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The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scale.

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Important, timely, instructive and entertaining. What more could you ask for? -- Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

A wise, vivid and unforgettable combination of inspiring storytelling with decades of practical research and experience -- Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up

Having researched the properties of planning errors, I am confident that nobody has studied the topic more broadly and deeply than Bent Flyvbjerg. His focus ranges from Olympic Games to the renovation of your dog house -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, and author of The Black Swan

My only complaint about this book is that it wasn’t written earlier. It distills decades of systematic research from thousands of projects. The result is a crystal-clear pattern of surprising reasons why almost all big human projects fail to deliver as expected -- Ola Rosling, bestselling co-author of Factfulness

The best scientific advice on project planning. It is arguably the bargain of the century.For a few dollars you can tap into thousands of dollars of insights in executive-education classrooms -- Philip Tetlock, bestselling co-author of Superforecasting

A truly fascinating read.There’s a practical pay-off, too: a toolbox with eleven smart heuristics for better project leadership that every planner should know -- Gerd Gigerenzer, author of Gut Feelings

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Important, timely, instructive and entertaining. What more could you ask for? -- Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

A wise, vivid and unforgettable combination of inspiring storytelling with decades of practical research and experience -- Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up

Having researched the properties of planning errors, I am confident that nobody has studied the topic more broadly and deeply than Bent Flyvbjerg. His focus ranges from Olympic Games to the renovation of your dog house -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, and author of The Black Swan

My only complaint about this book is that it wasn’t written earlier. It distills decades of systematic research from thousands of projects. The result is a crystal-clear pattern of surprising reasons why almost all big human projects fail to deliver as expected -- Ola Rosling, bestselling co-author of Factfulness

The best scientific advice on project planning. It is arguably the bargain of the century.For a few dollars you can tap into thousands of dollars of insights in executive-education classrooms -- Philip Tetlock, bestselling co-author of Superforecasting

A truly fascinating read.There’s a practical pay-off, too: a toolbox with eleven smart heuristics for better project leadership that every planner should know -- Gerd Gigerenzer, author of Gut Feelings

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan (16 February 2023); The Smithson, 6 Briset Street, London EC1M 5NR
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1035018942
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1035018949
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.6 x 2.3 x 23.5 cm
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Bent Flyvbjerg
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Bent Flyvbjerg is the first BT Professor and inaugural Chair of Major Programme Management at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School and the Villum Kann Rasmussen Professor and Chair at the IT University of Copenhagen. He is the most cited scholar in the world in project management. His books and articles have been translated into 21 languages. Flyvbjerg received a knighthood, two Fulbright Scholarships, the Project Management Institute Research Achievement Award (the "Nobel" of project management), and many other honors for his professional accomplishments. He is a frequent commentator in the news, including The New York Times, The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the BBC, and CNN. He serves as an advisor to 10 Downing Street, the U.S. and Chinese governments, and Fortune 500 companies. He is co-author of How Big Things Get Done (Crown Penguin/Random), principal author of Megaprojects and Risk (Cambridge University Press) and editor of the print and online versions of The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management (Oxford University Press). See more at uk.linkedin.com/in/flyvbjerg
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Dan Gardner is the New York Times best-selling author of books about psychology and decision-making. His work has been called "an invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to the think clearly" by The Guardian and "required reading for journalists, politicians, academics, and anyone who listens to them" by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
Gardner’s books have been published in 25 countries and 19 languages.
In addition to writing, Gardner lectures on forecasting, risk, and decision-making.
Prior to becoming an author, Gardner was a newspaper columnist and feature writer whose work won or was nominated for every major award in Canadian newspaper journalism.
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Insightful book!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 28 April 2023

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The author shares real life case studies of various projects across the world. Also provides simple ideas that can be used to transform in your personal life and projects. A wonderful book.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 22 February 2023

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Just finished reading "How Big Things Get Done", and I will say I was rather disappointed. If you looking for catchy management jargon then the book is full of these but if looking for a book that provides guidance on how to successfully deliver a mega project on time and to cost then this is not the book for you. Like I say disappointed.

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John P

Terrible book

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This is a terrible book: bland, and extremely superficial and simplistic. It's a waste of time. If you're an expert, go read serious work, you will gain *nothing* from this book. If you're a non-expert, you are better off reading the Financial Times—you will only be misled by the platitudes presented in this book.

Importantly, Flyvbjerg has never actually managed a big project like the Olympics. He has no credibility whatsoever in the field.

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Steve Reader

Essential reading on successful project delivery

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I've taken a keen interest in Professor Flyvbjerg's work for a number of years and luckily much of his academic writing is freely available to read online (unlike a lot of other academic writing). As such I was excited to read his first book for a popular audience and whilst this short book (200 pages not including references) naturally lacks the depth of some of his other work this is a fine digest of his ideas and one I would happily recommend to my fellow project professionals as well as to the layman.

