Development testing verifies that separate systems can work together passing data back and forth correctly.

In-sourcing has been instrumental in creating a viable supply of IT professionals and in creating a better quality workforce combining both technical and business skills.

What tests individual units or pieces of code for a system?

User acceptance testing (UAT) determines whether the system satisfies the user and business requirements.

Project objectives are quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success.

Training is provided for the system users and can be online or in a classroom.

Waterfall development consists of a series of tiny projects. It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

Extensible Markup Language(XML) is an open-standards way of supporting interoperability.

A communication plan defines the how, what, when, and who regarding the flow of project information to stakeholders and is key for managing expectations.

Business requirements are the specific business requests the system must meet to be successful, so the analysis phase is critical because business requirements drive the entire systems development effort.