Development

• Database development
• Application development
• Systems/Enterprise integration
• Quality assurance testing
• Configuration management

Construction of your GIS begins at this phase. Development involves building the applications and database (if applicable) following appropriate standards. Our goal at this stage is to develop a solution that

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• Reliably and securely interacts with existing IT production systems
• Can be maintained over multiple releases of the software used
• Supports you into the foreseeable future

During development, feedback is routinely provided via review sessions with you. This provides your end users and testing team with visibility into development and how the requirements are being implemented as well as assurance that issues are being tracked and addressed in a timely and responsive manner. Following development, a test plan is prepared and implemented to validate the applications against the requirements specification.

Deliverables

Deliverables at this stage include (depending on your needs)

• Database(s)
• Applications
• Pilot studies
• Documentation

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