Software Engineering

8.1.2 
Identify development success criteria
Software development success criteria must be established for each success factor. 
These criteria must identify how the satisfaction of a success factor will be meas-
ured or realized. The success criteria establish the indicators by which the project 
will be judged to have been successful in the eyes of the stakeholders. Project-
oriented success criteria should address the critical project management events that 
demonstrate that the project is being managed and controlled properly. Results-
oriented success criteria address the outcomes or results to be attained as a conse-
quence of executing the project. Success criteria must be monitored to be able to 
determine whether a project has delivered the expected benefits to stakeholders.