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Most people are very familiar with Winston Churchill, but may not be familiar with his “agile” approach to project management and his skills as a PM in May 1940. Part 8 looked at how Churchill’s position as PM was put at considerable risk, by the Dunkirk evacuation, and how he swung his communication plan into action. This article looks at how Churchill laid out a strategy with short- and long-term objectives.
On June 5, Churchill had been in power for less than a month. He had been swept up by a series of events (Parts 3 to 8) and had to operate reactively. The perceived notion that Dunkirk was a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat gave Churchill a short window to operate proactively and start to put together an overall strategy. In every project there comes a point were the PM needs to lay down plans and bring clarity to the project.
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