In the last blog entry, we explained how Sciforma Vantage helps you select the right sustainability projects. These are initiatives that align with your sustainability goals and objectives, can be delivered successfully, and integrate with all of the work you also need to complete to achieve your other strategic priorities.
In this post, we’re going to examine the other critical aspect of successful projects: effective and efficient work delivery. In short, delivering sustainability in the right way. After all, that’s how your goals and objectives become reality. Getting it right is essential. In recent years, organizations have increasingly recognized that teams are more effective when they work in ways that suit them best. This recognition has given rise to greater autonomy and empowerment. Teams now determine how to work and which work management solutions to use to support that work.
This approach has made work teams more successful. It has increased organizations’ ability to achieve all goals—sustainability and beyond. The challenge, however, is that the environment your business operates in constantly changes. What seems like the right sustainability project at the time of approval may need adjustments to take advantage of emerging technologies, new opportunities, or a shifting regulatory landscape.
Ensuring Alignment at All Times
To optimize the contribution of each sustainability investment, you must ensure alignment between the work being done and the needs of the organization in the context of this ever-shifting landscape. Empowered teams working in multiple business areas and leveraging multiple work management tools can make this alignment challenging.
Sciforma Vantage offers the solution you need. Regardless of how teams manage their work, Vantage consolidates data into a global dashboard. This dashboard shows the high-level status of every piece of work. You can drill down into the details as needed. Using customizable standard templates, all stakeholders can view progress toward your sustainability goals and objectives.
Business leaders and decision-makers ensure their investments are on track to deliver the expected value. When changes become necessary, they can quickly identify and address them. Portfolio visualizations reveal misalignments in progress. These visualizations enable the modeling of different adjustments within Vantage and the selection of the best-fit options for implementation. This feature provides powerful adaptive planning capabilities. It ensures sustainability and other strategic goals always have the best chance of success.
Empowering Work Teams
With built-in configurable forms and workflows, teams receive clear communication about necessary changes. This enables them to understand and implement adjustments. They adapt their work within their management tools accordingly. This transparency ensures that all team members, across all teams and work methods, understand how their efforts contribute to sustainability. This understanding drives engagement and motivation, improving productivity and quality.
Monitoring and Momentum
With Sciforma Vantage monitoring your portfolio performance, you always gain insight into what is happening and, more importantly, what needs to happen. From the most senior executives to the most junior team members, everyone understands the context for decisions and actions. This shared understanding helps move sustainability from an abstract concept to a tangible reality. Every individual feels they are contributing to it. This makes it much easier to gain and maintain momentum.
