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Schedule-Driven versus Resource-Driven Projects

A project is schedule-driven when the final delivery date is the overriding constraint that the sponsor or customer has expressed. Schedule-driven projects will consume whatever resources are required to ensure delivery on the established.

A project is resource-driven when the availability of resources, particularly skilled resources and costs, is the overriding constraint that the sponsor or customer has expressed. Resource-driven projects must expand time or sacrifice quality to remain within the constraints of the resources.

The constraint of schedule-driven or resource driven governs the decision of the project.