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2. Deliver a product that meets the requirements of the 
delivery schedule (by plan within a Governmental organiza 
tion or by contract within a Private organization). ( Time 
Constraint). 
3. Meet the organization's fiscal objectives (budgetary limita 
tions or profit objectives as the case may be). (Cost Constraint). 
The manager has the dominant role in establishing or influencing these 
objectives because he is responsible for the production, delivery, and 
accounting operations. There are certain prerequisites that will have 
to be satisfied if the objectives (within associated constraints) are to 
be achieved. These are as follows: 
A. The organization must have the particular technical resources 
(Material, Equipment , Hardware/Software, and human resources) 
required for meeting the specification objectives. 
B. The organization must have adequate facilities (both material 
and human) and fiscal and other resources to meet the 
delivery schedule. 
C. The terms of the fiscal objectives, rates, etc. should be 
realistic and adequate to cover the performance of the organiza 
tion. 
The achievement of the basic objectives requires that the manager be pro 
ficient in disciplines which cover all of his (managerial and engineering) 
functions. The foremost amongst these are: 
i) Engineering: By its nature, a project oriented task covers 
several areas of engineering. The manager cannot be expected 
to be an expert in each of the other technical areas. However, 
he must be familiar enough with the basics of all of those areas 
to be able to consider alternatives and to be able to evaluate 
procedures. He has to make correct decisions involving com 
plex scheduling problems also, sometimes involving the sponsor. 
ii) Economics : In most cases, particularly in the areas of 
industrial applications, all the various aspects can be ultimately 
reduced to one common factor -- money. Thus, cost manage 
ment is one most important function of the manager. Cost- 
effectiveness is his final goal in this respect. 
iii) Law (or Rules and Regulations) : Most projects involve a con 
tract (can be of various types) between two or more parties. 
In the public organizations, the contract is in the form of 
commitments and obligations. In all these, however, the 
implications of legal and contractual terms must be fully under 
stood in order to fulfill the contractual obligations. The 
employer's obligations to not only the sponsor of the project 
but also to the employees who carry out such obligations become 
ultimately the manager's responsibility.