Month: January 2022

This is part 4 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. Projects come in different sizes and complexity. There are different project management frameworks that can be utilized depending on the characteristics of a project. The traditional project management approach has been the “waterfall” methodology. This technique is typically used for enterprise-level… Continue reading Project Management in a VUCA World

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. The post suggests some tools: Basecamp, Asana, Trello. However, tools and technologies are mere enablers. These can automate and expedite processes and procedures; but it is more important to know a process before automating it. Automating a bad process will merely… Continue reading Tools, Processes, Principles

This is part 2 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. Whereas some people are content with just a “plan” they don’t realize that the plan becomes obsolete the moment it starts to be executed. This is a planning fallacy. This bias is due to the invalid assumption that “everything will go… Continue reading Plan or Planning? Static or Dynamic?

This is part 1 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. According to the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), a project is a temporary endeavour (i.e., delimited with a start and a finish) to create a unique outcome (product, service, result). In the local… Continue reading Project Management & Church Ministry