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CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Project Management, Monitoring and Control

In the traditional project management 'triple constraint', a client of an Indian infrastructure firm demands that the scope be expanded mid-way without any extension of the deadline or budget. Which statement is correct?

The scope change will put pressure on time and cost, so it should go through formal change control. Scope, time and cost are interdependent; expanding one without adjusting the others risks delay, overrun or poorer quality, so changes need evaluation and approval.

  1. AScope can expand with no effect on time or cost
  2. BScope increase will necessarily reduce quality only, leaving time and cost unchanged
  3. CThe scope change will put pressure on time and/or cost, so it should go through formal change controlCorrect
  4. DOnly the budget is affected, never the schedule

Explanation

Scope, time and cost are interdependent, so enlarging scope normally requires more time or money unless quality is compromised. Such requests should be handled through a formal change control process with approval, not absorbed silently. The other options wrongly treat the constraints as independent.

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