Objectives
You might have something along the lines:
‘To have in place an operational computer-based loans management system by dd/mm/yy which meets the requirements specified in Annex X at a development cost of not more than £xxx.’
Discussion points might include:
• There is a hierarchy of concerns and objectives. The objective above is one that the project manager might have to adhere to. Local authority chiefs might have an objective, on the other hand, ‘To save £xxx over 3 years on staff costs’. The project manager could not be accountable for the latter objective if he/she will not have any control over staffing after the application is installed.
• Consideration of how some of these other stakeholder objectives will affect the scope of the technical project. Some library staff and users might see an objective of the project to improve access to books by having more effective enquiry and reservation processes – this would need to be included in the documented requirements.