What is most important: speed, budget, quality?
Speed25%
Budget38%
Quality36%
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It depends upon what we're talking about.
If we're talking about my dinner:
If someone else is paying: quality.
If I'm paying: budget.
If I haven't eaten all day and I'm famished: speed.
Not sure if this is a fair question. All three are important and form a triad of sorts. Most important would depend on either specific circumstances or general organizational/leadership bias. Nowadays I consider Relevance to be most important.
Have to agree with Andrew here, it's a loaded question as all have importance in delivery. Problem is they are usually defined quite early on in a project and, as point in time estimates, can be influenced by factors unforeseen in planning.<br><br>They also influence each other (fast and cheap is not good, etc), so to pick one as most important is not going to lead to a good outcome.<br><br>They're also subjective measures that can vary depending on the viewpoint of the person measuring them. As Chris says above the CFO is going to have different priorities to the CIO.<br><br>My view is that these 3 measures are best used as indicators of progress rather than as critical success factors of a project. <br><br>Example - the rebuild of the Christchurch stadium (Lancaster Park - Wikipedia) ahead of the 2011 Rugby World Cup was on time, on budget, and quality was right where it needed to be. The project is still a failure because it never delivered the required outcomes.
Depends on who is asking
CFO - budget
Business - speed and quality
CIO - quality and budget
PMO - quality- and they do not get a vote
And it an economic downturn it will all depend on budget. Don’t make the budget get shutdown….
For what and for when and how long? It isn't a 1 shot answer