How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration Book by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

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.