The triple constraints in project management
Explores the triangle of time, cost, and performance that bounds the universe within which every project must be accomplished. This book shows how controlling the hierarchy of constraints can mean the difference between success and failure on virtually any project.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vienna, Virginia :
Management Concepts
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Project management essential library.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627543006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 The Art of Strategic Failure; Failing Your Way to Success; Defining Quality; The Hierarchy of Failure; CHAPTER 2 The Triple Constraints: Time, Cost, and Performance; Ways to Define Triple Constraint Categories; Triplets, Quadruplets, and More; What About Customer Relations?; Why Performance (and Not "Scope" or "Quality")?; Why Not Separate Resources from Cost?; Understanding Why; CHAPTER 3 The Hierarchy of Constraints; Exploiting the Weak Constraint
- Who Determines the Right Hierarchy of Constraints?Strategies for Identifying the Correct Hierarchy; Can You Have Two Drivers Simultaneously?; Can the Hierarchy of Constraints Change?; CHAPTER 4 Strategies for Managing Time-Driven Projects; How Serious Is the Deadline?; Imprecise but Critical Deadlines; Important Deadlines Have Reasons; Managing Non-Driver Deadlines; Case Studies; Cost As the Weak Constraint; CHAPTER 5 Strategies for Managing Performance-Driven Projects; Features and Benefits; Case Studies; Time As the Weak Constraint; CHAPTER 6 Strategies for Managing Cost-Driven Projects
- Case StudiesStrategies for Cutting Project Performance with Minimal Impact; Performance As the Weak Constraint; CHAPTER 7 Conflict Management and Multiple Stakeholders; Sources of Project Management Power; Strategies for Handling Conflicting Triple Constraint Hierarchies; CHAPTER 8 The Power of Three; Bibliography; Index
