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The Three Project Constraints The constraint of a project include scope, schedule and budget, these are closely dependent of each other and have a direct impact on quality. Managing these constraints is the main responsibility of the project manager. Each constraint has a specific goal and a project is deemed successful when it achieves all three. Failure in any of the three has an impact in the other two, a delay in a project has an impact on its cost, and an increase in scope has an impact in both time and budget.

The Project Scope Scope is the description of the boundaries of the project. It defines what the project will deliver and what it will not deliver. Scope is the view all stakeholders have from the project; it is a definition of the limits of the project. The purpose of scope management is to establish a process that will allow the incorporation of changes by ensuring the changes contribute to the ultimate goal of the project, changes are agreed by stakeholder and approved by management and the donor.

The Project Schedule The project schedule is the organization of all project activities by time and by their logical dependencies and each with a start date and a finish date.The goal of defining the schedule is for the project team to have a complete understanding of all the work that needs they must accomplish, by defining the schedule the project also develops an understanding of the constraints, dependencies and sequence of the activities.

The Project Budget A project budget is the total sum of money allocated for the particular purpose of the project for a specific period of time. The goal of budget management is to control project costs within the approved budget and deliver the expected project goals. Project Budgeting is performed at the initial stages of project planning and usually in parallel with the development of the project schedule. The steps associated with budgeting are highly dependent on both the estimated lengths of tasks and the resources assigned to the project.

The Project Quality Quality has been defined as "the totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs."1 The stated and implied quality needs are the inputs used in defining project requirements from the donor and the beneficiaries. It is also defined as the “Conformance to requirements or fitness for use”2; which means that the product or services must meet the intended objectives of the project and have a value to the donor and beneficiaries and that the beneficiaries can use the material or service as it was originally intended.

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Today's development projects are more complex and require the participation of a diverse group of stakeholders, project managers need to coordinate between the needs of the many stakeholders. Coordinate and integrate the work of different specialists from different fields, and need to use different approaches to solve the complex problems.

Development projects need to be carefully designed taking in consideration the input from different stakeholders, project budgets need to be managed, schedules monitored, and outcomes evaluated. This complex project environment requires appropriate project management skills.

By systematically applying project management methodologies, development organizations can ensure that resources are used efficiently and effectively to increasing the chances of meeting the needs of the beneficiaries