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 Bent Flyvbjerg 

Courses taught

MSc in Major Programme Management

Expertise

Bent Flyvbjerg's research covers cost overruns and benefit shortfalls in major programmes, theories of success and failure, complexity and innovation, optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation, cost and demand forecasting in high-risk environments, risk assessment and management, and governance of major programmes. He is author and co-author of key references in the field of major programme management, including the books Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition and Decision-Making on Mega-Projects.

Flyvbjerg furthermore does research on the philosophy of social science, where he has pioneered a research methodology called “phronetic social science," described in his books Making Social Science Matter, Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis and Rationality and Power. His books and articles have been translated into 19 languages and his research covered by Science, The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, The New York Times, the BBC, Charlie Rose, and many other media.

Overview

Bent Flyvbjerg is the first BT Professor and Chair of Major Programme Management at Oxford University. He is founding Director of Oxford’s BT Centre for Major Programme Management. He is a leading international expert within the field of major programme management and planning.

Flyvbjerg has consulted with both government and business – including several Fortune 500 companies and major banks. He has also worked for regulators, national audit offices, the EU Commission, and the United Nations. He has been an adviser to the UK, Dutch, and Danish governments in formulating national policies for infrastructure, environment, transportation, and science.

Flyvbjerg has received numerous honors and awards, including two Visiting Fulbright Scholarships to the USA, where he did research at the University of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley and at Harvard University. He has been a Visiting Fellow with the European University Institute in Florence. In 2002, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark conferred upon Bent Flyvbjerg the Knighthood of the Order of the Dannebrog for his professional accomplishments.

Before coming to Oxford, Flyvbjerg held professorships at Aalborg University, Denmark and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He received his PhD from Aarhus University, Denmark, and holds two higher doctorates from Aalborg University in engineering (Dr. Techn.) and science (Dr. Scient.), respectively.

Bent Flyvbjerg is a Professorial Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford.

Research interests

Major programme management and planning.
Major programme finance and risk.
Regulation of major programmes.
Philosophy of social science.
Case study research.

Books

 

Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman, and Sanford Schram, eds., Real Social
Science: Applied Phronesis
. 2012,  Cambridge University Press.  For reviews, click here.

Hugo Priemus, Bent Flyvbjerg, and Bert van Wee, eds., Decision-Making On Mega-Projects: Cost–benefit Analysis, Planning, and Innovation. 2008, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar.

Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, and Werner Rothengatter, Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition.  2003, Cambridge University Press.

Bent Flyvbjerg, Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again. 2001, Cambridge University Press.

Bent Flyvbjerg, Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice. 1998, The University of Chicago Press.

Journal articles 


"Quality Control and Due Diligence in Project Management: Getting Decisions Right by Taking the Outside View,"  May 2013, International Journal of Project Management, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 760-774.

"Different Cost Performance: Different Determinants? The Case of Cost Overruns in Dutch Transport Infrastructure Projects."  July 2012, co-authors: Chantal C. Cantarelli, Eric J. E. Molin, and Bert van Wee, Transport Policy, vol. 22, pp. 88-95.

"Characteristics of Cost Overruns for Dutch Transport Infrastructure Projects and the Importance of the Decision to Build and Project Phases."   July 2012, co-authors: Chantal C. Cantarelli, Eric J. E. Molin, and Bert van Wee, Transport Policy, vol. 22, pp. 49-56. 

"Why Mass Media Matter to Planning Research: The Case of Megaprojects."  June 2012, Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 169-181.

"Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier than You Think."  September 2011, co-author: Alexander Budzier, Harvard Business Review, pp. 601-603; selected by HBR as leading article for the "Ideas Watch" section, featuring the hottest new ideas in business and management.

"Transferable Knowledge: An Interview with Bent Flyvbjerg," 2011, interview by Inge Mette Kirkeby, Architectural Research Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 9-14.

"Lock-in and Its Influence on the Project Performance of Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Investigating the Way in Which Lock-In Can Emerge and Affect Cost Overruns."  2010, co-authors: Chantal C. Cantarelli, Bert van Wee, and Eric J. E. Molin, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design,  vol. 37, pp. 792-807.

"Large Transport Infrastructure Projects: Improving Institutions and Decision Making."  2010, co-author Bert van Wee, Editorial, European Journal of Transport Infrastructure Research, vol. 10, no. 1,  pp. 1-4.

"Cost Overruns in Large-scale Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Explanations and Their Theoretical Embeddedness."  March 2010, co-authors: Chantal C. Cantarelli, Eric J.E. Molin, and Bert van Wee, European Journal of Transport Infrastructure Research, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 5-18.

"Survival of the Unfittest: Why the Worst Infrastructure Gets Built—And What We Can Do about It." 2009, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 344–367.

"Delusion and Deception in Large Infrastructure Projects: Two Models for Explaining and Preventing Executive Disaster."  Winter 2009, co-authors: Massimo Garbuio and Dan Lovallo, California Management Review, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 170-193.

"Policy and Planning for Large-Infrastructure Projects: Problems, Causes, Cures."  July 2008, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol. 34, 2007, pp. 578-597. This article was awarded the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Prize for Best Published Paper.

"Comparison of Capital Costs per Route-Kilometre in Urban Rail."  March 2008, co-authors: Nils Bruzelius and Bert van Wee, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 17-30.

"Planning and Design of Large Infrastructure Projects."  2007, guest editorial, co-author: Hugo Priemus, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol. 34, pp. 576-577.

