http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/09/17/good-fast-andor-cheap-refuse-to-choose/ Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:38:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/09/17/good-fast-andor-cheap-refuse-to-choose/comment-page-1/#comment-197786 8R3ND4N Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:01:27 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/09/17/good-fast-andor-cheap-refuse-to-choose/#comment-197786 As a project manager in the software development world, I was taught this 'magic triangle' of time --> cost --> scope, and used it often b/c it was the easiest way to get high-paid exec stakeholders to understand that they couldn't have it all. Of course, you CAN have it all with proper design and planning. But most stakeholders want it all mid-project--when the timelines are already slipping! So I don't think it's a crutch, I think it's a expectation-setting tool. As a project manager in the software development world, I was taught this ‘magic triangle’ of time –> cost –> scope, and used it often b/c it was the easiest way to get high-paid exec stakeholders to understand that they couldn’t have it all. Of course, you CAN have it all with proper design and planning. But most stakeholders want it all mid-project–when the timelines are already slipping! So I don’t think it’s a crutch, I think it’s a expectation-setting tool.

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