Managing Projects for Ministry

28 Manag i ng Pro j ec t s for Mi n i s t r y

c. Time must be bought up .

(1) Ps. 39.4 – O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! (2) Eccles. 9.10 – Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. (3) John 9.4 – We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. (4) Eph. 5.16-17 – Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. [17] Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

2. Why is the constraint of time so critical in project management?

a. Projects are temporary undertakings: No activity or enterprise is a project if it is open-ended in duration.

b. Projects respect deadlines and time-tags : Often projects must pay attention to limits of time and deadlines, or court failure and ineffectiveness.

c. Projects are essentially scheduled effort : To ignore the time elements of your project is to ensure foul-ups, blunders, and flubs.

3. How should this constraint affect our efforts to manage projects?