The Initial Operational Capability Milestone is the third major project milestone. During iteration assessments in Construction, keep these evaluation criteria in mind [KRO03]:

• Product release is stable and mature enough to be deployed in the user community.
• • The beta product is ready to be handed over to the users.
  • All functionality has been developed and all alpha testing (if any) has been completed.
  • In addition to the software, a user manual has been developed, and there is a description of the current release.
• Actual resource expenditures compared to planned expenditures are acceptable.

Note:

In case the project fails to reach this milestone, an iteration can be added to Construction, thus postponing Transition.

• Construction Iteration [1..n]