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Hi everyone!

I'd like to start a discussion from a developer perspective.

When developers receive a new Genesys Cloud project and are ready to start the implementation, what information do you usually miss the most?

For example, in projects involving Architect flows, Data Actions, APIs, routing, queues, scripts, bots, or digital channels, what would make the handoff from business/functional teams to development much clearer?

Some examples I'm curious about:

* Clear business rules
* API documentation and contracts
* Request/response payload examples
* Error and timeout scenarios
* Authentication details
* Environment information
* Queue and routing rules
* Flow diagrams
* Naming standards
* Test scenarios
* Acceptance criteria
* Expected behavior for fallback and exception paths

From your experience, what information should always be provided before development starts?

And what are the most common gaps that delay implementation or create rework later?

From my personal experience, the worst issues normally comes from external APIs.

Most of the time there isn't good documentation (if there is any at all). 
Several times it's also difficult to get examples of requests and payloads like you mentioned.
And when we don't have examples, I normally ask for test data so I can run the API a few times and see how it works in practice... But guess what, there is also no test data that can be provided or no test environment, and we can't run the API in the production environment... etc...

It's hard some times hahaha

Curious to see what others see as the worst issues. Hopefully I'm not the only one that always get APIs without documentation haha

Hello, @Fabíola Freitas.

From my experience, two of the most important things are clear business rules and good API documentation.

Clear business rules help developers understand what needs to happen in each scenario, including exceptions, fallback paths, and expected outcomes. Without that, developers may need to make assumptions, which can create rework later.

API documentation is also very important, especially when the project involves integrations, Data Actions, or external systems. Having clear endpoints, authentication details, request and response examples, error scenarios, and timeout behavior makes the implementation much smoother.

The customer API documentation is fundamental; sometimes, a simple project becomes a huge problem because we lose a lot of time understanding those APIS.

Hi Fabíola Freitas, 

Adding another point to what was already mentioned, from my experience something that also helps a lot is documentation consistency and naming standards.

When the same queue, flow, script, Data Action, or other Genesys Cloud object has different names across the business document, flow diagram, and Genesys Cloud environment, it can create confusion during implementation.

Having a clear naming standard and an object mapping before development starts helps keep the implementation more consistent, especially when more than one team or developer is involved. It also makes the solution easier to understand, maintain, and support later.

So, besides business rules and API documentation, I would say that consistent naming and clear object references are also very important to avoid rework.

Hi Fabíola , Really good points shared by everyone.

The API/documentation topic especially resonates with me as well. In many integration projects, challenges often come from external systems lacking clear documentation, sample payloads, test environments, or defined exception handling.

I also completely agree on naming consistency. Once flows, queues, Data Actions, bots, and environments start scaling across teams, having clear object naming/mapping becomes extremely important for maintainability and troubleshooting later.

One thing that has also helped me recently is using Eraser.io, where you can prompt/generate flowcharts and journey diagrams quickly to visualise APIs, Architect flows, routing, integrations, and exception paths before development starts. It has helped uncover gaps and assumptions much earlier in projects.

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Phaneendra
Technical Solutions Consultant
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