A preliminary work plan, risk assessments, a list of outstanding issues should be brought under version control. At subsequent stages, these documents will be supplemented and refined.

The preparatory stage of the software development process is important: it is at this stage that the idea of ​​a software product gets its first embodiment in the form of a concept of a demanded and implemented system.

It is extremely important from the first steps to treat the work with due responsibility. An error in formulating a goal or objectives can lead to deliberately incorrect and extremely unstable development of the project. An error in the formation of the concept and technical solution can make the system inapplicable in the subject area of ​​the customer. An error in assessing the feasibility will result in a violation of the deadlines and budget of the project.