What Made Gertie Gallop? : Learning From Project Failures
by O. P. Kharbanda and Jeffrey K. Pinto
The projects reviewed here are old enough that they have been analyzed well enough for fairly complete understanding to be possible. The mega-scale of the projects makes them less than directly applicable for most readers, but their large scale makes for a completeness in their management, smaller projects frequently skimp on their formal management, and more thorough documentation, that makes for a better analysis.
The failures are well illustrated by the projects chosen and the writing does not get in the way of the analyses. This book is very clearly written, the individual project analyses can almost be read like short stories, but with the added benefit of being factual. There are all sorts of failure modes discussed, failures of structural understanding, failures of planning, of political support, of lack of market demand, and more.
What Made Gertie Gallop? : Learning From Project Failures by O. P. Kharbanda and Jeffrey K. Pinto
The projects reviewed here are old enough that they have been analyzed well enough for fairly complete understanding to be possible. The mega-scale of the projects makes them less than directly applicable for most readers, but their large scale makes for a completeness in their management, smaller projects frequently skimp on their formal management, and more thorough documentation, that makes for a better analysis.
The failures are well illustrated by the projects chosen and the writing does not get in the way of the analyses. This book is very clearly written, the individual project analyses can almost be read like short stories, but with the added benefit of being factual. There are all sorts of failure modes discussed, failures of structural understanding, failures of planning, of political support, of lack of market demand, and more.