[8] Developer(s) begin development.

The Developer creates a new ‘Project Activity’ response document in the ‘Projects’ database and enters start of project details.
The Developer(s) spends time planning the work to be completed and the design of the application before commencing any actual development tasks.
The Developer(s) must explain and agree his planned approach and design with the PM or Technical Team Leader before starting any coding.
During development the Developer(s) follows the agreed InfoSys coding standards and development, testing, installation and release procedures.
e.g.

• A new database file to be created for each and every release
• All database files to be created on the appropriate server (local replicas may be made once database created on a server) and in a suitable project folder(e.g. …\customer\Zenith Insurance)
• All database filenames to always include a version number (e.g. InfoStaffv1.0.nsf)
• The version number to be incremental for each and every software release
• The version number to comprise 2 elements – whole number for major releases and decimal for minor releases
• Agreement on what constitutes a minor or major release