Some of these steps seem very restrictive for no clear reason. > 3. Do all employees deploy code on their first day? You want to make sure that deployment is

Some of these steps seem very restrictive for no clear reason. > 3. Do all employees deploy code on their first day? You want to make sure that deployment is simple and streamlined enough that it's possible for a new employee to do it on their first day. That doesn't mean that you're doing it wrong if the receptionist doesn't deploy anything. > 11. Do you discourage the use of IDEs? You want to make sure that the code is easy to work, whether you're using Eclipse, vim, or whatever. So make that your goal. There's no clear purpose to be served by nagging people for using XCode if that's what they're most productive in.