Developing Systems
What is the Planning Phase in SDLC?
Involves establishing a high level plan of the intended project and determining project goals. 1. Identify and select the system for development 2. assess project feasibility 3. develop the project plan
What is the maintenance phase in SDLC?
Involves performing changes, corrections, additions and upgrades to ensure the system continues to meet business goals. 1. to build a help desk to support system users. 2. perform system maintenance 3. provide an environment to support system changes..
what is the implementation phase in SDLC?
Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system. 1. write detailed user documentation 2. determine implementation method 3. provide training for the system users
What is waterfall methodology?
Is and activity based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.
What are the phases of the SDLC
Planning, Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation(construction) and Maintenance
What application method is the least effective in software development?
Waterfall Software Development Methodology
The principle or benchmarks for developing successful software include what?
1. Slash the budget 2. if it doesnt work kill it 3. keep requirements to a minimum 4. test and deliver frequently 5. assign non-IT executives to software projects
What is agile development methodology?
Aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by and iterative process with the design point that uses bare minimum requirements.
What is rapid application (RAD)development methodology?
Emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process.
What are the 4 agile software development methodologies?
Extreme Programming (XP), Rapid Application Development(RAD), Rational Unified Process(RUP) and Scrum Methodology.
What is the analysis phase in SDLC?
Involves analyzing user and business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system. 1. Gather business requirements 2. create process diagrams 3. perform buy vs. build analysis
What is the testing phase in SDLC?
Involves bringing all the project pieces together into a special testing environment to test for errors bugs and interoperability in order to verify that the system meets all the business requirements defined in the analysis phase. 1. Write test conditons 2. perform the system testing
What is the design phase in SDLC?
Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system including screen layouts, business rules, process diagrams, pseudo code, and other documentation. 1. design the it infrastructure 2. design the system models
what is the development phase in SDLC?
Involves taking all the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforming them into the actual system. 1. develop the It infrastructure 2. develop the database and programs
What is the role if (ITIL) information technology infrastructure library?
Is a framework provided by the government of the United Kingdom and offers eight sets of management procedures:1. service delivery, 2. service support, 3. service management, 4. information and communication technology perspective, 5. software asset management, 6. business perspective, 7. security management, 8. application management. It is a good fit for organizations concerned about operations.
What is extreme programming(XP) development methodology ?
Like other agile methods breaks a project into tiny phases and developers cannot continue onto the next phase until the first phase is complete.
What does SDLC stand for?
Systems development life cycle
What is SDLC?
The overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance.
