ABSTRACT
As with every discipline, there are some key terms and fundamental concepts to learn so let’s start with those. Project managers know that being conversant in a practice area is critical, not only to truly perform well, but to increase our personal credibility and to get good results. One cannot succeed in a technical firm dealing, for example, with sophisticated pharmaceutical drug introductions and refer to the products or the process components as “whatchamacallits” and “thingamajiggies.” You may not need to be a full-fledged expert in the technology, but you’d better know how to talk to and understand your subject matter experts and customers. The green wave context is no different. The bad news is that the green wave has a large vocabulary and a set of new concepts to understand. The good news is that most of the concepts center around an important few (it’s that Pareto principle at work again), and we can filter that large vocabulary down to a relatively few terms that you’ll need for “green wave” conversancy. For the project manager, the remainder can be acquired as you go through the various processes of green project management.
