This Follows That

The project management triangle is familiar: scope, schedule and budget. And the meme that goes with it: Pick two, and only two. Cheap, good, fast.  But you can’t have all three.

There’s another project triad I use which allows choosing any one of them, and the other two will follow: quality, risk and competence.

• Improve quality, and you are managing risk and raising competence.

• A good risk culture requires high levels of competence, and the quality follows.

• With a highly competent workforce, managing quality and risk fall into place.

Now we’re not stuck with ‘two out of three ain’t bad’.