Learn how the core constraints of any IT project — scope, schedule, cost and quality — are locked together, so that changing one always forces a change in another. Build the judgement to expose impossible asks, negotiate honest trade-offs, and steer delivery with a simple constraints triangle.
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What you'll learn
- Explain the core IT project constraints — scope, schedule, cost and quality — and how they interconnect
- Describe why a change in one constraint typically forces a change in another
- Apply a constraints triangle to a real, current IT initiative to expose trade-offs
- Diagnose an impossible request for more scope on the same date and budget, and name the real trade-off
- Produce a one-page Project Constraints Triangle Worksheet for your team
Syllabus
Why IT Projects Struggle, and the Constraints That Bind Them
Why IT projects overrun the planFree preview
The constraints triangle — scope, time and cost
The Constraints Triangle in Depth
How the corners pull on each other
Quality, resources and the modern constraints view
Applying Constraints to Real IT Work
Running a constraints triangle exercise on a live initiative
Case study — more scope, same date, same budget
Making It Stick
Building your Project Constraints Triangle Worksheet
Common traps and anti-patterns in constraint management