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