System Development and Project Management

1. Explain the triple constraint and its importance in project management.

The triple constraint involves making tradeoffs between scope, time and cost for a project. It is inevitable in a project life cycle that there will be changes to the scope, time or cost of the project.
There is a high failure rate in IT projects between 30 to 70 per cent due to late delivery, exceeding budget, or not delivering what was agreed upon

 Increased Scope = increased time + increased cost
 Tight Time = increased costs + reduced scope
 Tight Budget = increased time + reduced scope.


2. Describe the two primary diagrams most frequently used in project planning

 Project – temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
 Project management – the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements, it implies;

3. Identify the three primary areas a project manager must focus on managing to ensure success
A project manager must focus on managing three primary areas to ensure success:
 Managing people
 Managing communications
 Managing change

4. Outline 2 reasons why projects fail and two reasons why projects succeed.
 Failure to align project with organizational objectives
 Lack of executive sponsorship
 Lack of project management

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