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| Publisher | Crown Currency |
| ISBN 13 | 9780593799017 |
| ISBN 10 | 593799011 |
| Author | Bent Flyvbjerg |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | “Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen? Bent Flyvbjerg is the ‘megaproject’ expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to How Big Things Get Done, with examples |
| About the Author | Bent Flyvbjerg is the first BT Professor at Oxford University and the VKR Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, an economist, and “the world’s leading megaproject expert,” according to global accounting network KPMG. He has consulted on over one hundred projects costing $1 billion or more and has been knighted by the Queen of Denmark.Dan Gardner is a journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of Risk, Future Babble, and co-author of Superforecasting (with Philip E. Tetlock). Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Table of ContentsIntroduction: California Dreamin’ Chapter 1: Think Slow, Act FastThe record of big projects is even worse than it seems.Chapter 2: The Commitment FallacyYou need to commit, but not in the way you think.Chapter 3: Think from Right to LeftStart with the most basic question of all: Why?Chapter 4: Pixar PlanningPlan like Pixar and Frank Gehry do.Chapter 5: Are You Experienced?Experience is often misunderstood and marginalized.Chapter 6: So You Think Your Project Is Unique?Think again. Your project is “one of those.”Chapter 7: Can Ignorance Be Your Friend?Planning ruins projects, some say. But is it true?Chapter 8: A Single, Determined OrganismEveryone must row in the same direction: toward delivery.Chapter 9: What’s Your Lego?Modularity is the key to building at world-transforming scale.Coda: Eleven Heuristics for Better Project Leadership Read more |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2 April 2024 |
| Number of Pages | 304 pages |
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