28 Laws of Contracting

Dean Foreman's 28 Laws of Contracting

Law #1 - Avoid the Fantasy Land of Wishful Thinking · Law #2 - Use Discovery to Control the Options · Law #3 - The Customer is Not Always Right · Law #4 - Good or Bad, the Customer Is the "Chairman of the Board" · Law #5 - If It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck, It's a Duck · Law #6 - Some Projects Are Better Left to the Next Guy · Law #7 - The Contractor is the "Captain" · Law #8 - Architects are Only Designers · Law #9 - Planning is Not Just Scheduling · Law #10 - Don't "Rig Your Ship" for the Wrong Voyage · Law #11 - Draw a Line in the Sand · Law #12 - Estimating Is Almost as Important as Scheduling · Law #13 - The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword · Law #14 - Use the Contract as a Rifle, Not a Shotgun · Law #15 - If the Contractor Wins, the Customer Wins · Law #16 - Anything You Give Away for Free Is Valued as Worthless · Law #17 - Only Profitable Jobs Have Happy Customers · Law #18 - Scheduling Is Almost as Important as Estimating · Law #19 - Scheduling can Make the Biggest Dummy Look Smart · Law #20 - You Can't Pour Concrete Before Setting Forms · Law #21 - Time Is of the Essence · Law #22 - Nobody Can Tell the "Captain" How to Sail the Ship · Law #23 - Customers Are Responsible for Ripple Effects · Law #24 - Subcontractors Are Like Three-Legged Stools · Law #25 - A "Wronged" Subcontractor Is an Infection · Law #26 - The Subcontractor's File Cabinet is the Truck Floor · Law #27 - Money is the Project Scorecard · Law #28 - Never Show a Chink in Your Armor