Managing Projects for Ministry

Session 2 The Constraints and Benefits of Project Management

Effective project management requires the ability to view the project at hand with a holistic perspective. By seeing the various interrelated project events and activities as a part of an overall system, the project manager and project team have a better chance of approaching the project in a coordinated fashion, supporting each other at critical junctures, recognizing where bottlenecks and dead ends may occur, and staying focused as a team to ensure effective completion of the project.

~ 10 Minute Guide to Project Management . p. 4.

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I. The Constraints of Project Management

Prov. 20.18 – Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

Prov. 15.22 – Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

A. The constraint of TIME

Time refers to the deadlines, calendar dates, and scheduling standards associated with the accomplishment of a particular project .

1. Biblical injunction: Ps. 90.10-12 – The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. [11] Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? [12] So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

a. Time is limited .

b. Time is precious .

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