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Overview
When big-budget science, high technology and engineering projects fall massively short of the promises made by their promoters, there is generally an identifiable list of practices that are the cause. This book names 7 practices found to be at the root of catastrophic project failure, which appear over and over again in such projects as the Channel Tunnel which was called "the longest crematorium in the world" or France's Superphenix, which was so volatile as to be compared to Chernobyl. Bell looks at 7 catastrophic technology projects, delivering lessons for designers, developers, project managers and their senior managers on how to avoid the next project disaster. 7 Worst Practices: Suspension, abolition or ignoring of all controls; Building before or at the same time as designing; Contractor dominance; Shifting all risk to the buyer or taxpayer; Political engineering; Crime and corruption of the buyer as a way of doing business; Keeping problems and failures secret until it is too late to stop the project. Note: This book was published in French and Dutch this past Spring by Editions du Seuil, the French edition has sold 4000+ copies since May. The English edition will feature examples not included in previous editions.
| ISBN-13 | 9780471349747 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0471349747 |
| List Price | $39.95 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 256 pages |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Published On | 2020-01-07 |
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