Answer to Question #318903 in Management for Nandi

Question

Briefly explain the major SIX (6) implementation activities in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Answer 1

The Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) contains 6 major implementation activities:

Planning and Requirement gathering: in this phase, the terms of the project are evaluated, scope clearly defined and resources needed to implement the project are identified.

Design: this phase models the way a software application will work and includes aspects like: architecture, platforms, programming, user interface, communications, programming and security.

Development: this phase entails actual building of the program. It is executed by programmers who bring the concept into reality. Documentation is executed at this phase before releasing the software for testing.

Testing: this phase ensures each function works correctly and includes several tests such as performance and security.

Deployment: this stage incorporates making the application available to users. Many organizations prefer to automate this phase.

Maintenance: this phase entails adding additional features into future releases, discovering bugs and resolving errors.