"Cost Overruns and Demand Shortfalls in Urban Rail and Other Infrastructure." February 2007, Transportation Planning and Technology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 9-30.

"From Nobel Prize to Project Management: Getting Risks Right." August 2006,  Project Management Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 5-15.

"Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research."  April 2006, Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 219-245.  Listed by Sage as "most read" and "most cited" article on the journal's homepage (as of 2012).

"Measuring Inaccuracy in Travel Demand Forecasting: Methodological Considerations Regarding Ramp Up and Sampling."  July 2005, Transportation Research A, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 522-530.

"Design by Deception: The Politics of Megaproject Approval."  Spring/summer 2005, Harvard Design Magazine, no. 22, pp. 50-59.

"How (In)accurate Are Demand Forecasts in Public Works Projects? The Case of Transportation."  Spring 2005, principal author: Bent Flyvbjerg; co-authors: Mette Skamris Holm and Søren L. Buhl, Journal of the American Planning Association, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 131-146.

 "Habermas and Foucault: Thinkers for Civil Society?” 1998, The British Journal of Sociology, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 210-233.

Book chapters 

"Five Misunderstandings about Case Study Research, Corrected." 2013, in Maggi Savin-Baden and Claire Howell Major, eds., Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice, pp. 165-166, London and New York: Routledge.

"Overspend? Late? Failure? What the Data Says about IT Project Risk in the Public Sector." 2012, co-author: Alexander Budzier, in Commonwealth Secretariat, ed., Commonwealth Governance Handbook: Democracy, Development, and Public Administration, pp. 145-147, Cambridge: Nexus.

‪"Habermas and Foucault: Thinkers for Civil Society?” 2012, in Stewart R. Clegg and Mark Haugaard, eds., Power, vol. 1: Power and Politics, pp. 117-140, London: Sage.

"Why Mass Media Matter and How to Work with Them: Phronesis and Megaprojects." 2012, in Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman, and Sanford Schram eds., Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis, pp. 95-121, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.  For reviews of the book click here.

"Introduction: New Directions in Social Science." 2012, co-authors: Todd Landman and Sanford Schram, in Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman and Sanford Schram, eds., Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis, pp. 1-14,  Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.  For reviews of the book click here.

"Important Next Steps in Phronetic Social Science." 2012, co-authors: Todd Landman,and Sanford Schram, in Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman and Sanford Schram, eds, Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis, pp. 285-297, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.  For reviews of the book click here.

"Delusion, Deception and Corruption in Major Infrastructure Projects: Causes, Consequences, Cures."  2011, co-author Eamonn Molloy, in Susan Rose-Ackerman and Tina Soreide, eds., International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, pp. 81-107, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

"Policy and Planning for Large Infrastructure Projects: Problems, Causes, and Curses."  2011, in Thomas L. Harper, Michael Hibbard, Heloisa Costa, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, eds., Dialogues in Urban Regional Planning, vol 4, pp. 223-248, New York: Routledge.

"Making Social Science Matter." 2011, in Georgios Papanagnou, eds., Social Science and Policy Challenges: Democracy, Values and Capacities, pp. 25-56, Paris: UNESCO Publishing.

"Case Study." 2011, in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 4th Edition, pp. 301-316, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

"Over Budget, Over Time, Over and Over Again: Managing Major Projects." 2011, in Peter W. G. Morris, Jeffrey K. Pinto, and Jonas Söderlund, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Project Management., pp. 321-344, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

"Optimism and Misrepresentation in Early Project Development." 2009, in Terry Williams, Knut Samset and Kjell Sunnevag, eds., Making Essential Choices with Scant Information: Front-end Decision Making in Major Projects, pp. 147-168, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

"Phronetic Organizational Research." 2008, in Richard Thorpe and Robin Holt, eds., The Sage Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research, pp. 153-155, Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

"Making Sociology Matter: Phronetic Sociology as Public Sociology." 2008, in Michael Hviid Jacobsen, ed., Public Sociology, pp. 77-117, Aalborg University Press.

"Introduction: Scope of the Book." 2008, co-authors Hugo Priemus and Bert van Wee, in Hugo Priemus, Bent Flyvbjerg, and Bert van Wee, eds., Decision-Making On Mega-Projects: Cost-benefit Analysis, Planning, and Innovation, pp. 1-20, Cheltenham, UK and Northamton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar.

"Public Planning of Mega-projects: Overestimation of Demand and Underestimation of Costs." 2008, in Hugo Priemus, Bent Flyvbjerg, and Bert van Wee, eds., Decision-Making On Mega-Projects: Cost-benefit Analysis, Planning, and Innovation, pp. 120-144, Cheltenham, UK and Northamton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar.

"How Optimism Bias and Strategic Misrepresentation in Early Project Development Undermine Implementation." 2007, in Kjell J. Sunnevåg, ed., Beslutninger på svakt informasjonsgrunnlag: Tilnærminger og utfordringer i projekters tidlige fase (Decisions based on weak information: Approaches and challenges in the early phase of projects), pp. 41-55, Trondheim, Norway: Concept Program, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

"Eliminating Bias in Early Project Development through Reference Class Forecasting and Good Governance." 2007, in Kjell J. Sunnevåg, ed., Beslutninger på svakt informasjonsgrunnlag: Tilnærminger og utfordringer i projekters tidlige fase (Decisions based on weak information: Approaches and challenges in the early phase of projects), pp. 90-110, Trondheim, Norway: Concept Program, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

"Megaprojects and Risk."  2007, in William L. Richter and Frances Burke, eds., Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics: A Practical Guide to Management Ethics, second edition pp. 52-58, principal author: Bent Flyvbjerg; co-authors: Nils Bruzelius and Werner Rothengatter, Published in cooperation with The American Society for Public Administration. Lanham, MA and Plymouth, UK: Rowman and Littlefield.

