IT Management: What is the connection between IT leadership changes and project failure?

In UK government IT projects, this has been a perceived problem in the past, and it has been recommended not to change the leadership mid-way through a project. However... surprise, surprise, this has now happened again in the Universal Credit project. Personally, I would point out however the obvious point that if the leadership is being changed mid-stream, that may point to deeper problems in the project - problems that may in fact have been the fault of the leader who has been replaced. I'm just speaking in general terms now, not specifically about Universal Credit.

When a project fails, it is only natural for people to look around to determine which individual is to blame. However, when we were able to step away from the project loss, gain some perspective, and then do an objective retrospective…we realized several plays and missteps contributed to the project loss. Did we manage client expectations? Did we maintain open communication channels while frequently requesting feedback? Did we have the right players in the game – the right resources on the project? Did we do our best to prepare those resources and then support them with a well-prepared team? Did we adjust our game plan when we realized “Plan A” wasn’t working? Check out the blog by Brian Vickery for a more in-depth view. https://www.prokarma.com/blog/2015/04/01/super-bowl-or-project-failure-rarely-comes-down-one-play

Here are two interesting articles which will explain you in detail about ITIL and Project Failure http://www.greycampus.com/blog/project-management/reasons-for-project-failure?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=sma-rpf http://www.greycampus.com/blog/it-service-management/itil-change-management-roles-and-responsibilities?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=sma-itcmr