Dean Foreman's 28 Laws of Contracting
by Dean Foreman
View First 25 Pages:
(free download) Synopsis
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