Software Engineering and Development

What is Software Engineering and Development?

Software Engineering and Development refers to managing the development of software through its lifecycle.

Objective

An objective for this space will be finalised through the iterative development of the Australian Government Architecture.

Policy Elements

Policy:

POL18

Digital and ICT Reuse Policy Mandate:

Endorsed

Status:

Contain

Reuse whenever possible – your proposed investments must plan for and make use of any opportunities to reuse existing services or tools within your agency and across government.

Design and build for reuse – if your proposed investment cannot reuse an existing digital or ICT solution, you must ensure that the service you build, can be reused by other agencies.

Enable reuse by others – you must ensure anything you create is shared for others to reuse unless there’s a good reason not to

Domains

This capability is part of the following domain.

DOM2

Technology Reference

Standards

The following standards support development of digital solutions in this capability.

Reuse standard

STA39

Reuse is defined as making use of something more than once for a different purpose, or for a subsequent time. In government context, reuse enables simple, consistent, and accelerated government services through standardisation and utilisation of these common components. This can be enabled via…