{"product_id":"the-delivery-gap-jonathan-simcock-9781836624851","title":"The Delivery Gap: Why Government Projects Really Fail and What Can Be Done about It","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes, 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 budget, deliver less than promised - or all three. Some are never completed at all. What is going wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the cancellation of HS2, Jonathan Simcock, former Major Projects Director of the Office of Government Commerce, provides answers. This eye-opening text draws on testimony from the Ministers, officials and project managers who have tried, and mostly failed, to deliver the country's biggest projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo face up to its challenges - productivity, growth, national security, and the changing climate - Britain needs huge publicly funded investment. So how do we close the Delivery Gap?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Simcock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836624859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836624851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jonathan Simcock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881137295615,"sku":"9781836624851","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a86bfa1-e063-4dae-821d-a653937d6859.jpg?v=1747970787","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-delivery-gap-jonathan-simcock-9781836624851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}