"Five Misunderstandings about Case-Study Research." 2007, in Clive Seale, Giampietro Gobo, Jaber F. Gubrium, and David Silverman, eds., Qualitative Research Practice: Concise Paperback Edition, pp. 390-404, London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

"A Perestroikan Straw Man Answers Back: David Laitin and Phronetic Political Science."  2006, in Sanford F. Schram and Brian Caterino, eds., Making Political Science Matter: Debating Knowledge, Research, and Method, pp. 56-85, New York and London: New York University Press.

"Making Organization Research Matter: Power, Values, and Phronesis."  July 2006, in Stewart R. Clegg, Cynthia Hardy, Thomas B. Lawrence, and Walter R. Nord, eds., The Sage Handbook of Organization Studies, second edition, pp. 370-387, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Working papers

"Olympic Proportions: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Olympics 1960-2012." June 2012, co-author: Allison Stewart, working paper, 23 pp, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

"Double Whammy – How ICT Projects are Fooled by Randomness and Screwed by Political Intent." August 2011, co-author: Alex Budzier, 33 pp., Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

"Truth and Lies About Megaprojects." September 2007, Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management, 27 pp., Delft University of Technology.

"Megaproject Policy and Planning: Problems, Causes, Cures." 2007,  summary of dissertation for higher doctorate in science (Dr. Scient.), 62 pp., Aalborg: Uni.print, Aalborg University.

"Policy and Planning for Large Infrastructure Projects: Problems, Causes, Cures." 2005, Policy Research Working Paper, WPS 3781, 32 pp., World Bank, Washington, DC.

"The High Price of Rebuilding Iraq." April 2003, Unpublished Op-Ed, Saïd Business School, Oxford University.

Publications in other languages

Bent Flyvbjerg, Sta mogu drustvene nauke: Razlozi neuspeha i strategija za buducnost. 2012. Translation of Making Social Science Matter; translated from Serbian by Milos Vukcevic. Beograd: Glasnik.

 

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Media coverage in English

2013  

Subway Project Drills Down on Costs The Wall Street Journal (15/05/2013)

Want a subway extension? Here's what you can look forward to LAObserved.com (15/05/2013)  

Failure haunts Berlin ghost airport TheNational.ae (25/04/2013)

Why a Botched IT Project Will Destroy a Major Corporation in the Near Future TechnologyReview.com (08/04/2013)

Investors crushed under dodgy infrastructure BusinessSpectator.com.au (08/03/2013)

The project interview APM.org.uk (26/02/2013)

Guarding against deceptive forecasts Engineers Australia (02/2013)

Democrats need technocrats as well as politicians DailyHerald.com (09/02/2013)

Of oil refineries, nuclear plants and the planning fallacy Engineeringnews.co.za (08/02/2013)

Democrats need technocrats as well as politicians Delewareonline.com (07/02/2013)

HRH the Prince of Wales opens school’s new wing Finchannel.com (07/02/2013)

Jaipur congress session can be expressed in two metaphors: Governance and voice Indiatime.com (06/02/2013)

Why democracies aren’t good at bridge-building Bloomberg.com (05/02/2013)

HS2: a disaster in the making Moneyweek.com (04/02/2013)

£800m for road plan questioned by experts Walesonline.co.uk (24/01/2013)

Questions asked over £800m Heads of the Valleys upgrade Walesonline.co.uk (21/01/2013)

Berlin takes a beating over airport woes Meltwaternews.com (18/01/2013)

Paper review - Bent Flyvbjerg on quality control and due dilligence in project management  Quantumleap.com (16/01/2013)

Input data a key source of error in transport project forecasts, say planners TransportXtra.com (11/01/2013)

Client data often to blame for forecasting errors, say planners TransportXtra.com (11/01/2013)

A History of Political Deception in Germany Spiegel.de (10/01/2013)

Credible estimating processes Chowying.com (09/01/2013)

 

2012

Most project management forecasters are fools or liars
Finchannel.com (26/12/2012)

Punish consultants for faulty forecasts, says project expert  TransportXtra.com (21/12/2012)

Most project management forecasters are fools or liars says Oxford Professor in new paper  DigitalJournal.com (13/12/2012)

Most project management forecasters are fools or liars  Saïd Business School (11/12/2012)

As Florida threatens to charge more for the humanities, those disciplines require a defense Tufts Roundtable Commons (27/11/2012)

Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on budget, and on value McKinsey & Company (October 2012)

Countries no richer hosting big events - NZIER New Zealand Herald (30/10/2012)

Delivering Large Scale IT Projects On Time, On Budget and On Value Information Management (24/10/2012)

Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on budget, and on value Insurance Networking News (24/10/2012)

Rip off country  Herald Scotland (16/09/2012)

Best Practice Driven Core Banking System Transformation  Imacor.eu (September 2012)

Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis  LSE Review of Books (06/09/2012)

Infrastructure is too costly  Money Week (31/08/2012)

More of the ugly truth seems to have leaked out about HealthSMART Australia Health IT (29/08/2012)

The London Olympics:  urban geopolitics  Antipode (24/08/2012

Public funding for pro sports easy to sell, hard to justify  The Vancouver Sun (24/08/2012)

