Thus, all critical business objectives (as a breakdown of the
corporate strategy) have to be translated into key business drivers
for all parties involved in business operations during an SDLC
project. Objectives should follow the SMART quality guidelines
mentioned in section 3.3.5 on Project Objectives, so that general
requirements will be expressed in scorecard form, which allows
objective evidence to be collected in order to measure the
business value of an application and to prioritize requirements.