{"product_id":"did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-whale-or-measuring-technology-maturity-9781593119638","title":"Did I Ever Tell You about the Whale? or Measuring Technology Maturity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William L. Nolte | James W. Bilbro\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Information Age Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Information Age Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Automation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnology maturity: What is it, and why is it important?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than ten years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has criticized federal agencies for a history of cost and schedule overruns on a significant portion of their procurement programs. GAO has repeatedly reported that the use of immature technologies in programs is a primary cause for these overruns. In spite of these repeated reports, the problems in government procurement have not improved. In fact, recent reports indicate that the problems are getting worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne cause of this worsening situation might be that, while GAO identified lack of technology maturity as a problem, they did not tell how to measure technology maturity, or conversely, its lack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking work attempts to fill this gap by examining the current state of technology maturity measurement, pointing out strengths and weaknesses of available measures, and proposing a complete technology maturity assessment as a potential solution. The book also includes a discussion of risk during technology development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Information Age Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46885395431575,"sku":"9781593119638","price":5401.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781593119638.webp?v=1770247407","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-whale-or-measuring-technology-maturity-9781593119638","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}