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Project Management Success Tripple Constraint, what do you think about this?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
How would you define Success?

Would it make sense to define Success based on three factors (Scope, Time, Cost) and maybe Quality

Scope: Does Success has a Scope? Do we have to be successful in every aspect of the project? if we fail an area of the project, can we still be Successful? or Do we have to be successful in all for us to consider our selves successful?

Time: Is Success Time-Based? Once Successful, clear our mind and continue to the next? How long can we duel on a particularly successful event?

Cost: Does Success has a Cost? Can Success take us to failure in other aspects of project or life? Can Success be so costly that it becomes not worthy? or Success does not have a cost at all? what do you think?

Quality: Does Success has Quality embedded? Can we be partially successful? Can we think we are successful but others consider we are not? Can our success be of low quality or low standard?
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Mansoor Mustafa Senior PM| Government Department Rawalpindi Punjab, Pakistan
As for my point of view, sucess means fulfulling/ meeting the objectives of projects and custormers acceptance of product is success of project. As it meets the all scope, time and cost requirements
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
I recently had a project that we met all of the above mentioned (Scope, Time, Cost and Quality). However, the customer did not use the product we delivered. So we see this as a failure. The reason we failed? We did not do stakeholder analysis (we were really rushed with a hard deadline). We were so reactionary, we did not get the proper stakeholders involved. They ended up wanting the project, but it was too late to start using it.
So for me, the project is ultimately a success when it meets the needs of the customer and is used.
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Dec 29, 2017 12:27 PM
Mahalmadane Touré
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Thank you for your help Dear Dinah, I totally agree with you.
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Mahalmadane Touré Engineer| National Headquarters of Geology and Mines of Mali (Bamako) Mali
Dec 29, 2017 11:08 AM
Replying to Dinah Young
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I recently had a project that we met all of the above mentioned (Scope, Time, Cost and Quality). However, the customer did not use the product we delivered. So we see this as a failure. The reason we failed? We did not do stakeholder analysis (we were really rushed with a hard deadline). We were so reactionary, we did not get the proper stakeholders involved. They ended up wanting the project, but it was too late to start using it.
So for me, the project is ultimately a success when it meets the needs of the customer and is used.
Thank you for your help Dear Dinah, I totally agree with you.
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