[Practitioner Guide]: Software Development Practices

### Practitioner Guide Topic (1 - 3 words)

Software Development Practices

### Primary Metrics (2 - 4 metrics)

- Change Request Reviews
- Branch Lifecycle
- Test Coverage
- License Coverage

### Why is this topic important? How will this help people improve their open source project and / or community? Who will benefit from this guide?

Projects with good software development practices will likely be more viable and more stable over the long-term, which benefits both contributors and users.

### How would you like to see this guide developed?

I am interested in using this guide, but I do not want to write it myself

### Additional Notes

Here is the doc where this guide will be developed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r3EMwXwpUjGo2Cug41TXHm8bSZdxzMibphc-Y-bR238/edit

For an example of a nearly finished Insight Guide that you can use to better understand what should be in each section and how much detail to include, please see the [Responsiveness](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bRe7m-kIr208H_MaubbU87QIJZJ18wc_g0mN_cEXO_c/edit) guide.