Identifying and prioritizing activities of green project management based on lean-sustainable principles in Isfahan Parks and Green Space Organization

Green Project Management) GPM) includes a set of management actions that enables the identification, evaluation, control, and improvement of the effect of activities on the environment. Accordingly, lean and sustainability can play a significant role in improving and enhancing the quality of the environment. Therefore, this study aims to identify and prioritize activities related to GPM based on lean and sustainability concepts.

Design/methodology/approach:

 First the lean and sustainability criteria have been identified in GPM. Then, the activities in terms of significance - and not in the order of performance - have been prioritized to achieve GPM with lean and sustainable goals in the Parks and Green Space Organization of Isfahan (PGSOI). The data has been obtained through the distribution of questionnaires among experts in the study area in two steps. In the first step, using the Delphi method, lean and sustainability criteria as well as GPM activities in the PGSOI have been identified. Then, in the next step, GPM activities have been prioritized using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).

Findings indicated three environmental, social, and processes and procedures criteria as the lean goals. Besides, sustainability goals included three social, economic, and environmental criteria. The priorities of GPM activities in terms of lean and sustainable goals, respectively, included executive activities, activities related to planning, initial activities, monitoring and control, and final activities.

Research limitations/implications:

 This study was conducted in the PGSOI. The lean-sustainable criteria were assumed independent in applying the AHP technique. Managers of PGSOI must consider executive activities, activities related to planning, initial activities, monitoring and control, and final activities, to have a lean-sustainable based GPM.

Originality/value: 

The novelty and originality of the methodology lies in the fact that the activities are identified and prioritized based on the three concepts of greenness, leanness, and sustainability in the projects of PGSOI.