The Evangel Dean School - Developing Wisdom

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IV. Execute Projects: Do your priorities with all your might. What specific projects will you execute to accomplish your priorities this year?

Toward a Flexible Strategy for Ministry: Coordinating the Team for Success , continued

Nehemiah and his team engage the construction until the wall is done, Neh. 4.6-14 .

A. Definition

1. Executing projects involves coordinating resources (e.g., people, technologies, facilities, funds) according to specific desired qualifications and outcomes toward a specific time frame or deadline.

2. Resources + specifications + time frames = project management (the constraints of cost, quality, and time)

B. Elements

1. Propose it!

a. What you want to accomplish – be absolutely specific.

b. Objectives: What are the key objectives you hope to achieve by hosting the event, creating the resource, or putting on the production?

c. Due dates: When must it be done?

d. Team members (project manager, team members, support team)

e. Draft budget

f. Lay out steps to complete project (back-of-the-napkin type of thing – not thorough, just main/key points).

g. Receive approval: Get buy-in from your stakeholders (leaders) to ensure authorization (authority to act) and support (resources).