Project Management for Trainers: Stop "Winging It" and Get Control of Your Training Projects

Constraints

Another part of the project definition was prioritizing the constraints of the project. Recall that only one constraint—time, cost, or quality—can be the top priority of a project at any given point it time, although over time, these priorities can and do change.

For an example of how constraints can shift, think back to the fictional case example from the beginning of the book. The order of constraints that the customer agreed to during the define phase was quality, time, then cost. The project plan reflects the importance of having a high-quality product, so many checkpoints, reviews, and walk-throughs are scheduled. Sending multiple customers and multiple developers to those meetings will take time and will have a significant ...