1. If it is not documented, it doesn't exist. As long as information is retained in someone's head, it is vulnerable to loss. - Louis Fried, 1992
2. Why do so many professionals say they are project managing, when what they are actually doing is fire fighting? - Colin Bentley, 1997
3. Get the right people. Then, no matter what else you may do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about. - Tom DeMarco, 1997
4. You may con a person into committing to an unreasonable deadline, but you cannot bully them into meeting it. - Edwards, Butler, Hill & Russell, 1997
5. Don't do anything you don't have to do. - Louis Fried, 1992
6. Ensure your documentation is short and sharp and make much more use of people-to-people communication. - Bentley & Borman, 2001
7. A well-constructed project management workshop should give people a solid foundation to build on. - Bentley & Borman, 2001
8. A task is not done until it is done. - Louis Fried, 1992
9. Project proposals, business cases or cost benefit analyses are probably being massaged (either by underestimating costs or timeframes or by being very optimistic about the benefits) so projects will be approved. - Bentley & Borman, 2001
10. Know when to cut your losses if necessary. Don't let your desire to succeed be the enemy of good judgment. If Napoleon had left Moscow immediately, he may have returned with a salvageable army. - Jerry Manas, 2002
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