The McKinsey Engagement

This is a guidebook for action. Each chapter builds the toolkit- tool by tool. The goal is to have all team members review the contents before starting a project, then dig deeper into the chapters over the course of the project. The book can also be used in academic settings to teach team problem solving, consulting, or project management. Courses with any sort of field study or con- sulting project may be able to immediately apply the concepts and templates contained herein. Each chapter concludes with a first person account of how the tools worked in a real engagement.The approach to this project involved testing a hypothesis about the most important tools for project management and seeking confirming and disconfirming evidence from people who do this for a living (and from students learning the art). What follows is the latest iteration of a model inspired by the author's experiences at McKinsey but amplified after years of reflection.