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==Formation and Developmnet Methods of Managerial Competences in IT-Components of Energy Efficiency Projects for Local Communities ==
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2856/paper2.pdf
Formation and Development Methods of Managerial Competences
in IT-Components of Energy Efficiency Projects for Local
Communities
Bushuyev Sergey Shkuro Maksym
Sc.D., Professor Ph.D. student
Kyiv National University of Construction and Kyiv National University of Construction and
Architecture Architecture
Ukraine, Kyiv Ukraine, Kyiv
sbushuyev@ukr.net skuro_mu@meta.ua
The scientific task of increasing the local communities’ competencies in energy
efficiency projects of municipal infrastructure is set. The model of levels for local
community competencies in energy efficiency projects is proposed. The model consists
of three levels – "initial", "in development", "developed". Each level of the model is
characterized. The method of assessing the competence level of the local community in
energy efficiency projects, as well as the method of developing the competence of the
local community in energy efficiency projects is proposed. Perspectives of further
research in the chosen direction are outlined.
Keywords: project management, energy efficiency project, local community,
competence.
Introductory part. The development of the country at the present stage can be characterized as
advancement through reforms. One of these reforms, which is carried out, and quite successfully –is a local reform.
However, one of the most important issues remains the energy efficiency of the economy as a whole, and the energy
efficiency of the municipal economy in particular. Therefore, an important and relevant scientific and practical
direction is the preparation and implementation of energy efficiency projects for municipal infrastructure. Such
projects require the use of scientific and practical developments at the junction of three branches – the subject area
(energy efficiency technologies), the field of project and program management, IT technologies and tools, used in
management activities. Such a combination of industries is somewhat unique, so the scientific instruments that will
be developed for the described projects have the foundation for being characterized by scientific novelty.
Let's describe the legislative and scientific basis for the implementation of energy efficiency projects for
municipal infrastructure. One of the threats to energy security in the Strategy of National Security of Ukraine [1] is
the "ineffective energy efficiency and energy efficiency policy". In response to this threat and in order to overcome it,
the Energy Strategy of Ukraine for the period up to 2035 [2] was developed, which emphasizes the importance of the
municipal dimension. Developed and further develops the legislative framework for the implementation of relevant
projects [3].
Recent studies on the implementation of energy efficient solutions [4-7] emphasize the importance of using
the project approach, but the issues regarding the municipal dimension of such projects are not sufficiently covered
and the issue of developing the local community competence in relevant projects is not addressed at all.
Project management standards [8-12] consider the development of team competence deeply enough, however,
based on the universality of these standards, the issue of such development for municipal energy efficiency projects
is not considered.
Energy efficiency projects of municipal infrastructure considered as a separate class project authors in previous
studies [13-15]. However, the development of the local communities’ competence in relevant projects was not
considered. The foregoing confirms the relevance of the subject matter of this article.
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Main part. Let’s highlight those aspects of municipal energy infrastructure efficiency projects that require
the use of IT components:
- a base of technologies and technological decisions for transfer of technologies;
- information mining methods for improving energy efficiency;
- communication system of the project (document flow system);
- network scheduling system;
- system of electronic trading (tenders);
- flexible project management tools.
It should be noted that for the project described, there is only a first aspect (the basis of technology and
technology solutions for the transfer of technology). Other aspects can be compared to the level of literacy in the field
of modern IT technologies. However, the competence of the local community has developed in these main directions:
specialization project, general IT competence, competence in the field of IT project management tools.
From these positions for municipal energy infrastructure projects, we propose:
- the model of levels of local community competence in energy efficiency projects (subject area, project
management industry, ownership of IT tools);
- the method of competence level assessment;
- the method for developing the competence of the local community.
The model of local community competence levels in energy efficiency projects is presented in Fig. 1.
Description of the model elements is presented in Table 1.
ІІІ
І ІІ «Developed»
«Initial» «In development»
- Completeness of technological
Ability to find energy- directions coverage
Knowledge of basic - Continuous improvement of the
efficient technologies that
technologies search and evaluation system
are appropriate to real
conditions - Self-development of
technological improvements
Fig. 1. Model of local community competence levels in energy efficiency projects
Table 1. Description of local community competence model elements in energy efficiency projects
Sectors Subject area Project management area IT and tools
(standards and IT)
Levels
I level Knowledge of energy - PMBOK standard; - Knowledge of databases
("Initial") efficiency technologies - IT project management and energy-efficiency
tools technologies
II level Knowledge and experience - several project - Knowledge of IT
("In Development") in the field of energy management standards; technologies and
efficiency technologies - IT project management communication tools
tools
III level Ability to provide - Agile methodology; - IT tools for conducting
("Developed") suggestions for improving - IT project management electronic trading
existing technologies tools
Let’s describe below the method of assessing the level of competence in local community energy efficiency
projects . The method should consist of the following steps:
- analysis of the necessary areas of competence assessment (in the fields of: subject area, IT, project
management, psychology, communication, motivation, etc.);
- development of criteria for assessing local community competence;
- designing the variable part of the system of criteria that will vary according to community and energy
efficiency projects that will be addressed;
- harmonization of criteria, development of weight coefficients for each criterion;
- development of IT model for competence assessment;
- selection of a community (several communities) to test the IT model;
- testing of the IT model for assessing the local community competence;
- making changes to the IT model based on testing results;
- rules elaboration of local communities' evaluation in energy efficiency projects;
- carrying out an assessment of competence;
- correction of the method parameters based on the evaluation results;
- recommendations development for improving the competence of the local community based on the evaluation
results.
Let’s also describe the local community competence development method in energy efficiency projects in the
following stages:
- analysis of the state of local community competence development at the current moment (for example, based
on the assessment of competence);
- analysis of the competence development areas (in the field of: subject area, IT industry, project management,
psychology, communication, motivation, etc.);
- analysis of competence development trends of each direction;
- innovations identification that are appropriate for learning and implementation in the local community;
- recommendations analysis for enhancing the local community competence, generated on the basis of the
competence assessment results;
- necessary directions selection for the development of the local community competence;
- synthesis of the necessary sets of knowledge and skills that need to be developed in the local community;
- development of the project for enhancing the local community competence;
- realization of the project of enhancing the local community competence;
- project results analysis, learning lessons, formulating promising directions for further development of the
local community competence.
Conclusions. Model of community competence levels, the method of assessing the level of competence
of the local community in energy efficiency projects, the method of developing the competence of the local community
in energy efficiency projects that have been developed, promote its competence. In turn, enhancing the local
communities competence will increase the effectiveness of energy efficiency projects implementation. And this, in
turn, will contribute to accelerating the development of the Ukrainian economy. Consequently, models and methods
for developing the local community competence in energy efficiency projects are of great scientific and practical
importance. Further research can be devoted to the formalization of the proposed methods.
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