I was trying to look for patterns in these projects. Looks like most of them were outsourced and most of them were US&#x2F;UK Government projects. It would be interesting to see patterns in very successful US&#x2F;UK Government projects.<p>My personal experience has been that it almost always boils down to upper management&#x2F;leadership issues, that result in hiring weak project managers which in turn leads to talent drain on the implementation side.