Laws of Project Management
Published on: December 01, 2023
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- Parkinson’s First Law: “Work expands to fill the time available.”
- Parkinson’s Second Law: Expenditures rise to meet income.
- Augustine’s Law: “A bad idea executed to perfection is still a bad idea.”
- Lakein’s Law: “Failing to plan is planning to fail.”
- Saint Exupéry’s Law: “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
- Fitzgerald’s Law: “There are two states to any large project: too early to tell and too late to stop.”
- Constantine’s Law: “A fool with a tool is still a fool.”
- Graham’s Law: “If they know nothing of what you are doing, they suspect you are doing nothing.”
- Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will.”
- O’Brochta’s Law: “Project management is about applying common sense with uncommon discipline.”
- Kinser’s Law: “About the time you finish doing something, you know enough to start.”
- Carlson’s Law: "All interrupted work will be less effective and will take more time than if it was completed in a continuous manner."
- Illich’s Law (Law of Diminishing Returns): "Beyond a certain threshold, human efficiency decreases, even becoming negative."
- Laborit’s Law (The Law of the Least Effort): "We prefer to carry out tasks that give us immediate satisfaction."
- Hofstadter’s Law (Law of Schedule Slipping): "It always takes longer than expected, even taking into account Hofstadter’s Law."
- Kidlin's law: "If you write the problem down clearly, then the matter is half solved."
- Gilbert’s Law: “When you take on a task, finding the best way to achieve the desired result is always your responsibility."
- Wilson’s Law: “If you prioritize knowledge and talent, money will always come."
- Falkland’s La: “If you don't have to make a decision about something, then don't decide.”
- Berra’s Law: "You can observe a lot just by watching."
- Epstein’s Law: "If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we’ve solved it."
- Hendrickson’s Law: "If a problem causes many meetings, the meetings eventually become more important than the problem."
- Dobbins’ Law: "When in doubt, use a bigger hammer."
- McGovern’s Law: "The longer the title, the less important the job."
- Patton’s Law: A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
- Terman’s Law of Innovation: "If you want a track team to win the high jump, you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot."
- Wolf ’s Law of Management: "The tasks to do immediately are the minor ones; otherwise, you’ll forget them. The major ones are often better to defer. They usually need more time for reflection. Besides, if you forget them, they’ll remind you."
- Wolf ’s Law of Planning: "A good place to start from is where you are."
- Boren’s Laws of the Bureaucracy: "When in doubt, mumble; When in trouble, delegate; When in charge, ponder."
- Zimmerman’s Law of Complaints: “Nobody notices when things go right.”
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