There is no sure way of guaranteeing the success of a given strategy. As we saw earlier strategy is all about getting from a to b. In order to do so you need to know where you are now, where you want to go and what route suits you best.

Let's assume you've been able to determine where you want to go, you've go a god understanding of the state and capabilities of your organizations and you have als mapped out a "ROADMAP 2 SUCCESS". What can go wrong? You've got all bases covered.

A lot can go wrong. Here's list of potential show stoppers. Avoiding them does not guarantee success but not avoiding them will more than likely guarantee failure.

• Competing activitie
• Delayed schedul
• Inadequate capabilities
• Lack of communication
• Lacking of commitment to the strategy
• Negligence of daily business
• No clear set of values
• Poor coordination and sharing of responsibilities
• The problem statement that the reward system would conflict with the strategy was considered one of the biggest single problems of strategy implementation
• To much focus on Strategy Formulation and not enough on Strategy Realization. In other words "NOT closing the loop”
• Unaligned organizational systems and resources
• Unawareness or misunderstanding of the strategy
• Uncontrollable environmental factors
• Unexpected obstacles
• Unfeasibility of the strategy
• Weak management role