TY - BOOK AU - Flyvbjerg, Bent. TI - 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 SN - 978-0593239513 U1 - 658.404FLY PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Currency KW - Project management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -