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Published Sep 14, 2023

(This is a repost of one of my more popular blog posts; in my coaching practice I'm routinely helping teams get better at delivering results by teaching tools like this that I learned the hard way.)

A Path To Green (PTG) isa clear, crisp, and complete statement describing a team's plan for getting a project or task from red or yellow status to green.

Organizations that routinely deliver results on time hold individuals and teams accountable for delivering those results. Ensuring everyone is clear on the status of deliverables is key to this. More importantly, teams need to have discipline around how they move projects that are a bit off the rails (yellow), really off the rails (red), or back on rails (green). A Path to Green is a key element of this discipline.

I use the following taxonomy & lexicon for status:

  • GREEN: The deliverable is on track with risks that are understood and mitigated.
  • YELLOW:The deliverable has encountered one or more seriousunknownsorblockers, and for each, there is a clear Path to Green that should enable the project to hit the current date.
  • RED: The deliverable hasunknownsorblockersthat either make it certain the datewill be missed and/or there is not yet an agreed-on Path to Green.

A Path To Green Must Include

  1. Clear identification of who (as in the name of a human being) is responsible for each action.
  2. Dates. Dates. Dates. For every action that will get the project back on track, there should be a date. It's OK for a date to be a "date for a date", but it's NOT OK to not have dates. See Have a Plan (With Dates).
  3. Clarity on what the criteria are for determining the project is back to green.
  4. If the project is Yellow and trending Red, a clear statement on what criteria (with dates) will cause it to turn red. And a statement of what will then happen (e.g. "If we go Red we will have no choice but to change the due date").

Examples

Path to Green:

  • Work with vendor to resolve issue.
  • Verify the problem in the field is fixed.

This is a poor example because

  1. There is no identification of WHO is responsible for each action.
  2. There are no dates that hold the WHO accountable.
  3. There is no clarity on the criteria that will result in the project being back on track.

Path to Green:

  1. Sally to get the fix from the vendor to Doug by noon, 04-Feb.
  2. Doug to deploy the fix to 10 beta sites by 05-Feb and report results no later than 12-Feb.
  3. If results are positive, Sally will update the project to Status to Green on 12-Feb.
  4. If negative results come back before or on 12-Feb, we will not have enough time for manufacturing and will have to slip the project launch date by at least two weeks to 01-Apr.

This is a good example because

  1. There is no ambiguity around WHO is doing the work and WHEN they will do it by.
  2. Clear criteria are provided for what getting back to Green means.
  3. Clear criteria are provided for what will happen if s*** continues to hit the fan.

Being diligent about the status of deliverables and getting engineering leaders to think in terms of great "Paths To Green" is key to better execution.

I'm available to work with your team to teach better project management tools and techniques like Path To Green. Learn more at http://www.kindel.com.

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FAQs

What is the path to Green process? ›

A Path To Green (PTG) is a clear, crisp, and complete statement describing a team's plan for getting a project or task from red or yellow status to green. Organizations that routinely deliver results on time hold individuals and teams accountable for delivering those results.

What is a path to Green PM? ›

A GO-TO-GREEN plan should include clear and complete actions describing a team's plan for getting a project from “Red” status to "Amber" and eventually to "Green". This article attempts to describe the concepts and provides few guiding principles on what such a plan should contain and how to track the follow-up steps.

How to create a path to Green? ›

The ideal 'Path to Green' should consist of a set of actions, each assigned to an actor, with defined timelines. For instance: John needs to gather details of active pipelines by 24th March. A meeting is scheduled for the sales team to discuss efficiency gains through the latest advertising campaign by Friday.

Can a project go from Green to red? ›

Projects rarely go from green to red overnight; they generally display a yellow status for a while. During this time, diligently stay on top of managing risks and issues, executing your risk mitigation plans as risks start being realized and turn into issues.

What does green path mean? ›

"Green Path" means reducing or eliminating the use of substances of concern (SOCs) and scarce natural resources in the design of our vehicles.

What does green process mean? ›

In specific, green process innovation is defined as the improvement of existing production processes or the development of new production processes to reduce environmental pollution and control energy consumption (Xie et al., 2019) .

What is a rag status? ›

What Does a RAG Status Mean? In project management RAG—or red, amber, green—statuses act as a KPI traffic light: red is an alert, amber (or yellow) signals caution, and green means you're in the clear. Within this article, we'll walk through how you can establish your RAG statuses and tolerances.

What is the meaning of RTG in project management? ›

“RTG” is an acronym representing the strategic practice of measuring organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Aligned with our process improvement approach, RTG = Return To Green. We advocate for, and teach how, to monitor projects and priorities utilizing “red” and “green” indicators.

What is the Green plan strategy? ›

The Green Economy Strategy is geared towards enabling Kenya to attain a higher economic growth rate consistent with the Vision 2030, which firmly embeds the principles of sustainable development in the overall national growth strategy.

What is considered a green project? ›

Green projects are those that contribute positively to environmental sustainability, resource conservation, and climate change mitigation. These projects aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance biodiversity, and promote cleaner energy sources.

What does it mean when a project is green? ›

Green is the status given to a project that is running within budget, timeline, or expectation. Yellow is the status given when some aspect of the project is at risk or deserves special attention.

How to prepare a rag report? ›

In creating RAG reports there are three aspects that need to be decided (and usually set out in a control management plan): What will be monitored? What action should be taken in each case? What are the thresholds for green, amber and red?

What is the process of greening? ›

“Greening” is a process of transforming a space into a more environmentally friendly version by planting shelterbelts, roadside trees, crops and plants within residential areas and parks.

What are the steps taken in designing green process? ›

Green Product Design

Phase 1: Raw material selection and use; Phase 2: Manufacturing; Phase 3: Packaging, transport, and distribution; Phase 4: Installation and maintenance (optional for some products/processes);

What is meant by green process? ›

A green process refers to the specific actions that allow reducing the environmental impacts among all the processes involved in the manufacture activities of a product [1].

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