The checklist manifesto : how to get things right

Summary: Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.

Record details

ISBN: 9780312430009 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 0312430000 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 215 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Picador ed.
Publisher: New York : Picador, 2011, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209).
Formatted Contents Note:	The problem of extreme complexity -- The checklist -- The end of the master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.