The document provides three examples of project priority scenarios:
1) For a major sporting event like the Olympics, time is constrained by fixed event dates, scope/quality must be enhanced to meet viewer expectations, and cost can be accepted and increased through additional sponsors or volunteers.
2) For a bridge construction project, scope/quality must be constrained to safety standards, time can be accepted and allowed to creep if needed, and high costs can also be accepted due to government funding.
3) For launching a basic mobile phone in China, time to market is constrained, performance/scope can be accepted at lower levels to target low-income users, and costs should be enhanced through optimization.
The document provides three examples of project priority scenarios:
1) For a major sporting event like the Olympics, time is constrained by fixed event dates, scope/quality must be enhanced to meet viewer expectations, and cost can be accepted and increased through additional sponsors or volunteers.
2) For a bridge construction project, scope/quality must be constrained to safety standards, time can be accepted and allowed to creep if needed, and high costs can also be accepted due to government funding.
3) For launching a basic mobile phone in China, time to market is constrained, performance/scope can be accepted at lower levels to target low-income users, and costs should be enhanced through optimization.
The document provides three examples of project priority scenarios:
1) For a major sporting event like the Olympics, time is constrained by fixed event dates, scope/quality must be enhanced to meet viewer expectations, and cost can be accepted and increased through additional sponsors or volunteers.
2) For a bridge construction project, scope/quality must be constrained to safety standards, time can be accepted and allowed to creep if needed, and high costs can also be accepted due to government funding.
3) For launching a basic mobile phone in China, time to market is constrained, performance/scope can be accepted at lower levels to target low-income users, and costs should be enhanced through optimization.
The document provides three examples of project priority scenarios:
1) For a major sporting event like the Olympics, time is constrained by fixed event dates, scope/quality must be enhanced to meet viewer expectations, and cost can be accepted and increased through additional sponsors or volunteers.
2) For a bridge construction project, scope/quality must be constrained to safety standards, time can be accepted and allowed to creep if needed, and high costs can also be accepted due to government funding.
3) For launching a basic mobile phone in China, time to market is constrained, performance/scope can be accepted at lower levels to target low-income users, and costs should be enhanced through optimization.
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Identify real life examples of a project that would fit each of the following priority scenarios: a. TIME-CONSTRAIN, SCOPE-ENHANCE, COST-ACCEPT: A major sporting event (such as the Olympic Games) clearly has a fixed date. If you are the project manager responsible for preparations, the event date is inflexible and must be constrained. That leaves the resources/cost constraint and the product scope/quality constraint. Which of these two is more important? The sporting event will be watched by millions of people, I would suggest that product scope/quality is the next priority, it must be enhanced. Concessions to the resources/cost constraint will have to be made. This does not mean that cost is no object! What does this mean is when changes occur on the project, cost will be impacted before the other dimensions and hence can be accepted. We can secure additional sponsors, enlarge the volunteer base, or pursue other cost options. The project priority matrix for the sporting event project would look like this:
Time Constrain Enhance Accept
Performanc e
Cost
b. TIME-ACCEPT, SCOPE-CONSTRAIN, COST-ACCEPT:
Another project example is the construction of bridge. Bridge constructions are not a task that can easily be done on time or get complete under a given schedule so time can be mitigated or creep according to situation given, so it can be accepted. Which dimension is the most critical here? Deliverable scope/quality is the most critical and must be constrained. In other words, we will not compromise on the quality or performance of the bridge construction. Which is the next priority? Bridge constructions are very expensive and are heavily funded by government so it also can be amend as the time too and it also can be accepted for changes. The project priority matrix for the bridge construction would look like:
Time Constrain
Performanc e
Cost
Enhance Accept
c. TIME-CONSTRAIN, SCOPE-ACCEPT, COST-ENHANCE:
Example for this scenario can be best fit on the project of launching the China mobile phone or mobile phone not for quality sensitive customers or for low income segmented group. Obviously technology in the mobile industry is crucial so time to market must be constrained. As the performance or scope dimension can be for the user who just want to call and do instant messaging, so it is accepted to compromise on scope and performance of such a mobile phone. As the mobile phone is launching under a given resources so cost must be under consideration while launching the deliverable and should be optimized or enhanced. The project priority matrix for the china mobile phone would look like:
