Geneva, Switzerland, is the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. More than 10 billion dollars were spent in its design and construction in the hopes that data from the LHC experiments would forge new pathways in our understanding of physics. On March 27, 2007, 12 years after it was approved for construction, scientists placed the LHC through the final stages of pressure testing and encountered a serious failure: a support structure tore loose and lifted one of the 35-ton magnets from its base, spewing helium gas into the LHC tunnel. Investigators found that this costly mishap was due to a mere calculation error — a consequence of disparate development approaches, unfocused training programs, and delayed performance specifications. This incident highlights the fact that standards in design process and well-conducted, documented reviews are critical to an organization’s success.