Top 10 Software Management Principles

1. Base the process on an architecture-first approach.
2. Establish an iterative life-cycle process that confronts risk early.
3. Transition design methods to emphasize component-based development.
4. Establish a change management environment.
5. Enhance change freedom through tools that supports round-trip engineering.
6. Capture design artifacts in rigorous, model-based notation.
7. Instrument the process for objective quality control and progress assessment.
8. Use a demonstration-based approach.
9. Plan intermediate releases in groups of usage scenarios with evolving levels of detail.
10. Establish a configurable process that is economically scalable.

Source: Software Project Management by Barry W. Boehm