Time, Quality and Cost.
I was talking to the boss last week and he reminded me that he was the bloke that told me this in the first place.
If you do well you will achieve 2 of the 3. Its usually very difficult to get all 3.
So my (erm his) advice: Before you start on any project (of any kind) get your priorities right. They will influence everything going forward.
I think you are talking about me Mark? The other important point is that we need to explain this relationship to everyone who wants to change one of the three. If you change requirements half way through it is likely to extend time and increase costs. If we run out of budget quality will slip…
A project usualy finishes the way it was started. If it is chaos at the start, guess what… Well initiated projects usually finish well.
Steve