Coming up with a carefully considered plan to support the business case is essential for software development. This is especially the case when working in a team environment. Working as a development manager has allowed me to learn bout several best practices that can help to better manage the project outcome. Without a doubt the most essential consideration is the need to adopt a software development lifecycle methodology. This allows the team members to better understand the development process and to know the sequential order of the development. It makes management of the entire process much easier and doubles up as a risk management framework.