# Introduction

Software is everywhere in today's connected world, any type of organisational operation or social interaction relies heavily on software to function and this will only continue to grow and evolve. It is important for organisations to maintain a good level of digital literacy to stay competitive and strengthen their core services.

Software development maintains this digital world and every tech & medium+ sized organisation has some presence in this area. Thus it is important for Steer to stay on top of digital development trends, standardise and coordinate effectively as a company if we are to successfully have any type of digital offer.

At Steer there has been a lot of development in various languages across the divisions but all done independently without any strategic oversight, whether that is R/Python/Pearl/VB for data analytics and modelling or web technologies for web applications, there is a need for a common approach to make it easy to collaborate, to understand and maintain best practices.

This document offers guidance and best practices for any type of digital development at Steer.