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How Big Things Get Done : the Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London, England : Macmillan Business, 2024Description: xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781035018956
  • 1035018950
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 658.404 23/eng/20231120
LOC classification:
  • HD69 .P75 .F59 2023
Partial contents:
Introduction : California dreamin' -- Think slow, act fast : the record of big projects is even worse than it seems -- The commitment fallacy : you need to commit, but not in the way you think -- Think from right to left : start with the most basic question of all: why? -- Pixar planning : plan like Pixar and Frank Gehry do -- Are you experienced? : experience is often misunderstood and marginalized -- So you think your project is unique? : think again, your project is "one of those" -- Can ignorance be your friend? : planning ruins projects, some say - but is it true? -- A single, determined organism : everyone must row in the same direction: toward delivery -- What's your Lego? : modularity is the key to building at world-transforming scale -- Coda : Eleven heuristics for better project leadership -- Appendix A. Base rates for cost risk -- Appendix B. Further readings by Bent Flyvbjerg.
Summary: "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. 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 - on time and on budget."-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: 2024 New Titles
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab HD69 .P75 .F59 2023 1 Checked out 04/20/2025 50583020033746
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-274) and index.

Introduction : California dreamin' -- Think slow, act fast : the record of big projects is even worse than it seems -- The commitment fallacy : you need to commit, but not in the way you think -- Think from right to left : start with the most basic question of all: why? -- Pixar planning : plan like Pixar and Frank Gehry do -- Are you experienced? : experience is often misunderstood and marginalized -- So you think your project is unique? : think again, your project is "one of those" -- Can ignorance be your friend? : planning ruins projects, some say - but is it true? -- A single, determined organism : everyone must row in the same direction: toward delivery -- What's your Lego? : modularity is the key to building at world-transforming scale -- Coda : Eleven heuristics for better project leadership -- Appendix A. Base rates for cost risk -- Appendix B. Further readings by Bent Flyvbjerg.

"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. 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 - on time and on budget."-- Provided by publisher.

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