Project Management in History - Monumental Budget Busters
Submitted by Jamal Moustafaev on Fri, 11/07/2014 - 23:04Damningly described as ‘hell on wheels’, ‘malice in blunderland’, and ‘a field of dreams’; welcome to a run-down of some of the world’s most eye-wateringly over-budget projects.
For ease of comparison all costs have been corrected for inflation and converted into US dollars.
Monumental Budget Busters - Hubble Space Telescope
Monumental Budget Busters - Graph View
Monumental Budget Busters - Grid View
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About the Author
Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP – president and founder of Thinktank Consulting is an internationally acclaimed expert and speaker in the areas of project/portfolio management, scope definition, process improvement and corporate training. Jamal Moustafaev has done work for private-sector companies and government organizations in Canada, US, Asia, Europe and Middle East. Read Jamal’s Blog @ www.thinktankconsulting.ca