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" 'Important, timely, instructive and entertaining' 8211 Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow 'Wise, vivid and unforgettable' 8211 Tim Harford, bestselling author of The Undercover EconomistWorld expert Bent Flyvbjerg and bestselling author Dan Gardner reveal the secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious projects on any scale. Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant new reality. Think of how Apple's iPod went from a project with a single employee to an enormously successful product launch in eleven months. But such successes are the exception. Consider how London's Crossrail project delivered five years late and billions over budget. More modest endeavours, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why? Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life's work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg. In How Big Things Get Done , he identifies the errors that lead projects to fail, and the research-based principles that will make yours succeed: - Understand your odds. If you don't know them, you won't win. - Plan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick feels 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. - 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 the latest Pixar blockbusters, How Big Things Get Done reveals how to get any ambitious project done 8211 on time and on budget. "
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Biographisches: "Bent Flyvbjerg is a professor at Oxford University, 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." Biographisches: "Dan Gardner is a journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of Risk , Future Babble and Superforecasting (with Philip E. Tetlock)." Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: December 12, 2022 This sharp study by Flyvbjerg ( Megaprojects and Risk ), a professor emeritus of program management at Oxford University, and journalist Gardner ( Superforecasting ) draws lessons in planning from megaprojects across the globe. Surveying the budgets and schedules of hundreds of massive development projects, the authors examine construction successes and failures to offer guidance on how to plan better for projects of any size. They extoll the importance of accurate forecasting and explain that progress on Hong Kong’s high-speed rail project in the early 2010s appeared bungled largely because the corporation overseeing construction had projected an unrealistic forecast that they couldn’t meet. Creating better predictions, the authors posit, requires comparing one’s project to similar projects to get a reasonable estimate, something the Hong Kong transit authority failed to do. On the successful side, Flyvbjerg and Gardner hold up the Empire State Building, which was completed 17% under budget, as an exemplar of the “think slow, act fast” approach that emphasizes rigorous analysis and testing before breaking ground. The stories about the high-stakes world of megaprojects fascinate, and the authors excel at pulling from them broadly applicable lessons on foresight and planning. Readers will find this a boon."
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