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This lesson guides through how to complete a Software Management Plan (SMP), introducing the language and concepts required to understand the implications of the different stages and technologies/best-practices involved.

In the context of this lesson, a “stage” refers to a set of aspects that commonly go together during the research software development process. These have been defined as a means to elaborate on the key elements of the SMP. In practice, some of the stages will coincide to particular points in the development lifecycle, some could overlap with each other depending on the research development paradigm used, and are not necessarily sequential.

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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Start
• Chapter 2: Construction
• Chapter 3: Application
• Chapter 4: Production
• Chapter 5: Publication
• Wrap-up and Conclusions