High-speed rail in Brazil: fourth time unlucky  The Economist 24/08/2012)

With so much public money, no wonder sports investments look good  The Vancouver Sun (23/08/2012)

Lessons from the Olympics  The Royal Gazette (23/08/2012)

Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on budget, and on value  The Financial Times (21/08/2012)

Profit from Brazil's infrastructure splurge Money Morning Australia (20/08/2012)

How to profit from Brazil's infrastructure splurge   Money Week (17/08/2012)

Low bid on subway station could cost SF San Francisco Chronicle (10/08/2012)

Front-runner to build SF subway station has history of cost overruns California Watch (09/08/2012)

The Report - Olympic Legacy BBC Radio 4 (09/08/2012)

London Olympics, an economic letdown for UK? Press TV (07/08/2012)

London confident of avoiding Games curse SBS World News (02/08/2012)

London confident of avoiding Games curse Euronews (02/08/2012)

Pop Quiz The Top 5 Biggest Olympic Budget Overruns  Bloomberg (02/08/2012)

London confident of avoiding Games curse  The Guardian (02/08/2012)

London confident of avoiding Games curse Reuters (01/08/2012)

London confident of avoiding Games curse WSAU.com (01/08/2012)

London confident of avoiding Games curse CNBC (01/08/2012)

Faster, higher, stronger and more expensive: the Olympic Games are losing their shine The Conversation (31/07/2012)

Will the Olympics be good for the British economy? The Voice of Russia (30/07/2012)

Business and the Olympics The Economist (30/07/2012)

Winner's curse? The economics of hosting the Olympic Games CBC News (30/07/2012)

Dream on all you can but we can never host Olympics in 2028 Standard (28/07/2012)

London Olympics on track to be ‘most costly Games ever’ The Independent (28/07/2012)

The price of the Olympics MoneyWeek (27/07/2012)

The Morning Ledger: Economy Drifts Toward Breakdown Lane Wall Street Journal CFO Report (27/07/2012)

Three Must-Read Articles Wall Street Journal CFO Report (27/07/2012)

London Olympics: Who says games are good for host countries?
FIRSTPOST (26/07/2012) 

London's Loss? Why Hosting the Olympics Is Bad Business
TIME (26/07/2012)

Great Olympic Debate Peasoup Magazine (25/07/2012)

Victors and Spoils 
The Economist (21/07/2012)

London banks on priciest Olympic facelift 
Euractiv.com (20/07/2012)

London banks on priciest Olympic facelift
Waste Management World (18/07/2012)


Sports and Marketing Identifying customer needs physically, profitably Daily News (16/07/2012)

Socrates, tabloids and how to preserve the flies in the ointment
LSE (14/07/2012)

Olympics Countdown 14 days to go! The Hindu (13/07/2012)

Was it worth it?  Debt-ridden Greeks question the cost of the 2004 Olympics
Time (09/07/2012)

Olympic venues then and now The Washington Post (05/07/2012)

Instant Alert: 12 Enduring Legacies From Olympic Host Cities12 College Sports News 24/7 (05/07/2012)

Enduring Legacies Of Olympic Host Cities 2012 Business Insider (05/07/2012)

Olympics on track to be 'most expensive games ever' Finchannel.com (30/06/2012)


Oxford research predicts most expensive Olympics ever Cherwell.org (28/06/2012)

Investing in project bonds to support infrastructure development may help to return Eurozone to growth LSE (27/06/2012)

London 2012 to be most expensive Olympic Games ever
London Loves Business (27/06/2012)

London's wildly over-budget Olympics: By the numbers The Week (27/06/2012)

Olympic cost 'set to hit  £8bn' Oxford Mail (27/06/2012)

 
London games most over budget for 16 years Australian Financial Review (26/12/2012)
The Times of India (26/12/2012)
 
Day & Night News (26/06/2012)

London Olympics Most Over-Budget Games Since Atlanta In 1996 Sports Business Daily (26/06/2012)

London Olympics to be 'most expensive Games ever: Study NewKerala.com (26/06/2012) 

London Olympics May Be Most Expensive Games Ever Forbes (25/06/2012)

 

Changing Whitehalll - Sir Humphrey, your time is up
The Economist (09/06/2012)

China set to continue supersize binge
Money Control (04/06/2012)
 
China set to continue supersize binge
Financial Times (03/06/2012)

Queensland's regulatory quagmire - the dark side of planning, part 2
Mondaq.com (02/06/2012)

Olympic Sponsors BP, EDF To Restore Confidence Bloomberg (09/05/2012)

Why congress should be concerned about Honolulu's pricey £5.3 billion rail to nowhere
The Washington Times (17/04/2012)

The bigger picture: think small and dream of life in a better world
The Sydney Morning Herald (23/03/2012)

Five Ways To Rein In Runaway IT Projects Before It Happens
Forbes (19/03/2012)

Hold on to your wallets if feds build train
Las Vegas Journal Review  (29/02/2012)

Oxford University to design and deliver program for UK Government Civil Servants  IEDP (22/02/2012)

Saïd Nails Down Major Civil Servant Training
The Financial Times (08/02/2012)

Oxford University, England Sets Up Leadership School for Civil Servants
Wall Street Journal (07/02/2012)

Improving UK Government’s Leadership of Major Public Projects
Press Release from Oxford Univeristy (07/02/2012)

School for civil servants to learn how to manage major projects The Telegraph (07/02/2012

