Did I Ever Tell You about the Whale? or Measuring Technology Maturity

Technology maturity: What is it, and why is it important?For 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...