What Made Gertie Gallop? - Learning from Project Failures (Hardcover)

What do the Sydney Opera House, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and Xerox Alto have in common? They all live in infamy as some of the biggest project management blunders in history. They along with others are profiled and analyzed in What Made Gertie Gallop? Written by two project management pros, this engaging book provides insights into what makes a project a success or failure, and how to evaluate results. Includes practical guidelines that can be put to work immediately by novice or veteran project managers.

"A combination of project management theory and case study". -- Vivian Pospisil, Industry Week

"(This) fascinating book offers an opportunity to understand, from the inside, notorious project management catastrophes". -- Civil Engineering News