Announcement by Minister for the Cabinet Office : New Approach to Leadership of Major Public Projects Cabinet Office News (07/02/2012)

Civil Servants will learn how to save £40bn The Independent (07/02/2012)

Difference between Hawaii's Rail and Weather Forcasters  The Hawaii Reporter (06/02/2012)

Toll project spurs nagging questions  AJC (05/02/2012)

Does California need high speed rail?  The New York Times (27/01/2012)

China's explosive debt growth can't continue much longer Business Insider (24/01/2012)

Californian high speed rail fibs Wall Street Journal (10/01/2012)

Rail transit piles risk on risk, scholar warns The Record (07/01/2012)

Akst: Spend for Infrastructure - honestly Newsday (06/01/2012) 

2011

Expat education: distance learning ideal for broadening your horizons
The Telegraph (17/11/2011)

Cost rail projects properly to bring down the bills Sydney Morning Herald (29/10/2011)

The Webb Telescope: Late and Overbudget but Still Worthwhile The Atlantic (28/10/2011)

Business-school research: The physics-envy problem The Economist (14/10/2011)

TransLink's 2012 Supplemental Plan and Outlook imparts intentional inaccuracy straight.com (08/09/2011)

IT Greatness Vs. IT Risk Information Week (07/09/2011)

Private firms in a flap over black swan projects project (06/09/2011)

City lights Holyrood (05/09/2011)

California Bullet Train: Cost Of High-Speed Rail Project Balloons Huffington Post (29/08/2011)

One in six major IT projects go 200% over budget itp.net (27/08/2011)

Private sector IT projects just as bad as in public sector Information Age (26/08/2011)

'Black swans' busting IT budgets BBC News (26/08/2011)

One in six IT projects 'out of control' Public Service (24/08/2011)

IT Fails to Deliver on Time and Within Budget The Wall Street Journal (24/08/2011)

Traveling back to the future on intercity buses Washington Examiner (23/08/2011)

IT projects demolish big businesses and executive careers, say researchers Computer Weekly (22/08/2011)

'Black swans' fly out of control; Growing threat from high-cost, hi-tech projects The Times (22/08/2011)

Five ways to stop your IT projects spiralling out of control and overbudget Silicon (22/08/2011)

Huge IT cost blow-outs ABC Radio National (20/08/2011)

Tres grand vitesse, tres grand cost overrun The Economist (15/08/2011)

California High-Speed Rail Costs Skyrocket CBS San Francisco (09/08/2011)

Standard and Poor's piss-poor political science Foreign Policy (06/08/2011)

The Economics Of China's High-Speed Rail Business Insider (25/07/2011)

Why big projects usually exceed cost estimates The Washington Examiner (14/07/2011)

Why We Shouldn't be Building Large Infrastructure Projects Forbes (13/07/2011)

Procurement alliances key to securing water work: report Journal of Commerce (13/07/2011)

Too Many Public Works Built on Rosy Scenarios Bloomberg (08/07/2011)

Honolulu: Mega Rail Project in a Micro City Hawaii Reporter (05/07/2011)

Procurement alliances will be key to securing water work, C.D. Howe Institute report finds The Daily Commercial News And Construction Record (23/06/2011)

Legal threat to consultant as toll road traffic fails to materialise TransportXtra (03/06/2011)

Costs piling up for Ohio River Bridges Project traffic study Courier-journal.com (17/05/2011)

Of Space Ships and Bullet Trains City Journal (06/04/2011)

Manhattan Moment: Space shuttle program is a cautionary tale for ambitious infrastructure projects Washington Examiner (05/04/2011)

Airport tunnel report should be released by city The Calgary Herald (27/03/2011)

Research sets the benchmarks Project Manager Today (03/2011)

The Costly Risks of Mega-projects like the Columbia River Crossing
BlueOregon.com (25/03/2011)

MRT price tag: Where to draw the line? Free Malaysia Today (06/03/2011)

RM51 billion for under-used MRT? Free Malaysia Today (03/03/2011)

Reputations are made by great PR Financial Times (26/01/2011)

High-Speed Heaven or Boondoggle Express Miller-McCune.com (08/02/2011)

2010

Where Infrastructure Estimates Come Up Short  The Wall Street Journal (16/10/2010)

When Construction Costs Runneth Over  The Wall Street Journal (15/10/2010)

California High Speed Rail: Results for Hire: Fact Check  Examiner.Com (29/08/2010)

California High Speed Rail - Results for Hire & Mega Project Estimate Failures Examiner.Com (16/08/2010) 

Who will pay for California's high-speed rail system? MercuryNews.com (15/08/2010)

Sea link contractor seeks anotehr Rs 680 cr for overheads in project The Times of India (03/08/2010)

Judge Quentin Kopp defends high-speed rail KALW News (02/08/2010)

The Planning Problem: A documentary on high-speed rail KALW News (21/07/2010)

Management plan for Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel minimizes chance of cost overruns The Seattle Times (15/07/2010)

Hidden challenges of Highway 99 tunnel The Seattle Times (12/07/2010)

California High Speed Rail Authority opts to ignore ridership problems San Francisco Chronicle (09/07/2010)

Radio interview Dave Ross Show, KIRO 97.3 FM, Seattle (05/07/2010)

Drilling a Highway 99 tunnel thrills industry pros The Seattle Times (22/06/2010)

Radical transport thinking sparks dispute Financial Times (06/06/2010)

Seattle mayor’s viaduct tunnel vision Business Journal (04/06/2010)

