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

by Bent Flyvbjerg

The phrase is “reference class.”[8] To understand what a reference class is, bear in mind that there are two fundamentally different ways to look at a project. The first is to see it as its own special undertaking. All projects are special to some degree.