The Build Guidelines document describes the set of tasks necessary to build and test the developed product such that it can be effectively transitioned towards the final phase of the development life cycle.

1 Introduction 3
1.1 Purpose 3
1.2 Timing 3
1.3 Responsibility 3
1.4 Tailoring 3
2 Pre-requisites for a build 4
2.1 Code frozen and checked in 4
2.2 Release notes updated and ready 4
2.3 Installation scripts ready 4
2.4 Test plan ready 4
2.5 Build verification test plan ready 4
2.6 Test cases ready 4
2.7 Sign off from development 5
3 Post-requisites for a build 6
3.1 Build record 6
3.2 Build backup 6
3.3 Build verification test 6
3.4 Build labeling 6
3.5 Test install 6
3.6 Test product 6
4 Build History Maintenance 7
4.1 Build History for Current Version: 7
4.2 (Repeat section 2.1 for each application) 7

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