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INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Coggle Diagram
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
Describes the different phases through which a project passes from initiation to closure, allowing its activities to be organized and controlled.
Main concepts:
Execution
Carries out the planned activities.
Control
Monitors progress and compares results with what was planned.
Planning
Defines objectives, activities, resources, timelines, and responsibilities.
Closure
Finalizes activities and evaluates the results obtained.
Initiation
Identifies the idea, need, or problem that gives rise to the project.
Success factors
Proper planning, organization, communication, monitoring, and resource availability contribute to achieving project objectives.
FUNDAMENTALS OF SYSTEMS THEORY
Studies environmental projects from an integrated perspective, recognizing that the environment, society, and economy are interconnected and function as interdependent systems.
Main concepts:
Environment–society–economy interaction
Human actions affect the environment, while environmental conditions influence society and the economy.
Systems principles
Wholeness – interdependence – feedback – hierarchy – equifinality.
Social systems
Include communities, institutions, economic activities, and human relationships.
Application to environmental projects
Helps understand environmental problems comprehensively before designing solutions.
Natural systems
Consist of ecosystems, natural resources, and ecological processes.
ANALYSIS OF PROJECT LIFE CYCLE STAGES
Allows each project stage to be studied in detail to ensure proper implementation through monitoring, control, evaluation, and feedback.
Main concepts:
Monitoring and control:
Continuous supervision to identify deviations and make adjustments.
Evaluation:
Determines the degree to which objectives and results have been achieved.
Execution:
Implementation of activities and use of resources.
Feedback:
Uses the information obtained to improve project actions.
Planning:
Organization of the actions necessary to achieve the objectives.
Lessons learned:
Knowledge gained from the project is used to improve future projects.
Identification:
Recognition of the need or problem that must be addressed.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT EVALUATION
Determines whether the project is technically, financially, socially, and environmentally feasible, while also identifying its impacts and potential risks.
Main concepts:
Feasibility and profitability
Analyzes whether the project can be implemented and whether its economic, social, and environmental benefits justify the investment.
Risk identification and management
Identifies potential natural, social, institutional, or financial threats and establishes preventive and corrective measures.
Environmental and social impact
Identifies and assesses the effects that the project may have on ecosystems and communities.
Project presentation and approval
The proposal is presented to authorities, funders, or relevant stakeholders for evaluation and validation.
Technical and financial evaluation
Determines whether the technological, human, and financial resources needed to implement and maintain the project are available.
IDENTIFICATION AND FORMULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
It is the process through which an environmental problem is identified, its causes and needs are analyzed, and a proposed solution is developed.
Main concepts:
Objectives and scope
Defines what the project seeks to achieve and establishes its limits regarding time, space, resources, and beneficiaries.
Key actors / Stakeholders
Identifies people, communities, institutions, and organizations that have an interest, influence, or responsibility in the project.
Diagnosis of environmental needs and problems
Examines the problem using reliable information to identify its causes, effects, magnitude, and community needs.
Preliminary project proposal
Integrates the problem, diagnosis, objectives, stakeholders, alternatives, activities, resources, timelines, and initial risks.
Pre-identification and context analysis
Preliminarily identifies needs, problems, or opportunities and analyzes environmental, social, economic, cultural, legal, and political factors.
DESIGN AND PRESENTATION OF INTEGRATED PROJECTS
Integrates all the elements developed in previous stages to create a complete, sustainable, measurable environmental project prepared for implementation and defense.
Main concepts:
Success indicators and evaluation tools
Measure results through verifiable indicators and tools such as surveys, interviews, laboratory analysis, GIS, and satellite imagery.
Communication and socialization
Facilitates dialogue with communities, institutions, and other stakeholders through clear information, participation, and risk communication.
Sustainability criteria
Seeks to balance three dimensions:
Environmental + Social + Economic.
Final presentation and defense
Demonstrates the project's relevance, feasibility, coherence, and sustainability before evaluators and stakeholders.
Final environmental project
Integrates diagnosis, objectives, scope, stakeholders, strategies, resources, schedule, responsibilities, and evaluation mechanisms.