This document outlines the ten commandments of project management according to Ralf C. Adam. The commandments are: 1) Build a good team with clear ownership and prepare a reasonable plan. 2) Be relentlessly proactive. 3) Remember checkpoints. 4) Track project status and give it wide visibility. 5) Write important stuff down. 6) Share knowledge and save it. 7) Understand the customer's requirements. 8) Put the project under version control. 9) If it hasn't been tested, it doesn't work. 10) N/A. The document provides a summary of key points from a lecture on project management best practices.

1. The ten
Commandments
of Project-
Management
Ralf C. Adam
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2. DISCLAIMER
This lecture was first held 2006 at the IGDA Chapter Meeting in
Frankfurt/GERMANY. The presentation may not include all
original materials shown during this speech (pictures, videos
etc.) and is solely meant as a summary and handout. All
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3. 1. COMMANDMENT
»Thou shalt build a good team
with clear ownership«

4. »Thou shalt prepare a
reasonable plan«
2. COMMANDMENT

5. »Thou shalt be
relentlessly pro-active«
3. COMMANDMENT

6. »Thou shalt remember
thy checkpoints«
4. COMMANDMENT

7. »Thou shalt track
project status and give
it wide visibility«
5. COMMANDMENT

8. »Thou shalt write
important stuff down«
6. COMMANDMENT

9. »Thou shalt share your
knowledge and thou
shalt save it«
7. COMMANDMENT

10. »Thou shalt understand the
customer´s requirements«
8. COMMANDMENT

11. »Thou shalt put the project
under version control«
9. COMMANDMENT

12. »If it hasn‘t been tested,
it doesn‘t work«
10. COMMANDMENT