Tips and tools from PM expert Shivshanker Shenoy If you asked any seasoned project manager about the most challenging part of project management, most likely the answer would be "managing the constraints." Or something close enough to that. According to Shivshanker Shenoy, author of pmexamsmartnotes.com, a major part of your project management effort goes into managing constraints. Because any one constraint can impact an entire project, Shenoy says, good PMs must know how to spot the 6 project constraints and how to deal with each.

1. The 6 Project Constraints
Tips and tools from PM expert Shivshanker Shenoy
The Biggest Challenge in Project Management
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If you asked any seasoned project manager about the most challenging part of project management, most likely the answer would be "managing the constraints." Or
something close enough to that. According to Shivshanker Shenoy, author of pmexamsmartnotes.com, a major part of your project management effort goes into managing
constraints.
Because any one constraint can impact an entire project, Shenoy says, good PMs must know how to spot the 6 project constraints and how to deal with each...
The 6 Constraints of a Project
The Classic Constraint Triangle
This is one of the best ways to understand how each constraint affects the others. Constraints are indeed interrelated, with strain on one affecting one or more of the
others, as seen in this classic constraint triangle:
The Classic Constraint Triangle
For example, if you expand the scope of the project, it will inevitably increase cost and time and may affect the quality of the deliverable.
How Project Constraints are Interrelated
All of the six constraints influence each other in that any one getting affected impacts one or more of the rest. For example…
If necessary resources are not available, time to deliver will increase. This may also increase project cost, because alternate resources, if available, may be more expensive
than planned.
How Project Constraints are Interrelated
All of the six constraints influence each other in that any one getting affected impacts one or more of the rest. For example…
If a QA team finds that the quality of a deliverable is going bad, more resources may be required. This increases the cost—for additional resources—and effort to fix the
The 6 Project
Constraints
Tips and tools from PM
expert Shivshanker Shenoy

2. The Biggest
Challenge in Project
ManagementIf you asked any seasoned project manager about the
most challenging part of project management, most
likely
the answer would be “managing the constraints.” Or something
close enough to that. According to Shivshanker Shenoy, author
of
pmexamsmartnotes.com, a major part of your project management
effort goes into managing constraints.
Because any one constraint can impact an entire project, Shenoy
says, good PMs must know how to spot the 6 project constraints and
how to deal with each...

3. The 6
Constraint
s of a
Project

4. The Classic
Constraint
TriangleThis is one of the best ways to
understand how each constraint affects
the others.
Constraints are indeed interrelated,
with strain on one affecting one or
more
of the others, as seen in this
classic constraint triangle:

5. The Classic
Constraint
TriangleFor example, if you expand the scope
of the project, it will inevitably increase
cost and time and may affect the
quality of the deliverable.

6. How Project Constraints are Interrelated
All of the six constraints influence
each other in that any one getting
affected impacts one or more of the
rest.
For example…
If necessary resources are not
available, time to deliver will
increase. This may also increase
project cost, because alternate
resources, if available, may be
more expensive than planned.

7. How Project Constraints are Interrelated
All of the six constraints influence
each other in that any one getting
affected impacts one or more of the
rest.
For example…
If a QA team finds that the
quality of a deliverable is going
bad, more resources may be
required. This increases the
cost—for additional
resources—and effort to fix the
faulty deliverable. This will also
increase the time to deliver.

8. How Project Constraints are Interrelated
All of the six constraints influence
each other in that any one getting
affected impacts one or more of the
rest.
For example…
If scope creep happens on the
project, it will result in increased
time, cost, resources, and
potentially reduced quality. And thus
increased risk on delivery.

9. An Art and a Science
According to Shenoy, managing six constraints is as much of an art as a science.
They will test the mettle of the project manager. But with the knowledge of
PMBOK® processes and some support from your organization (PMO), he says,
managing these constraints should be a challenge that you enjoy.
To get more great PM guidance from
Shenoy, visit pmexamsmartnotes.com.

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