In their book, 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, authors Bent Flyvberg, an Oxford University professor
and a renowned world authority on mega-project management, and Dan
Gardner, a journalist and the author of the New York Times
best-sellers Risk, Future Babble, and
Superforecasting, identify certain science-based principles
that enhance a project's likelihood of success.
While their findings stem primarily from the study of
mega-projects such as skyscraper construction and film production,
the authors contend that they also apply to smaller-scale projects
and merger-and-acquisition (M&A) transactions.
