Elements and Performance Criteria
- Scope the project for establishing a business case for integrating sustainability in IT project
- Analyse proposed IT project specifications to determine scope and extent of sustainability integration in design aspects
- Analyse and evaluate expected goals of project and relate the business case to broader organisational goals
- Research appropriate sources of information relevant to the project to prepare the business case for validation with stakeholders
- Plan and conduct the business case for a sustainable IT project
- Evaluate the critical success factors to determine the vital strategy for the project to implement sustainability and gain competitive advantage
- Produce estimate of costs projected over an appropriate time period and determine potential for return on investment for a proposed design and implementation plan
- Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine the financial gain of the derived overall benefit obtained by integrating sustainability into the project
- Produce executive summary for the stakeholders on the proposal, including risk analysis if the sustainability component activity is not implemented
- Devise management strategies for integrating sustainability into an IT project
- Initiate and progress sustainable management principles that result in reduced environmental impact
- Establish, regularly review and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) on sustainability performance
- Incorporate innovative planning and design rules for IT projects that foster sustainability and environmental best practice
- Produce energy usage projection using estimated carbon dioxide emissions with comparable benchmarks and provide detailed report to support the long-term benefits