Technical Goals

Technical goals typically adress problems in the infrastructure. For example,a Technical goal might be to automate a labor-intensive process, to provide greater flexibility or modularity in system design, or to enhance quality through the use of automated inspection technology. Our I.T.manager who wants the solution to be microsoft compatible is looking for a technical outcome. Do you know much about microsoft appliances? Well, it's possible of course, that a "technical" goal may have nothing to do with technology. Instead, it might involve implementing quality management methodologies or achieving standards of compliance. For example, a factory might need to reduce emissions of volatile nitrous oxides in order to meet regulatory standards. How they achieve compliance may not matter to them, so long as they can avoid having their plant shut down and fined.