This is part 1 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Project Management Institute\u2019s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge<\/em> (PMBOK\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Guide<\/a>), a project<\/em><\/strong> <\/span>is a temporary endeavour<\/span> (i.e., delimited with a start and a finish) to create a unique outcome (product, service, result). In the local church and Christian ministry context, whether it is a building\/facilities reno undertaking, fundraising campaign, short term mission, conference, evangelistic and revival meetings, board and staff meetings, preparing and delivering a sermon, preparing and teaching a course\/class, preparing and facilitating a Bible study, undertaking research study, working on a task force, it is a project<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. These activities have a beginning and an end, and produce a unique outcome. Check out this post<\/a> which provides a short<\/sub> guide to manage projects in churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When managing projects (e.g., implementing changes) keep in mind the chronological sequence: Ready<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, Set<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, Go<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/em>\u2026 and Ready<\/span><\/em>, Aim<\/span><\/em>, Fire<\/em> <\/span>\u2026 not: Ready<\/span>, Fire <\/span>and then Aim <\/span>maybe<\/em>! So once the WHY<\/em><\/strong> is addressed (i.e., raison d\u2019\u00eatre, purpose, objectives) then the WHAT<\/em><\/strong>, WHEN<\/em><\/strong>, WHO<\/em><\/strong>, ho<\/em>W<\/strong> long<\/em><\/strong> and ho<\/em>W<\/strong> much<\/em><\/strong> need to be addressed. Thence given the reason(s) and the driver(s) for the WHY<\/em><\/strong>, break down (decompose) the component parts of WHAT<\/em><\/strong> needs to be done. Moreover, the WHEN<\/em><\/strong> (milestones) and WHO<\/em><\/strong> will do WHAT<\/em><\/strong> by WHEN<\/em><\/strong> need to be articulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bear in mind that project team members and stakeholders play various disparate roles and have different responsibilities. This diversity can be distilled in a DARCI<\/em><\/strong> <\/span>matrix that identifies with clarity the roles and responsibilities of team members; i.e., WHO<\/em><\/strong> D<\/span><\/em><\/strong>ecides, A<\/span><\/em><\/strong>pproves, R<\/span><\/em><\/strong>esponsible to do the work, C<\/span><\/em><\/strong>onsults and is just I<\/span><\/em><\/strong>nformed. In the post<\/a>, \u201cProject Management for Churches: A Short Guide,\u201d step #4 is to monitor progress, which includes the WHAT IF<\/em><\/strong> (risk management) in response to invalid assumptions and unexpected surprizes\/obstacles popping up during the execution of the project. In addition to the ho<\/em>W long<\/em><\/strong> (duration), the project team needs to determine ho<\/em>W<\/strong> the work will be carried out and estimate ho<\/em>W much<\/em><\/strong> (budget) the project could cost (time, materials, services).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke<\/a> reminds us of what the LORD Jesus admonished:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSuppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won\u2019t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?\u00a0For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,\u00a0saying, \u2018This person began to build and wasn\u2019t able to finish.\u2019<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is part 1 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. According to the Project Management Institute\u2019s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK\u00ae\u00a0Guide), a project is a temporary endeavour (i.e., delimited with a start and a finish) to create a unique outcome (product, service, result). 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