Many times, business partners email their software requirements to the development team, thinking their job is done until testing. Developers take these requirements and begin coding almost immediately, not realizing that they have misread the requirements and are developing code that is totally off track from what business wants. Who is to blame when the final product is not accepted by the business partner? What can business partners and developers do to ensure this doesn’t happen to their release?  

Here are five simple ideas to help business partners and developers work together to ensure a release that is not only acceptable, but exceeds everyone’s expectations.