Develop the project objective statement, which helps focus you on what outcome(s) you re trying to achieve.

Develop three to five major objectives or major deliverables based on the work you ve done to this point (problem, mission and solution, target scope, time, budget, and quality).

It s usually helpful to define what is and is not included in the project to avoid making incorrect assumptions.

Stakeholders are those people or groups who have a vested interest in the outcome of the project. Users are a particular subset of stakeholders who are most impacted by (and who impact) the project.

Stakeholders should be identified before requirements are developed because ideally, requirements should be the result of identifying and addressing stakeholder needs.

Stakeholders can be categorized to help you sort through their needs, demands, and requirements. Three categories that might be helpful to you are influential, involved, and informed.

Influential stakeholders typically include users who both influence the project s direction and are influenced by the final result.

Involved stakeholders are those who need to be involved at some point during the life of the project. This might include the Marketing or HR departments, for instance.

Informed stakeholders are those who need to be informed at certain points along the way, but do not need to be directly involved in the project. This might mean keeping other departments up to date on the status of your project...