Churchill: The Agile PM (Part 17)

Home  >  Articles  > 
Churchill: The Agile PM (Part 17)

Mark Kozak-Holland

June 4, 2007






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 the summer of 1940. With an invasion imminent, Part 16 looked at how Churchill’s organization prepared itself for the air battle to meet his short-term objectives of staving off the invasion. This article looks at how Lord Beaverbrook and his leadership style made an immediate impact at the Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP).
 
The U.K. economy was in spite of everything on a civilian footing: Household goods and new automobiles were still being built and diverting critical manufacturing resources and raw materials. Churchill had to prioritize fighter production over everything--even bomber production, which the Air Ministry had been prioritizing.



Please login/register to read the entire article.





sponsored announcements and special offers
Difficult for competitors to equal. EMA reviews IBM Rational's new quality & requirements management offerings. The verdict, "For companies seeking to improve ROI delivered by software projects,we believe Rational's value proposition is difficult to match."

Microsoft Project Conference 2000
Exclusively disclosing the powerful capabilities included in Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions while providing real world guidance on how Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft EPM Solutions are helping customers today with project and portfolio management to save money, enhance efficiency and prepare for future growth. Register Today!

Use WorkLenz PPM to Manage Agile Software Development
We invite you to download Métier’s latest white paper, Agile Software Development with WorkLenz, to learn how you can use WorkLenz to manage agile within your organization.



"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
- Winston Churchill