are not responding to the challenge of achieving #NetZero We hope to have insights to share by COP26 Challenge decision makers Provide data as to how the strategies / policies world are or are not filtering down to the people delivering projects / managing the data During Phase 1 we will focus on the built environment…… Learn from this and apply our insights to other industries Develop data driven solutions look to create practical solutions to make a difference e.g. consolidation / simplification of regulated reporting, That will be freely available This will answer the question “What impact are the myriad of strategies and policies around NetZero having on what we do and how we do it?”