The Programmer's Output

Obviously, a programmer write code, and that's the output. In the process of systems development, the output of a development team is not only code, but ``code that meet specification document version 2.6.1.'' The version number is important because it clearly identifies which specification. It is not uncommon that a development team may be working toward version 2.6.1, while the client proposes changes and creates version 2.6.2.

In response to a bug report, the developer's output is the modified (fixed) code with a reference to the bug report. The reference to the original bug report is important because it associates a code change (and the version) to a specific bug report.