Ian Mack

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Hard Things Are Hard: Lessons for Complex Procurement Projects

Hard Things Are Hard: Lessons for Complex Procurement Projects

Lost ground can always be regained, lost time never – Franklin D. Roosevelt A recent book by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner1 reveals the following sobering statistics regarding complex infrastructure projects: Only 47.9 per cent of such projects were delivered on budget, 8.5 per cent were delivered on budget and on time, and a mere 0.5 per cent of projects...