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

Product Information

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. Carmel founded the charity Magic Breakfast; she is a tech entrepreneur, mentor to CEOs and best-selling author of Change Activist: Make Big Things Happen Fast. There are a limited number of general problems at play, but this interesting book is rich in case studies sufficient to flesh out and drive home its messages. Please note: The web player is supported by the following web browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari.

Given the success of open source in software I've often thought about how making this data more available should be a policy focus.Any changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. Have you ever found yourself sticking to a project that isn't working out, simply because you've already invested so much time, effort, or money into it? If it had been designed and located optimally on the first iteration, it would only have four sides and become just another bland government building. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Maybe you're a seasoned pro who's worked on major infrastructure projects, or maybe you're just a regular person who's tried to plan a large event.

His three books on psychology and decision-making—published in 25 countries and 19 languages—have been praised by everyone from The Economist to Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman. And by exploring the reasons why other projects often run into trouble, you’ll learn what you should do – or not do – to make your next project more successful. Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg. Finally, here’s a guide to navigating the embarrassingly predictable mistakes we all tend to make when taking on life’s biggest and most important projects.If a small business or individual gets caught in the fat tail of the distribution, they can be wiped out completely. Luckily, there's a method for breaking down these challenges, no matter what the scale of your project is.

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.They knew how many windows Empire State would have, how many blocks of limestone, and of what shapes and sizes, how many tons of aluminum and stainless steel, tons of cement, tons of mortar. There’s a practical payoff, too: a toolbox with eleven smart heuristics for better project leadership that every planner who wants to succeed should know. In this episode, hosted by Mike Hine, online editor for APM’s Project journal, we’re looking at communication for project professionals. Exploring both significant project failures and successes provides invaluable insights into the essential elements necessary for any project's success.

The result is a crystal-clear pattern of surprising reasons why almost all big human projects fail to deliver as expected—and a road map for the book’s lucky readers to avoid them. Project Innovators In the ‘Project Innovators’ season of podcasts, Project journal editor Emma De Vita is speaking to project professionals who are leading projects in an innovative way at a time when many of us are hoping the world of work and projects can be reset for a post-COVID-19 world. They’ll be explaining exactly what inclusive design is, why it matters for your projects and how to do it well.In this episode, Emma meets Kristina Bull, a Partner at QSA Partners, a B Corp consultancy with a mission to help organisations to implement circular economy business models. One year on, the book’s co-editors – Dr Ruth Murray-Webster and Professor Darren Dalcher – co-host an episode that reflects on the changes and updates made to the seventh edition.