1. What is the build process adopted (automated/manual)?
2. Are there nightly builds?
3. Is there continuous integration?
4. Are there smoke and sanity tests at the end of the build?
5. What is the build acceptance criterion (BAT)?
6. What is the build duration? Is it optimal?
7. How are pre-conditions to the build verified?
8. Are there any build environment integrated automated unit test-cases?
9. Is there any enforcement tool on coding standards?
10. Is there any code coverage tool being used?
11. Are the post build activities automated?
12. Any additional practices (like checksum generation, signing the build artifacts) in place as part of the build?
13. Are there any scripting technologies used in automating build process?
14. Is Labeling strategy well-defined?
15. If any third party tool is being used for packaging, is that package creation process automated?