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

good planning explores, imagines, analyzes, tests, and iterates. That takes time.

slow is a consequence of doing planning right, not a cause. The cause of good planning is the range and depth of the questions it asks and the imagination and the rigor of the answers it delivers.

Planning is creativity’s natural habitat.

The word deadline comes from the American Civil War, when prison camps set boundaries and any prisoner who crossed a line was shot.