10 Commandments of Project Management
10 Commandments of Project Management
By Meade Rubenstein
- ONE: You shall have no other goals but Business Success.
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TWO: You shall not make for yourself anything that is already made and working, not process, not group, not support groups, not teams.
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THREE: You shall not take the name of the Business in vain, you are the Business and need to represent it well to all.
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FOUR: Remember to rest and relax and enjoy life.
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FIVE: Honor your family and your boss.
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SIX: You shall not indiscriminately fire employees or stop work.
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SEVEN: You shall not steal resources from other groups.
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EIGHT: You shall not harm other Business units or Partners.
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NINE: You shall not falsely report either to enhance yourself or take away from others.
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TEN: You shall not covet another team you shall not covet another teams clients, nor their team members nor their tools, nor their projects, not anything that belongs to another team.
Meade Rubenstein has over 20 years of IT experience. He is currently the COO of Gráfica Group. Meade’s website can be found at http://www.itprojectguide.com/ and his personal blog can be found at http://www.itprojectguide.blogspot.com/.
Great post. I;m interested in your perspective on additional things you should do. As I specifically read Commandment #10, I couldn’t help but think about learning from others. Often times, we get better because we see that others are doing things a in a different way, or using better tools/methods/team organization.