1st Edition

Project Success and Quality Balancing the Iron Triangle

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

Projects are inherently risky, since they involve some level of uncertainty, doing something new in the target environment, but the percentage of projects seen as a success is still disappointingly low, especially for IT projects. The ‘Iron Triangle’ of time/cost/quality suggests that all three aspects are equal, but with quantitative methods for monitoring project performance, the focus is... Read more

1. What is Quality?  2. Why should we manage Quality?  3. Who is responsible for quality?  4. When do we manage quality?  5. Whereabouts do we need to manage quality?  6. Driving Quality Management down through the Supply Chain  7. Quality Analysis Techniques  8. Project Management techniques vital to quality  9. IT provision quality management  10. The role of standards in Project Quality Management

Biography

Andrew Wright is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a Registered Project Professional, a Member of the Institute of Directors and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK, the University of Cumbria, UK, and University College London, UK.

Therese Lawlor-Wright is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, a member of the Association for Project Management, leader of the Project Management group at the University of Cumbria, UK, and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK.