How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner

How Big Things Get Done – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781035018963,1035018969,9780593239520, 0593239520

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• ISBN 10: 0593239520
• ISBN 13: 9780593239520
• Author: Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner

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 Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.

These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Boston’s “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 California’s high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billon—and won’t even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why?

Table of contents:

1. Chapter 1: Think Slow, Act Fast: The record of big projects is even worse than it seems.
2. Chapter 2: The Commitment Fallacy: You need to commit, but not in the way you think.
3. Chapter 3: Think from Right to Left: Start with the most basic question of all: Why?
4. Chapter 4: Pixar Planning: Plan like Pixar and Frank Gehry do.
5. Chapter 5: Are You Experienced?: Experience is often misunderstood and marginalized.
6. Chapter 6: So You Think Your Project Is Unique?: Think again. Your project is “one of those.”
7. Chapter 7: Can Ignorance Be Your Friend?: Planning ruins projects, some say. But is it true?
8. Chapter 8: A Single, Determined Organism: Everyone must row in the same direction: toward delivery.
9. Chapter 9: What’s Your Lego?: Modularity is the key to building at world-transforming scale.

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