Professor Flyvbjerg has made it his life's work to gather data on large projects and to use this to build an understanding of what makes a project successful or, as this book often focuses on, what make it fail. The book draws examples from the huge number of examples of projects that have massively overrun their budgets and schedules and in some cases failed to deliver any benefits at all. With his co-writer Dan Gardner (whose book Risk I would also recommend), the author tells relatable stories that initially focus on the human element of these failures: over commitment, poor planning, underestimating risk, hubris and optimism. Almost inevitably this draws the behavioural economics work of Daniel Kahneman into the picture (I'm not sure I've read many 'Smart Thinking' type books that don't).

The variety of case studies from the Sydney Opera House to Pixar Studios make for an engaging and highly readable book and provide fine examples to support the arguments presented for How Big Things Get Done. An example of a house restoration project gone awry brings the thesis to a human level (although not exactly relatable, the renovation goes over budget by the price of about five average houses in the UK).

No spoilers here for anyone who follows Professor Flyvbjerg's work, his main argument is for a data focused approach to projects using similar shaped projects as a basis for planning, and a repeatable modular approach to design rather than building huge one offs. This book is a neat and easily readable presentation of that thesis with easily understood examples. Hopefully it will feature in the bedside reading of policy makers and ultimately lead to a wider acceptance of the ideas within.

If there are weaknesses in the book they are often due to the lack of depth that leads to further questions. Thankfully there are pages and pages of references for further reading to explore. That said some of the questions are ones that don't yet have answers. For example the data available for reference class forecasting is not as widely available as it should be and despite the availability of some higher level data on government websites, much of the data for planning tends to be walled in due to its commercial value in competitive markets. Given the success of open source in software I've often thought about how making this data more available should be a policy focus.

I was frustrated by the short shrift given to outlier projects on the left hand side of the distribution (within schedule, under budget etc.) These are disregarded as little more than good stories for the likes of Malcolm Gladwell, whereas I think there probably are lessons to be learned about avoiding some of the bottlenecks and entrenched bureaucracy that slow down projects and cause construction to be one of industries with the lowest productivity in the UK. I'm not calling for deregulation or safety shortcuts but there are surely examples of innovation in these left of the curve projects that make them equally as worth studying as those expensive monsters on the right of the curve.

I'd like to also have read a little more about Professor Flyvbjerg's thoughts on planning. He argues convincingly that time, effort and money spent on planning at the start is better spent than that spent in delivery. I cannot disagree and there are plenty of examples in the news right now to support this (High Speed 2 for one). However the planning paralysis we seen in the UK can probably be put forward as an argument for the alternative approach of just getting on with it. Hinkley Point C would be generating electricity now if it hadn't lingered for so long. The planning documents for Sizewell C number tens of times more than those required for Hinkley Point C, a power station that it is supposedly a cookie cutter copy of. I think of the city of Bristol's proposed underground system. Local government officials argue against the project saying it will never get done and billions would be swallowed in planning by consultants. The money would be better spent on buses. This is the world of planning we exist in and whilst it might not be as expensive as a failed undersea tunnel, it can certainly be just as much of a blocker on big things getting done.

The book doesn't really delve too deeply into the realms of policy making. The solution to all of these examples is long term strategy that is immune to the whims of government and the book doesn't really cover this in depth (except where it discusses examples of how budgets are often sized to be politically expedient).

Those things being said I did spend most of my time reading this book quietly nodding my head in recognition. In my career I've seen examples of both the good behaviours and bad behaviours described, in both individuals and in organisations. It certainly provokes thought and with the support of government clients and cost sensitive companies many of its ideas could become engrained in project commissioning and delivery. The difficulties of HS2 and Hinkley Point in the UK must be feeding an appetite for more agile delivery of infrastructure projects. This book doesn't have all the answers but it certainly provides a great framework for getting big things done in the future.

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Tod

Brilliant book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 5 March 2023

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I’ve been delivering mega projects for 40 years and never have I read a book that drives home what matters for project success. Well written, researched and absolutely spot on. Up to date with modern thinking in this space. Written in simple language so non projects people can easily understand.

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P B.

Sage advice for small and huge projects / programmes.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 22 March 2023

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Lots of people are saying good things about this book in relation to mega projects. However, this book also covers very small projects that are as likely to suffer from the same root causes as big'uns.

This is the best value sage advice for for initiating or rescuing projects - small through mega.

Frustrating to see how true is Douglas Adams words:
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”

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