Interesting thoughts: Tolerance and the Triple Constraint

April 30, 2008 from Raven's Brain: Project Management

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I just read an interesting project management article Tolerance and the Triple Constraint. The piece comes from John Reiling via PMcrunch (Project Management Insights and exchange) and takes us through tolerance on costs, quality and time - ala the Triple Constraint. Here's the intro:

What does you organization “tolerate”?  This is an important question to ask because you will know where you have some flexibility, and you will know where you have risks and inflexibility.  You may very well also find out where your organization is lacking, and where it needs some reform in its project management practices to become a much more streamlined, and lean operating machine.  A useful tool for thinking about this is the .

Another Perspective on the Triple Constraint
The triple constraint, where project cost, project quality, and project time (or project schedule) pose tradeoffs, is a very common project management concept.   An interesting thing about the triple constraint is that it manifests itself differently in different organizations, and cultures. 

Read more interesting thoughts here: http://pmcrunch.com/project_management_process/tolerance-and-the-triple-constraint/

As I said, interesting thoughts - though, I always use/see the triangle as time/cost/scope, with quality in the center..

mmm.. I love the smell of project management in the morning!

Posted by Raven Young at Raven's Brain under Project Management
Technorati tags: Project Management, Triple Constraint, Iron Triangle, Cost, Time, Scope, Project Quality


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