a. Choose a Company Name

b. Create a Customer Profile (name, location, size, industry)

c. Identify the business problem your customer is trying to solve by hiring your Company

d. Identify the scope of the work you will perform (i.e. what will your software be designed to do)

e. Think about what resources you will need to (think of the SDLC process) to deliver on the software to determine the project cost to the Customer