>I've been thinking lately about Best Practices. What does this term mean to you? Are there any Best Practices that you follow?

Craig;

Best Practices – some titles – no order - little or no detail

1. Design methodology
2. Naming conventions
3. Source Control
4. Documentation control and generation
5. Contracts
6. Specifications – Hardware/Software/System/Application
7. Coding conventions (upper, lower or mixed case)
8. Needs Analysis
9. Prototype
10. Customer feedback

Tom