Best practice should be included in which stages?

• A. Design and Testing
• B. Decisions and Implementation stages
• C. Planning and Deployment
• D. Operations and Maintenance

Answer: (B)

Best practices are most effective when they are established upfront and then actively applied during build and delivery. The decisions stage is where you set governance, standards, and reusable patterns—defining which templates, data models, integration approaches, and quality criteria will guide the project. Once those decisions are in place, the implementation stage is where they’re put into action: configuring the system, building workflows, automations, and tests in line with those standards. This combination ensures consistency, quality, and maintainability from the start. While planning, design, deployment, and operations are important, the decisive enforcement of best practices happens when you decide on them and then implement them.