Seminar - The benefits of green-IT governance

In a world where climate change is becoming a key concern, IT departments are feeling the pressure to organize themselves in a more environmentally friendly fashion and to re-think the way ICT is managed and governed.

This course aims to create more than awareness amongst managers and employees on Green-IT and Green-IT governance; and introduces them into the various elements that every green organization nowadays has to consider.

Description

The objective of this course is to create a decent understanding amongst managers and employees on Green-IT and Green-IT governance. We introduce them into the various elements that every green organization nowadays has to consider, as well as the benefits of implementing Green-IT.

Green-IT governance is broader than ICT alone. That is, effectively implementing Green-IT encompasses many non-IT related topics such as corporate social responsibility, corporate policies around work at home, alignment with the business strategy, etc.

The last part of the course, gives a short introduction to the Code of Conduct on Data Center Efficiency.

The course will help companies and its employees to become more environmentally conscious. It provides a basis for implementing measures that allows a company to reduce their energy bill and contribute to a positive, green corporate image.

Objectives

Students completing this course will be able to:

• Get the big picture on CO2 emissions, waste and environmental management,
• Understand what role IT plays in affecting the environment,
• Understand the various concepts of Green-IT,
• Understand the benefits implementing a Green-IT governance,
• Introduce best practices to using energy and managing IT efficiently,
• Understand how both the company and individuals can contribute to a greener environment,
• Select the adequate  tools and methods to optimize and monitor their ICT infrastructure,
• Understand where Energy is consumed in a Data Center,
• Decide if their company should join the Code of Conduct on Data Center Effeciency

Audience

• Strategy Planners, Auditors, Quality Managers, Risk Managers,
• Top Executives and Managers (Business, IT and Facilities),
• Program, Portfolio or Project Managers, Change Managers,
• Green IT Ambassadors, IT governance consultants,
• Human Resources Managers.

Content

The course contains the following topics:

• Global Environmental Situation
• Impact of the IT on the environment
• What is an Organization commitment to a greener environment?
• How can the different stakeholders participate?
• What is Green-IT?
• How can Green-IT help in reducing negative impact?
• How to efficiently implement a Green-IT Governance project?
•     • Perform a Green-IT Quick scan,
•     • Formulation of best practices,
•     • Definition of a Green-IT roadmap,
•     • Definition and implementation of green key performance indicators (gkpi's),
•     • Setup of training and awareness program,
•     • Implementation of a Green-IT roadmap,
•     • Periodic (re)assessments.
• What are the benefits of a Green-IT Governance project?
• Introduction about the EU Code of Conduct on Data Center Efficiency
•     • Understanding of Energy demand within data center
•     • Efficiency metrics : DciE, PUE, IT productivity metric, ...
•     • Energy efficient best practices
•     • Need of coordination

Course material

The course material provided includes all presentation materials, notes and additional handouts.  The different topics will be supported  by the latest information available; real cases will be discussed.

Speaker

Corné de Graaf is senior manager at Adjugo and is specialized in IT governance, IT process improvement and Green-IT. Prior to Adjugo, Corné worked as a senior manager at Ernst & Young Technology & Security Risk Services in Brussels, in the area of IT Governance, Financial Services and Risk Management. Together with Thierry Holoffe, Corné developed the entire methodology for Green-IT governance, as currently being offered by Adjugo.

---