I’ve seen very few projects of more than moderate complexity where “check out code and compile it” is the complex part. Who’s consuming the code? Who are the s

I’ve seen very few projects of more than moderate complexity where “check out code and compile it” is the complex part. Who’s consuming the code? Who are the stakeholders? How does this component integrate into the full picture of the application? How do I need to talk to that person that I really need to change something?