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03216aam a22004458i 4500 001 DFF76E26BCB511EDBE0894C944ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240309011342 008 220830t20232023nyua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022036817 020 $a 0593239512 020 $a 9780593239513 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HD69.P75 $b F58 2023 082 00 $a 658.404 $2 23/eng/20220830 100 1 $a Flyvbjerg, Bent, $e author. 245 10 $a How big things get done : $b the surprising factors that determine the fate of every project, from home renovations to space exploration and everything in between / $c Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Currency, $c [2023] 300 $a xvi, 284 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-274) and index. 520 $a An Oxford economist and expert on mega-projects examines how the lessons learned through both their successes and failures can be applied to decision-making about any size project. 520 $a "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 mega-projects. 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 billion--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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Project management. 650 0 $a Decision making $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Planning. 650 0 $a Business planning. 650 0 $a Political planning. 650 0 $a Economic geography. 650 7 $a Project management. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01078797. 700 1 $a Gardner, Dan, $d 1968- $e author. 941 $a 6 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012643.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20231202012127.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010032202.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20230519013803.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230404010534.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230307010632.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DFF76E26BCB511EDBE0894C944ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search