October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
504 pages
15h 39m
English
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has long drawn the “iron triangle” shown in Figure 15.3. The iron triangle is meant to show the interdependent relationships between scope, cost (resources), and schedule. It is often drawn by a project manager and handed to the project’s customer accompanied by the words, “Pick any two.” By this the project manager means that as long as he has some flexibility in one of the three dimensions, he can meet the customer’s expectations on the other two.
Figure 15.3 The iron triangle illustrates the relationship between scope, resources, and schedule.

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