diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index fec11c9b5..b88601aaf 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -1,45 +1,20 @@
-## Quick start for development
+## Development Quick Start 
 
-1. Environment setup
+### Environment setup
 
-Ensure you have node version 16 and the latest version of yarn installed.
+Iot-App-Kit runs on node and uses yarn for package management. Specific versions are required in order to keep builds working with the current monorepo tooling.
 
+- Node: any `v16` or higher
+- Yarn: any `v1`, but not `v2` or higher
 
-To do this, execute the following commands:
-```
-# Install `n`, a node package manager, globally to help switch between node versions.
-npm i n -g
+### Building Iot-App-Kit
 
-# Update to node version 16
-sudo n 16
+With supported versions of node and yarn installed, you're ready to connect to SiteWise and start building for Iot-App-Kit. You'll need to pull in credentials, specify the SiteWise assets you'd like to connect to, build the project, and then run locally.
 
-# Install the latest version of yarn
-npm i yarn@latest -g
+1. Copy a set of AWS JSON formatted credentials to the account with the access to the SiteWise resources you are requesting, at `<rootDir>/packages/components/creds.json`.
 
-# Optionally, install lerna
-npm i lerna -g
-```
-
-2. Build project
-
-```
-# Without installing lerna locally...
-npx lerna bootstrap
-
-# With lerna installed locally
-lerna bootstrap
-```
-
-4. Provide credentials
-   Copy a set of AWS JSON formatted credentials to the account with the access to the SiteWise resources you are requesting, at `<rootDir>/packages/components/creds.json`.
-
-These credentials should not be uploaded to the repository.
-
-5. Point to valid SiteWise resources
-
-Alter the file `siteWiseQueries` within `@iot-app-kit/components` to point to valid SiteWise asset properties for the accounts credentials from the prior step.
-
-6. Test locally
-   run `yarn run start` at the project root, and then view `localhost:3333`. Here you should see example IoT App Kit components requesting data from SiteWise.
+2. Alter the file `siteWiseQueries` within `@iot-app-kit/components` to point to valid SiteWise asset properties for the account credentials from the prior step.
 
+3. `yarn bootstrap` installs dependencies and builds the Iot-App-Kit packages. Note: this is different than using `lerna bootstrap`, which installs dependencies but doesn't build the packages.
 
+4. `yarn start` will run the project at `localhost:3333`. You should see example IoT App Kit components requesting data from SiteWise.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8965ef9cb..3839f33ef 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": "git@github.com:awslabs/iot-app-kit.git",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=16.0.0",
+    "yarn": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0"
+  },
   "workspaces": {
     "packages": [
       "packages/*"
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "cd packages/components && yarn run start",
+    "bootstrap": "yarn install && yarn build",
     "build": "lerna run build --stream",
     "clean": "git clean -dxf -e /.idea -e /.vscode -e creds.json",
     "fix": "npm-run-all -p fix:eslint fix:stylelint",