The delivery gap : why government projects really fail and what can be done about it

Sometimes, government has to build something big. Really big. A high-speed railway network, a fleet of nuclear submarines, an IT system big enough for the health records of every person in the country. But Britain has a woeful record of delivering projects of this scale. They are either late, over b...

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Main Author Simcock, Jonathan (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
Subjects
Public administration > Great Britain.
Public investments > Great Britain.
Political Science > Public Affairs & Administration.
Public administration.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836624844
DOI10.1108/9781836624820
Physical Description1 online resource (188 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Death of a project: Hs2
  • Chapter 2. The delivery gap
  • Chapter 3. Obfuscation and delusion: Crossrail
  • Chapter 4. Vacillation and paralysis: The palace of westminster
  • Chapter 5. Blind ambition: Universal credit
  • Chapter 6. Complexity: Smart meters
  • Chapter 7. The inverse square law: Astute
  • Chapter 8. Naivety: Privatising sellafield
  • Chapter 9. Arrogance: The nhs national programme
  • Chapter 10. Faster, higher, stronger: The olympics projects
  • Chapter 11. The business case fallacy
  • Chapter 12. Old chestnuts
  • Chapter 13. Candour, clarity, rigour.

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