High Octane SPRL - Article - Required blocks for Development

Coordination meetings with issues, risks, recurring tasks and organizational problems
Understanding of the customer expectations and their management including Service Level Agreements
Change requests list
Incident Reports list
Configuration management with proper support document (for local configuration and delivery site)
Data sources available
Proper Tooling (editors, compilers, deployment, parameters, scripts, including test tools)
Service Fault Investigation and Diagnostic procedure
Tests sheets
Weekly build properly packaged (read complete and burned on CD, along with release document)
Weekly release performed on user acceptance system (from above build)
Samples for testing
Nomenclature for documents, basic templates
Calendar overview (weeks, months) with holidays and release dates for every person involved in the project
Contact list for every person involved in the project
Source control (CVS along with agreed procedure and training given to people + tools installed properly with documented parameters [winCVS])
Connectivity works
Escalation procedure
Project web
Good understanding of existing infrastructure and deployed systems (at our location and at the premises of the customer)
Code reviews
Shielding people carrying work