"Failure isn’t rare for government IT projects – it’s the norm. Over 90% of them fail to deliver on time" Is this really much different than the success rate o

"Failure isn’t rare for government IT projects – it’s the norm. Over 90% of them fail to deliver on time" Is this really much different than the success rate of startup culture where VC's count themselves successful if 10% of their investments yield a return? The startup environment has the "success rate advantage" that if the venture really isn't getting traction, you can walk away from it, or change directions a do something related, but not your original objective. Government projects like the healthcare exchange don't have that degree of freedom - if they go down the wrong track, the only choice is put in more resources until it's back on track. Giving up or changing objectives isn't a decision under the control of the project - it's a legislative or budgetary question.