Key Project Steps Preliminary Functional Specification What is the current situation? What should be obtained functions printouts, results of queries data to be stored for future reference Improvements Who should benefit from the new application? How much can the organization afford to pay? When are the results required /what schedule is considered? What will be the new information flow? What will the user activities be? What volumes of transactions are considered?Key Project Steps Preliminary Functional Specification – What is the current situation? – What should be obtained? functions printouts, results of queries data to be stored for future reference improvements – Who should benefit from the new application? – How much can the organization afford to pay? – When are the results required/what schedule is considered? What will be the new information flow? What will the user activities be? What volumes of transactions are considered?