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How Big Things Get Done By Bent Flyvbjerg (Paperback)

How Big Things Get Done By Bent Flyvbjerg (Paperback)

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scalefrom home renovation to space explorationfrom the world's leading expert on megaprojects.Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new

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The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scalefrom home renovation to space explorationfrom the world’s leading expert on megaprojects.

Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apples iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.

These grand visions make for inspiring stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Bostons Big Dig? Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both. The cost of Californias high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billonand wont even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also often fail. Why?

Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures in delivering on bold visions has been the lifes work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed the worlds leading megaproject expert. InHow Big Things Get Done, he identifies the errors in judgment and decision-making that lead projects, both big and small, to fail, and the research-based principles that will make you succeed with yours. For example:

  • Understand your odds. If you don’t know them, you won’t win.
  • Plan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick sounds right. But it’s wrong.
  • Think right to left.Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.
  • Find your Lego. Big is best built from small.
  • Be a team maker. You won’t succeed without an “us.”
  • Master the unknown unknowns. Most think they can’t, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.


Full of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of
Toy Story, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry,How Big Things Get Donereveals how to get any ambitious project doneon time and on budget.

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