Comments on: Feel the quality http://www.projectmanagementguide.org/project-management/feel-the-quality Your own project management guide Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:21:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Claudio http://www.projectmanagementguide.org/project-management/feel-the-quality#comment-118 Claudio Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:40:20 +0000 http://www.projectmanagementguide.org/?p=57#comment-118 Here is something Hoss Gifford said. A friend/colleague picked it up and I love it because at the end it mostly comes down to the what is written below: There are 3 parameters everybody wants in any project. The project has to be: - Cheap - Fast - Good The golden rule is you can only have 2. - A fast & cheap project is rarely gonna be good. - A fast & good project isn’t cheap. - And a cheap good project won’t be fast. So please choose whether you want it cheap, or fast. Don’t compromise on the good part. Here is something Hoss Gifford said. A friend/colleague picked it up and I love it because at the end it mostly comes down to the what is written below:

There are 3 parameters everybody wants in any project. The project has to be:
- Cheap
- Fast
- Good

The golden rule is you can only have 2.

- A fast & cheap project is rarely gonna be good.
- A fast & good project isn’t cheap.
- And a cheap good project won’t be fast.

So please choose whether you want it cheap, or fast.
Don’t compromise on the good part.

]]> By: Pradeep Bhanot http://www.projectmanagementguide.org/project-management/feel-the-quality#comment-108 Pradeep Bhanot Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:49:54 +0000 http://www.projectmanagementguide.org/?p=57#comment-108 Gate reviews are obvious points at which to assess project quality. The SMART test on project criteria is useful, but a little introspective. The project is usually run for an external sponsor. Therefore, I might add a couple of external quality checks to see if the project is still relevant - such as requirement reviews and a portfolio level review while the project is running to confirm that the assertions around value and strategic alignment still apply It is for these reasons why I am such a proponent of PPM solutions. Gate reviews are obvious points at which to assess project quality. The SMART test on project criteria is useful, but a little introspective.

The project is usually run for an external sponsor. Therefore, I might add a couple of external quality checks to see if the project is still relevant - such as requirement reviews and a portfolio level review while the project is running to confirm that the assertions around value and strategic alignment still apply

It is for these reasons why I am such a proponent of PPM solutions.

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