[SI Developer Story] 08. Initial Stages of an SI Project: Understanding the Work

SI Developer Story
#8. Initial Deployment of an SI Project - Understanding the Work

Typically, if a developer, especially a new graduate, is assigned to a project upon joining a company, the development phase has likely already begun.

On the first day of joining, you'll set up the necessary development environment, obtain an IP address for network access, download the source code being developed, and establish your development environment. Afterwards, you need to understand what kind of system this project is building and how it has been developed so far.

Experienced developers, due to their past experience, can usually grasp the situation themselves and only ask their seniors or colleagues for clarifications on necessary parts, but it's different for inexperienced new graduates.

With a lack of knowledge about the business logic, as the size of the source code and the work are different from what they learned in training centers, it takes several times longer to understand. However, since other developers are busy with their own development tasks, training in SI is like a dream. Therefore, you have to understand the situation to some extent yourself, and the first thing you should do is check the proposal document among the project documents.

The proposal is a document that suggests, "We will develop this program like this." It outlines the overall development direction and contains a summary of the system being built, so looking at the proposal helps understand the overall framework.

Then, check the RFP (Request for Proposal) to see what functions are needed, and understand the business of the system. If you don't understand something in the middle, take notes separately and ask your seniors all at once when they seem to be free. If you ask them repeatedly about small things, they might get annoyed. It takes about a month to grasp the project atmosphere and content, and after a month, you'll be able to start developing actively, so make sure to understand things thoroughly during this period.