Rail is a gravy train only for its promoters by Panos D. Prevedouros Star Bulletin (13/04/2010)

Ohio 3C train plan closely tracks 'Gridlock' author's scenario of 'strategic misrepresentation' by John Michael Spinelli, Examiner.Com (12/04/2010)

Taken For A Ride: Parsons Brinckerhoff Exposé By Tara Servatius  Coronado Common Sense (08/03/2010)

Construction risk - What risk? Project Finance International (10/02/2010)

2009

Managing mega projects World Finance (17/12/2009)

Comment on infrastructure stimulus initiatives The Banker (10/2009)

Is the tunnel a boondoggle? Crosscut (20/10/2009)

Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel claims: Who's right? The Seattle Times (17/10/2009)

Bore, Baby, Bore? Sightline Report Compares Cost Overruns of Seattle-Area Tunnels  Northwest Hub (17/10/2009)

Bridging the Political Divide by Roger Valdez Sightline Daily (16/09/2009)

Why do so many projects overrun their budget? ePM Training Services (14/09/2009)

Rail 626: Network Rail shows weakness of high speed rail business case by Christian Wolmar  Rail Magazine (09/09/2009)

Why do we get megaproject costs wrong? by Clark Williams-Derry  Sightline Daily (31/08/2009) 

Train wreck - Alberta's high-speed train proposal is on collision course with fiscal reality. by Mark Milke  Western Standard (20/07/2009)

MSc aims to halt overruns to transport project costs  TransportXtra (08/05/2009)

Tunnel's cost may fool us all by Danny Westneat The Seattle Times (03/05/2009)

Absolution ain’t a modern solution by Paul Morrell bd (24/04/2009)

When getting it right or wrong, size matters by Carol Lewis TimesOnline (31/03/2009)

Media coverage in other languages

2013

   

4 défis IT pour l’entreprise de demain LESECHOS.FR (20/04/2013)

Progetti IT: quanto costano i rischi non valutati? COMPUTER WORLD (19/04/2013)

Gammel moro gir Kypriotisk Svie Private Banking (19/03/2013)

Milliardengräber FAZ.NET (10/02/2013)

De olympiske pengeleker AFTENPOSTEN.NO (09/02/2013)

Das teuerste öffentliche Gebäude Deutschlands WELT.DE (09/02/2013)

Rathaussanierung: Initiatoren des Einwohnerantrags dürfen im Mainzer Stadtrat reden ALLGEMEINE-ZEITUNG.DE (04/02/2013)

Und am Schluss zahlt der Steuerzahler RUNDSCHAU-ONLINE.DE (02/02/2013)

Ein neuer Brauch  KAWE-KURIER.DE (28/01/2013)

Was die Bahn bewegte: Rückblick auf die Woche 4 WIWO.DE (25/01/2013)

Proyecciones peligrosas PORTAFOLIO.CO (23/01/2013)

Teure Prestigebauten: Deutschlands nächste Milliardengräber SPIEGEL.DE (22/01/2013)

Transparenz erhöht Akzeptanz – Planung und Risiken von Großprojekten transparent machen DFDSJUMBO.COM (21/01/2013)

La historia de amor con los megaproyectos ha acabado en miseria ELPAIS.COM (21/01/2013)

Transparenz erhöht Akzeptanz – Planung und Risiken von Großprojekten transparent machen PRESSEPORTAL.CO.UK (16/01/2013)

Transparenz erhöht Akzeptanz – Planung und Risiken von Großprojekten transparent machen WELTJOURNAL.DE (16/01/2013)

Transparenz erhöht Akzeptanz – Planung und Risiken von Großprojekten transparent machen BALATON-ZEITUNG.INFO (16/01/2013)

Berliner, so baut ihr richtig! ZEIT.DE (14/01/2013)

Großprojekte: Wenn Politiker zur Schaufel greifen DIEPRESSE.COM (12/01/2013)

Az állam mint átok NOL.HU (12/01/2013)

Pannen Made in Germany SWR.DE (12/01/2013)

Niemcy: budowa lotniska w Berlinie kolejną inwestycyjną wpadką WIADOMOSCI.ONET.PL (11/01/2013)

Die meisten Projektmanager sind Dummköpfe oder Lügner SPIEGEL.DE (10/01/2013)

Wie die Politik die Bürger täuscht SPIEGEL.DE (09/01/2013)

Hier setzt die Politik Steuergelder in den Sand  MERKUR-ONLINE.DE (09/01/2013)

Betrug durch Falschangaben HEISE.DE (09/01/2013)

Schlampige Planung oder Größenwahn BR.DE (08/01/2013)

Das Großversagen ZEIT.DE (07/01/2013)

Wer trägt die Schuld?  SÜDDEUTSCHE.DE (07/01/2013)

 

2012

Großprojekte sind auch ohne ein Desaster möglich  DIE WELT (27/12/2012)

Kostensteigerung bei Großprojekten Augen zu und durch  STUTTGARTER-ZEITUNG.DE (21/12/2012)

Fødselsdag Megaprojekternes vagthund fylder 60   POLITIKEN.DK (10/12/2012)

Η "στρατηγική παρερμηνεία" ως εργαλείο μνημονιακής διαχείρισης AVGI.GR (25/11/2012)

PT MRT Bantah Biaya Mahal  BERITASATU (09/11/2012) 

PT MRT Bantah Pembangunan MRT di Jakarta Mahal INILAH (09/11/2012)

