EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (ABSTRACT)
The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church is celebrated as one of the fastest growing protestant churches in Jamaica. Amid this celebration, there is a greater need for an organization in the evangelistic efforts to provide a more rounded approach; an approach that offers a standard and systematic method of execution that facilitates diligence and proper planning.
Project management practices would have been employed in these evangelistic efforts but not formally recognized as such. The same is true for North Jamaica Conference (NJC). The SDA church, as well as North Jamaica Conference currently lack a model that will guarantee success in meeting the project objectives.
The Albert Town Gospel and Community Expo is the model that will provide a systematic avenue for success through the application of project management best practices. The church must meet needs while evangelizing to those it seeks to reach. With that in mind, the Alberto Town Gospel and Community Expo (ACE) is the model that will facilitate the much needed paradigm shift in evangelism.
The general objective of this project was to create a project management plan for the Albert Town Gospel & Community Expo as a model for effective planning, resource deployment and evangelism in North Jamaica Conference.
The specific objectives were: to set up a scope management plan for easy definition of resource requirements during the project;to outline a time management plan for efficiency in each activity and the project; to develop a cost management plan that will guide the cash flow of the project and appropriate allocation of funds; define quality management standards to be adopted in the management of the project; to draft a human resource management plan to effectively deploy resources; to establish a communications management plan for effective internal and external communication throughout the life of Albert Town Gospel and Community Expo; to compose a risk management plan to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks throughout the life of the project; to create a procurement management plan to clearly define requirements for the acquisition of products and services; to create a stakeholder management plan to properly monitor and engage relevant individuals in the process.
The integration management knowledge area was not listed as one of the specific objectives because it is the only knowledge area that has processes in all process groups. The processes involved in integration management were utilized earlier in the formulation of the charter and other important planning documents.
The main purpose of the integration management knowledge area processes is the execution and delivery of project work successfully. That being considered, it was not necessary to list it as a specific objective, since it is a compulsory aspect of the process and will be involved in meeting the other objectives.
The methodology for research utilized three forms, namely; experimental, opinion based and observational. Interviews were conducted, surveys were done, and historical data was consulted to gather the relevant data for assessment as well as for formulating the best conclusions and recommendations for the discourse.
The main source used to gather information was the book entitled, ‘A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Fifth Edition.’ The information was analyzed and applied to the research to create the components of the subsidiary plans that developed the project management plan for the Albert Town Gospel & Community Expo (ACE). Having considered and investigated the previously stated objectives, it can be concluded that approaching evangelistic outreach with project management principles, tools and techniques provides a highly effective avenue for execution.
This principle is also true for all other projects within the SDA Church. This may require some amount of training on the part of the organization and slight modification of policy. It is recommended that the organizations integrate basic project management principles into their operation, especially evangelistic endeavors for greater success. Educating their work force in this regard will assist in better, successive planning and more effective use of resources. Basic training and planning in scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, risk, communication, procurement, and stakeholder management will create the platform for greater success.
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