Small business network, Develop a checklist that will be used by the customer to measure your performance for the project. This includes the following: What must the product be able to do when completed to be acceptable to the customer? What standards or regulations must the product meet? What performance specifications must the product meet to be acceptable to the customer? For example, the new application developed must be installed in accordance with the standard equipment and specifications; functionality tested by the user and accepted prior to implementation.