Pressure Point™ toolset comes with a carrying case and two write-on wipe-off metallised game boards.This exercise runs as a board game with each participant taking on the management of a different specific project. Each project comprises a series of targets that must be achieved to gain budget. This budget offsets operational costs and enables that project to be maintained for a further period of time. As in real life, the operating environment is subject to change and the participants work with a mixture of known and unknown information. Team management decisions are required and the demands of the task must be balanced with team maintenance needs.
Pressure Point™: this exercise is intended to begin a process in which individuals come to understand:

• The importance of grasping the ’big picture’ and the ability to maintain an overview of a situation when actively involved in individual / routine tasks
• The principles of effective team-working so that all participants can contribute fully to agreed team objectives and procedures
• The value of flexibility in thinking and in individual roles, moving from leadership to team member roles and making both individual and collaborative decisions
• The need to apply long-term thinking whilst still achieving short-term results

The exercise enables participants to demonstrate a range of project management skills including:

• The ability to manage complex information, time and a range of tasks and priorities as well as anticipating and responding positively to change
• High level communication skills, reacting sensitively to the needs of others and using different strategies to ensure that communication is successful even under pressure
• Objectivity and neutrality in approach, allowing balanced rather than emotional responses.