Proyek MRT Jakarta Dianggap Kemahalan  NEWS-JAKARTA (08/11/2012)

Se den olympiske byggeplassen TU (08/11/2012)

Unngå asfaltering av kjøttrester! COMPUTERWORLD (01/11/2012)

Der Fluchhafen Berlin ZDF.de (October 2012)

Das ganze verheerende Ausmaß des BER-Desasters Die Welt (29/10/2012)

Magtens banemand  NORDJYSKE WEEKEND (20/10/2012) 

Børsen: Metroringen er forsinket Lorry.dk (06/09/2012)

奥运与商业——成败得失
 
 
China Digital Times (22/08/2012)

Tourner la Page? Le Journal de Montréal (14/08/2012)

Los negocios tras los Juegos Olímpicos: Patrocinios, la gran apuesta
VANGUARDIA (28/07/2012)

Londres: le coût des J.O. deux fois supérieur au budget annoncé? RTBF.be (27/07/2012)

London-OL 387 prosent over budsjettet NRK.no (27/07/2012)

El negocio de los Juegos Olímpicos
El Diario (26/07/2012)

Spelen 2012: Duurste ooit
RAVEGEDIGITAAL (26/07/2012)

Livsløgn og balansekunst
Aftenposten.no (24/07/2012)

La seguridad extrema abandera los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres
Agenciasinc.es (23/07/2012)

Londres mise sur des rénovations exorbitantes en vue des JO
Techniques de l'Ingénieur (23/07/2012)

Olympiáda v Londýne bude drahá, ale udržateľná
Euractiv.sk  (20/07/2012)

Olimpíada de Londres ultrapassa custo inicial
Jornal Valor Econômico (19/07/2012)

Londres mise sur des rénovations exorbitantes en vue des JO
Euractiv.fr (18/07/2012)

लंदन ओलंपिक Doaba Headlines (10/07/2012) 


OL bliver dobbelt så dyrt P1 Morgen (09/07/2012)

伦敦奥运会经费:84亿英镑怎么花 Finance News SC.org (06/07/2012)

Unter dem Joch des Gigantismus Basler Zeitung (05/07/2012)

敦奧壓京奧 創史上最貴紀錄 China Times (02/07/2012)

 开支不超•93•英•?Sina Finance (02/07/2012)

Olimpiadas 2012: las de mayor sobrecosto desde Atlanta 1996 La Tercera (01/07/2012)

London 2012: Doppelt so teuer wie geplant Budget der Olympiade um fünf Mrd. Euro überzogen Pressetext (27/06/2012)

Las Olimpiadas de Londres serán las que más excedan el presupuesto desde Atlanta (Negocios 26/06/2012)

Olimpiada e scumpa rau Aiarul de Iasi (26/06/2012)

Olimpiada de la Londra i-a ars pe englezi la buzunare Curierul National (26/06/2012)

Studiu Oxford: Bugetul initial al Jocurilor Olimpice de la Londra va fi depasit cu peste 5 miliarde de euro Gandul (25/06/2012)

倫敦奧運花很大 超出原本估計147%新聞鉅亨網 CNyes (25/06/2012)

白刃_简道_新浪博客 BlogSina.com (07/06/2012)

Pleiten, Pech und Pannen bei Groß-Projekten in Deutschland Derwesten (06/06/2012)

中国患上投资“巨人症” FTChinese.com (08/06/2012)

Fragen der Größenordnung Das Tagesspiegel (13/05/2012)

Dansk professor skal spare britiske milliarder jv.dk (15/02/2012)

Dansk professor skal spare britiske milliarder Berlingske (15/02/2012)

Costruire debt in Cina Come Don Chisciotte (01/02/2012)

ATP overtager opgave fra kommunerne uden grund  PI Morgen (30/01/2012)

2011

Supersygehus nærmer sig ny byggeskandale Politiken.dk (29/10/2011)

Megaprojekter kræver det helt store ingeniørkørekort Ingeniøren (22/10/2011)

Lizenz zum Lügen Megaprojekte (20/10/2011)

ICT-Projekte: Vorsicht vor dem Schwarzen Schwan inside it.ch (17/10/2011)

Het ondenkbare denken De Standaard (15/10/2011)

Hvert sjette store IT-projekt løber løbsk DR Forside (14/09/2011)

Professor: Betalingsring en lappeløsning DR Forside (08/09/2011)

6 ud af 10 offentlige danske it-projekter ender i kaos COMPUTERWORLD (01/09/2011) 

Store it-projekter er en bombe under virksomheden COMPUTERWORLD (30/08/2011)

ИТ-проекты могут разрушить бизнес целиком Baisvik (29/08/2011)

5 gode råd: Sådan undgår du projekt-katastrofen Version 2 (22/08/2011)

1.500 gigantiske it-projekter undersøgt: Hvert sjette ender katastrofalt Version 2 (22/08/2011)

 Auf Lügen eingerichtet Süddeutsche Zeitung Süddeutsche Zeitung (02/08/2011)

Dure bouwprojecten: partijen bedonderen de boel Trouw.nl (08/07/2011)

Dure bouwprojecten: partijen bedonderen de boel Sociale Vraagstukken (07/07/2011)

Rejsekortet slap billigt Jyllands-Posten (06/2011) 

Verdens første sagsanlæg mod optimistisk trafikprognosemager Ingeniøren (08/06/2011)

Ekspert: Prisskred på Femerntunnel skyldes kynisme Ingeniøren (06/06/2011)

