Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up Entertaining . . . compelling . . . there are lessons here for managers of all stripes 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. It’s crazy, but the average practice in project management is a disaster, and good practice is an outlier,” says Flyvbjerg. But in new research included in his book, he documents which type of projects perform well and which don’t. He found that the best-performing projects are renewable energy projects, like wind and solar – and the reason for this is their modularity, he explains. Pixar planning”: use low stakes pilot tests and high resolution models to get all the details right.

Full Book Name: How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed “the world’s leading megaproject expert.” In How 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. ForI had some quibbles here and there on details. Eg, in discussing risk management the analysis suggests that the probability of any one of a set of independent events occurring is the sum of probabilities for each event, but this is of course incorrect. It’s actually time that is the killer for projects, not size. This is something that has never been documented before. By acting fast, you can reduce your risks enormously, especially if you have been thinking slow.” Think right to left Bent Flyvbjerg is BT professor and chair of major programme management at Saïd Business School. Read more of Bent's blogs here: ' Tokyo 2020: what the postponed Olympics can teach us about crisis response', and 'Why we need ‘smart scale-up’ to deliver cities of the future' Dan Gardner is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author, with a focus on psychology, social trends, and public policy. He has written several books, including The Science of Fear and Superforecasting. His work has appeared in major publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Ottawa Citizen.

Finally the book sums up the lessons from the book and the value that would be obtained if big projects were run better. Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability. Incompetence and grift is outrageous. Bent Flyvbjerg, with this terrific data-driven book, has shown that there is another way." — Frank Gehry, architect Author's insights are very helpful whether you're building the next big project, thinking about that "small” home remodelling job, developing a Hollywood movie, or simply undertaking anything that you think will cost X dollars and take Y time but has potential for spiralling out of control on both fronts.

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Mr. Flyvbjerg identifies two common flaws in developing large-scale projects: inadequate planning and prolonged execution. Managers and politicians have a bias for action, he says, often treating planning as an annoyance that must be endured before the real work begins. Imposing tight deadlines for completion may end up adding costs and time, because the easiest way to craft a tighter schedule is to short-circuit the planning process. Rushed planning can result in problems that crop up later, generating delays that push up the cost. Har et parti i boka hvor han trekker frem et privat oppussingsprosjekt for å vise at dette er universelle prinsipper som gjelder for alle typer prosjekter. Får litt følelsen av at det er klemt inn for å gi den jevne leser noe å relatere til, men la gå. Reference class forecasting refers to doing costing based on ex post data rather than only ex ante assumptions. The call for actual data collection is certainly laudable.

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects. it is full of delicious anecdotes about project management disasters. Movie flop Heaven’s Gate was already five days behind schedule after just six days of shooting, which had yielded just a minute and a half of usable material. The Sydney Opera House turned out to be unbuildable to its original design (“a magnificent doodle” in critic Robert Hughes’ memorable description) and, once finished, was acoustically unsuitable for opera. [The authors] succeed in extracting valuable lessons from these failures — and some occasional successes." — Financial Times Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability. Incompetence and grift is outrageous. Bent Flyvbjerg, with this terrific data-driven book, has shown that there is another way.” The APM Podcast covers discussions and insights on the latest project management topics. Browse our podcasts below and listen for FREE today. The APM Podcast is available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple and Google podcasts. Let our global subject matter experts broaden your perspective with timely insights and opinions youThis book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Our Crisis Talks series explores how project managers are adapting and pivoting to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PDF / EPUB File Name: How_Big_Things_Get_Done_-_Bent_Flyvbjerg.pdf, How_Big_Things_Get_Done_-_Bent_Flyvbjerg.epubMegaproject expert Bent Flyvbjerg and bestselling author Dan Gardner reveal the secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious projects on any scale. Then the value of building large projects from modular components is highlighted by looking at modular construction and how solar panel projects are accurately costed. Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed “the world’s leading megaproject expert.” In How Big Things Get Done, he and Dan Gardner identify 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. So, you're starting a big new project and wondering where to begin. Well, before you do so, consider this question: what's your Lego? It's the question that the world's most successful project leaders always ask themselves before embarking on something big.