What are the best examples of group (especially large group) projects conducted extraordinarily quickly? P-80 Shooting Star, Celera & HGP, initial development of radar, maybe "Please Please Me" and "Led Zeppelin" albums...pic.twitter.com/lUlvATp5zA
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The movie business reliably completes projects of $100M / 1000 people under a year. Underrated as an example for software project management.
Especially Steven Soderbergh...
Empire State Building was built in barely over a year
Was designed in under 2 weeks and nothing like it had ever been built before!
The colosseum was built in 8 years imagine anything of that craftsmanship being built in such a time nowadays bureaucracy at its finest
Ajanta Ellora Caves & the Kailasha Temple in India. Far more intricate. Single block of granite - Carved out of a Mountain with literally astronomical precision.
The Empire State Building. Less than 14 months. Just remarkable!! That was in 1930..
To be fair, buildings were a lot simpler in those days. Building the exoskeleton is still very fast.
Repair efforts in the wake of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake mobilized several hundred thousand people and, while revitalization is a long-term project, some of them hit timelines that seem miraculous. A photo I'll never forget: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369307/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Road-repaired-SIX-days-destroyed.html … (Widely reported at time.)
I was about to suggest that perhaps greenfield development is always easier and faster than sustaining development but... maybe not. Wow
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