Defeating The Iron Triangle
Time, Cost, and Scope. Three attributes that can apply to just about any aspect of life. Regardless of the scenario to which one might decide to apply these constraints, there's always a give and take. For the sake of this entry, lets define time, cost, and scope as the following: Time: The duration required to complete the project and all associated sub-projects and deliverables. Cost: The total financial resources required to complete the project. This includes the cost of all resources, and the cost to complete individual work packages. DISCLAIMER: The next definition probably varies from source to source, however, this is my blog, and I will use knowledge that I've acquired over the course of my several years of formal education. Scope: The requirements and objectives that have been identified to determine what the end product is expected to accomplish. Photo Credit: Cosmocatalano on Wikimedia | 2010 In a perfect world, time, cost, and scope would all be e