Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.

The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.

Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off.

Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.

A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.

Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.

Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.