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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

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How Big Things Get Done

De : Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
Lu par : Rob Shapiro
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One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2023

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world's leading expert on megaprojects.


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?

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. For example:

  • 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.
  • Be a team maker. You won't succeed without an "us."
  • Master the unknown unknowns. Most think they can't, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.
  • Know that your biggest risk is you.

Full of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of the latest Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, How Big Things Get Done reveals how to get any ambitious project done—on time and on budget.

For a visual representation of the charts and graphs mentioned throughout, as well as Appendix A and B, please be sure to download the Bonus PDF accompanying this program.
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Ein umfassendes Buch zu allen Facetten des Projektmanagements und seinen Herausforderungen. Mit den vielen Praxisbeispielen werden die zahlreichen Themen nicht nur anschaulich und leicht verständlich bearbeitet sondern unterstützen auch eigene Überlegungen in eigenen Projekten. Denn Projektmanagement ist mehr als copy & paste von Best Practice. Ein Buch das dem Junior-PM auf mögliche Fallstricke im Projekt hinweisen kann und dem Senior-PM die Bestätigung seiner getroffenen Entscheidungen - bevor die Projektergebnisse vorliegen - bieten kann.

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Go from right to left, know why, think slow, execute fast, experiment and experience, anchoring your project, reference-class forecast (RFR), beware of uniqueness, fat tails, an bespoke solutions, have an experienced and great team, focus on and learn from modularity. Those were some of the words, I learned from this book.

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