Project Management-The Product

• Before a project can be planned,product objectives and scope sholu be established,alternative solutions should be considered and technical and management constraints sholud be identified.
• Without this information ,it is impossible to define reasonable estimates of the cost,an effective assessment of risk, a realistic breakdown of project tasks, or a manageable project schedule that provides a meaningful indication of progress.
• The S/W(software) developer and customer must meet to define product objectives and scope. In many cases, this activity begins as part of the system engineering or business process engineering and continues as the first step in s/w requirements engineering.
• Objectives identify the overall goals for the product without considering how there goals will be achieved.Scope identifies the primary data,functions and behaviors that characterize the product and attempt to bound there characteristics in a quantitative manner.