The document lists 15 reasons for ranking software project management criteria in order of importance. Supporting explicit business objectives is ranked as the most important reason, followed by having a good internal rate of return. The third most important reason is supporting implicit business objectives. The document also lists 10 common reasons for software project failure, with the top three being lack of user input, incomplete requirements and specifications, and changing requirements and specifications.

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15. Reason Rank
Support explicit business objectives 1
Has good Internal Rate of Return 2
Support Implicit BusinessObjectives 3
Has good NPV 4
Has reasonable Pay back period 5
Used in response to competitive systems 6
Support management decision making 7
Meet Budgetary Constraints 8
High probability of achieving benefits 9
Good accounting rate of return 10
High probability of completing project 11
Meet technical system requirements 12
Support legal requirements 13
Good profitability index 14
Introduce new technology 15
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46. 1. Lake of User Input 2. Incomplete Requirement&
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3.Changing requirement and
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4. Lack of executive support
5.Technology incompetence 6. Lack of resources
7. Unrealistic expectations 8. Unclear objectives
9. Unclear time frames 10. New technology
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