<Tr> <Td> Detailed steps </Td> <Td> Systems must be defined up front </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Evaluate costs and completion targets </Td> <Td> Rigidity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Documentation </Td> <Td> Hard to estimate costs, project overruns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Well defined user input </Td> <Td> User input is sometimes limited </Td> </Tr>

The first step of the system definition stage of the sdlc is to