Managing Projects for Ministry

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The Continuing Reign of Adhocracy: TUMI’s Prototype Shop, continued

• Is this project or Shop proposal likely to be inspiring for indigenous leaders and their contexts? Will urban leaders and Christians find this project edifying, interesting and attractive? • How does this particular proposal rank against the other items on TUMI’s project portfolio. If we select this item to work on, and if it is “successful,” how likely will its infusion into urban churches make a significant difference and meet critical needs for urban servant leaders?

• Is this project a true innovation, showing marks of

originality and creativity? In other words, does this proposal advance significantly for us the chances that we may equip leaders among the urban poor?

• What problem(s) in urban church leadership contexts will the formation of this project solve and address?

• Does this project resonate with TUMI’s purpose, goals, and overall vision? Will it add significant value to TUMI’s overall credibility and vision? • How does this project stand up against major constraints of all TUMI projects, i.e., the “Big Three:” its overall cost and price tag, its ability to be done by TUMI staff with excellence and quality, and its overall feasibility in terms of time necessary to create it?

• When polled, what does the TUMI staff think of this particular project?

How Will We Administer the TUMI Prototype Shop ? The answer to this question is pretty easy: we will administer the Shop as simply as possible! On the following pages you will note a simplified TUMI project process and checklist, and you ought to be able to obtain the necessary project proposal form or file to list out your ideas if you wish to suggest or initiate a project. What we want to do is to simplify our work by laying out a framework that will