The Iron Triangle project success measures of on time, on budget lock organisations into compromise and failure as, using these measures,...
10 ways the Iron Triangle destroys project success
There is an assumption that the Iron Triangle/Triple Constraint measures of ‘on time, on budget, to specification’ are benign. There is no...
True measures of project success
I recently saw reference to an academic paper that said in the summary: “On time, on budget and to specification were not the only...
Seeing benefits in project cost
Is the glass half full or half empty? It depends on whether you consider the water a cost or a benefit. Do you fill up an empty glass with...
The truth about project benefits
We commission projects to realise the benefits: if we deliver the project but don’t realise the benefits, where’s the value in that? But...
Measuring project KPIs
I once received a copy of a post implementation review report that basically said: "We don’t know if we got the benefits from this project...






