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Churchill: The Agile PM (Part 21)
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 20 looked at the third area of the overall project (Part 16) RAF Fighter Command, and how emerging technologies could better manage its pilots and fighters in an integrated air defense or sense-and-respond system. This article looks at the fourth area of the overall project, command and control of the whole system. This was the final piece in the jigsaw, a command center at the heart of the solution.
The Battle of Flanders/France was a wake up call for the British as agility was the new paradigm in modern warfare. An agile war is dependent on making the best decisions quickly based on the best intelligence available, and this starts at a strategic level with the commander at the top passing strategic directives that are cascaded to operational leaders to make decisions and implement in the field.
As a soldier Churchill, knew the importance of this, so in May of 1940--when he visited the newly completed underground facility Storey’s Gate--he recognized the value of a secure and blast-proof site. It was close to Downing Street and was designed to protect him and the War Cabinet from the expected air raids.
It was also much more than a bunker, and …
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