  The objectives of this study were to research into the interdependencies IT
project control variables, and also come out with frameworks to help IT project
managers understand how to effectively control these variables to ensure the
success of IT projects. The study employed six control variables: Cost, Time
(Schedule), Scope, Quality, Risk, and Benefits. A qualitative approach was
adopted, where selected IT program and project managers of the Telecom industry
in Ghana were interviewed individually and in a group based on a set of
questions. The findings, espoused in the frameworks, reiterated the theory of
the dependence of one control variable on the other, and the fact that varying
one affects the others positively or negatively in relation to IT project
success, as is the case for the iron triangle. Again, key activities of the
control variables necessary to ensure IT project success were discovered.
