Project and Stategies ..!

I was reading some of my subscriptions from Knowledge @ Wharton. I got one of the links on the Startegic Management , where they sighted the reasons for the Failure of the project as below. The core of all the reasons are the process of execution of the project.

1) Movement of our focus from one objective to another over a period of time.
2) Communication of the common goal to everyone clearly.
3) Execution of the plan with the strictness.

Five Key reasons for Getting the work done are :

1)Develop a model for execution.
2)Choose the right metrics
3) Don't forget the plan
4)Assess performance frequently
5)Communicate