Public sector and government buying
Government delivery phases
The stages UK government digital projects move through: discovery (understanding the problem), alpha (testing solutions), beta (building it for real and opening it up) and live. These alpha and beta differ from the software release stages of the same names.
A plain-English explanation of how this usually works, not legal advice. Rules differ between countries and change over time, so check your own situation. Disclaimer.
You'll hear it as
We're moving from discovery into alpha next month.
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