Top 20 End Objectives of any Software Project
Posted by: Jaideep
Certainly and obviously, every business has a set of objectives. Every business strives for survival, growth, revenues, profits, satisfaction and maturity. The clearer the objective are, the easier it is to achieve them. To achieve the objectives, if the destination is clear, it becomes easier to set the direction of the business, to set the milestones, to chalk out the roadmap, to set the drive, to decide the pace and to achieve them. The top 20 end objectives of any software project can be listed as below (note that the hierarchy is not as critical as the understanding of the gravity of each of the objective):
2. Standards and Methodology
3. Metrics
4. Stakeholders rights
5. Transparency
6. Pro-active approach to avoid post-mortem
7. Universal approach for similar projects
8. Timely completion, sign-offs and payments
9. Customer satisfaction and delight
10. Customer requirements and both end clarity on objectives of the product
11. Team building
12. Roles, responsibilities and accountability
13. Continuous Learning from failures/ overruns – no repetition of same mistakes to achieve continuous improvement overall
14. First time right approach
15. Quality right from start – ongoing – every step
16. Increase in revenue
17. Avoid revenue loss
18. Reduce costs
19. Avoid cost increases
20. Improved service


