Steve Lear

Great road trips usually begin with a map to help you find the best way to your destination.

TRIP (The Resolution and Implementation Process) is a unique decision-making guide that improves project management. It teaches participants (“Travelers”) how to navigate roadblocks and achieve effective resolutions. TRIP gives each Traveler a voice in creating a roadmap to achieve your organizational goals. Wherever you are on your journey, TRIP makes sure you’re staying on course. Think of it as your project’s navigation system.

While you can carefully plan a trip, rarely is it a straight line from beginning to end. The road is often winding, filled with peaks and valleys. It’s inevitable that things you can’t control—the weather, traffic, road construction—will result in detours and delays. The wise traveler expects the unexpected and knows how to be flexible to adapt to change.

The same is true when deciding on a plan of action. While this manual describes how you might use the TRIP process from start to finish, project management is not linear. There will be roadblocks to clear to get where you’re going. Times when you’re making progress, and times when you have to reevaluate. However, you can use the TRIP tools to help you overcome obstacles anywhere along the way. For example, you may want suggestions about setting up decision-making teams at the start of your planning process. Maybe your project is well underway, but you can’t agree on the best strategies to pursue. Or you have decided on the best plan of action but haven’t been able to execute it.

TRIP provides flexible strategies to keep you moving forward at any stage of project management. You can use these tools at the time that’s right for your team.

Of course, TRIP’s ultimate goal is action—not only making decisions but implementing them. We hope this process gives you a roadmap to reach your goals faster, with less frustration, at the time that’s right for you.

Welcome to TRIP! Enjoy the journey.