You may have heard the phrase “Be proactive, not reactive.” It’s certainly appropriate when discussing how to best deal with mistakes. The idea, of course, is to prevent mistakes before they occur. But how exactly do you do that?

In this guide, TechRepublic Premium will detail 10 ways you can pre-empt mistakes during project development.

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4: Follow standards and use templates

There are good reasons why experienced professionals took the time to create and publish industry and company standards. Standards detail best practices and procedures learned over years of trial and error.

Templates such as predefined forms can be useful since most of the work is already done in a standard format. A standard end-user license agreement approved by your legal counsel is another good example of a template that can come in handy if you are developing application software. A mistake in a legal document can be an expensive exercise — one best avoided.

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