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Notes All the short-listed projects had strong, quantifiable benefit cases, but some of the entries went
further and looked deeply into the intangible benefit areas and attempted to measure them.
Intangibles are by nature difficult to measure.

Example: If turnover is increased, it is difficult to prove that a particular IT system and its
processes were responsible. The measurement of intangible benefits was not perfect, but where
it was done, it did provide the leadership with a perception of probability.
9.2.5 Technological Changes

Many of the entries used the same general principles when buying technology.
Industry leading packages were chosen, and a number of entrants outlined how they had
rigorously checked the roadmaps for the projects they had selected, so they could be confident
that the deliverable would continue to function for its planned life.
Second, bespoke development was only a minor part of the project, and in the strongest projects
was strictly confined to areas which could generate genuine competitive advantage, such as
forecasting.

9.2.6 Conclusion

There is nothing new in all the common themes to emerge from the short-list. The difference is
that in these projects the principles of project management, stakeholder management and risk
management were executed both effectively and ruthlessly.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
4. In many cases, initiatives were led by a senior business executive and IT projects were
tracked at ………………. meetings.
5. IT projects generally have a poor reputation for ………………..

6. The capture and measuring of .................................. was carried out extensively by all the
short-listed candidates.

9.3 The Triple Constraint

The project management triangle is used by managers to analyze or understand the difficulties
that may arise due to implementing and executing a project. All projects irrespective of their
size will have many constraints.
Although there are many such project constraints, these should not be barriers for successful
project execution and for the effective decision making.
There are main three interdependent constraints for every project; time, cost, and scope. This is
also known as Project Management Triangle.
Let’s try to understand each of the element of project triangle and then how to face challenges
related to each.

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