Quick checklist which you must know before your start with the program development. Ask these questions before you go to SE38.

1. In which system and clients are the programs to be developed or modified (development system and client)?
2. In which system and clients will the programs be tested (test system and client)?
3. In which systems and clients will the programs be used in production (production system and clients)?
4. In which language will the comments in the source code be composed (comment language)?
5. In which language will the program interface, print forms, notifications, and texts be composed (interface language)?
6. In which language will the technical documentation in the system be composed (development language)?
7. Has SAP reserved its own namespace and if so, what is it (customer or project namespace)?
8. What programming guidelines and conventions exist for naming development objects and data in the project (programming guidelines)?
9. Which data and interfaces of existing SAP R/3 business modules, solutions, or individual developments will be used?

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