Forsker: Tunnelanlæg bliver altid mellem 50 og 100 procent dyrere Ingeniøren (31/05/2011)

Goudzoekers - Aflevering 3: Meerwerk in de bouw Nederland 2 (23/05/2011)

Seattle ruziet over verkeerstunnel Technisch Weekblad (14/05/2011)

Minister strammer grebet om DSB-bestyrelsen Berlingske Tidende  (15/04/2011)

DSB First-skandalen er dømt til at gentage sig Berlingske Tidende (11/04/2011)

Milliarden fürs Straßennetz - Verwaltung der Verkehrswege bleibt große Herausforderung Allgemeine Zeitung Windhoek (05/04/2011)

Balans van 45 jaar Noordwijk Brussel Deze Week (01/04/2011)

Teure Forschung - Seid verschlungen, Milliarden Sueddeutsche.de (21/01/2011)

2010

Interview: Ikke flere havne-brølere  Berlingske (12/11/2010)

Ekspert: Femernpris bliver endnu højere  Berlingske (02/11/2010)

Ekspert: Femernpris bliver endnu højere  Metropenge.dk (02/11/2010)

Flyvbjerg: Ikke plads til mange flere hovsa-udgifter på Femern  Ingeniøren (20/10/2010)

Warum die Kosten häufig bei Großprojekten aus dem Ruder laufen 
WDR 5 (18/10/2010)

Ekstra milliardudgift til Femern-bro  Jyllands-Posten (17/10/2010)

Milliard-smell for Fehmarn-bru  TV2 Nyhetene (17/10/2010)

Kritik preller af på Ulla Astman P4 Nordjylland (17/09/2010)

Region Nordjylland taber terræn P4 Nordjylland (17/09/2010)

Klar vinder i jysk regionskrig Jyllands-Posten (17/09/2010)

Der Nutzen wird oft überbewertet Wirtschafts Blatt (10/09/2010)

Manhattan como estrategia Deia.com (06/09/2010)

Stuttgart 21 - Warum bei Großprojekten die Kosten explodieren  Faz.net (26/08/2010)

Stuttgart 21 - Der tiefe Graben Rheinischer Merkur (19/08/2010)

Metrocityring: Alle bud sprænger budgettet Ingeniøren (04/06/2010)

Ekstraregning truer metrobyggeri Business.dk (04/06/2010)

Metrobyggeri trues af ekstraregning Jydske Vestkysten (04/06/2010)

Q&A: Metro-kritiker besvarer spørgsmål om styring af megaprojekter Ingeniøren (02/06/2010)

Metrodirektør afviser rod i cityringen Børsen (14/05/2010)

Ekspert: Metrocityring styrer mod store problemer DR P4 Copenhagen (14/05/2010)

Metrodirektør afviser rod i cityringen Børsen (14/05/2010) 

Projektekspert: Partnerskaber er for de erfarne bygherrer Ingeniøren (14/05/2010)  

Metrocityring løber større risiko end Ingeniøren (14/05/2010)  

Metroring styrer mod problemer Politiken (13/05/2010)

Metrocityring styrer mod store problemer jp.dk (13/05/2010)

Metrodirektør afviser rod i cityringen TV2 - Nyhederne (13/05/2010) 

Metrocityring styrer mod store problemer TV2 - Nyhederne (13/05/2010)

Cityring dømt til forsinkelse og prisknas Ingeniøren (13/05/2010) 

Metrodirektør afviser rod i cityringen Jydske Vestkysten (13/05/2010) 

Metrocityring styrer mod store problemer Nordjyske.dk (13/05/2010) 

Metrodirektør afviser rod i cityringen Nordjyske.dk (13/05/2010) 

Regeringens ekspertudvalg er politisk styrede Ugebrevet A4 (03/05/2010)

Schönrechnen mit System Frankfurter Rundschau (01/04/2010)

København vokser trods krisen Børsen (22/03/2010)

Ekspert: Ørestad bliver sorteper DR P4 Copenhagen (21/03/2010)

København vokser trods krisen Berlingske Tidende (20/03/2010)

Jeg ser Central Park for mig Berlingske Tidende (20/03/2010)

Metroringens milliardplan vakler Børsen (04/03/2010)

Slik unngår du ønsketenkning Computerworld (27/01/2010)

2009

Opera-arkitekt kunne lære meget af Frank Gehry Politiken (05/12/2009)

Kaster vi gode milliarder efter dårlige? Børsen (20/11/2009)

Höghastighetståg: Vår tids Göta kanal? Dagens Nyheter (19/11/2009)

Rigsrevisionen har svært ved at finde uvildige rådgivere by Birgitte Marfelt Ingeniøren (19/10/2009)

"Samfundsvidenskab der virker" Danish National Radio, DR P1 Formiddag, 2/10/2009 (0900-1000)

Dødt grundsalg sender By & Havn mod konkurs by Birgitte Marfelt and Henning Mølsted  Ingeniøren (04/09/2009)

Teure Denkmäler by Hans C. Müller Handelsblatt (09/08/2009)

Mere metro nu - men hvem betaler milliardregningen by Lars Abild Information.dk (06/08/2009)

2008

Bygge boom: Hvad driver de største anlægsinvesteringer, og hvorfor holder budgetterne aldrig? Byplan Nyt, vol. 8, (September 2008), pp. 8-10.

Taberne lukker og slukker: Om infrastruktur, lobbyarbejde og om at kende sin besøgstid Byplan Nyt, vol. 8, (September 2008), pp. 10-11.

 

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