Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Three major activities

Analysis: understanding business needs
Design: conceptualizing computer-system
solution
Implementation: construction, testing, and
installation

Two additional phases

Project planning
Support
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 SDLC Concepts

All projects use some variation of the SDLC

SDLC is more than phases
Principles of management
Planning and control
Organization and scheduling
Problem solving

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 Major Attributes of the Life Cycle

The project --
Moves systematically through phases where
each phase has a standard set of outputs
Produces project deliverables
Uses deliverables in implementation
Results in actual information system
Uses gradual refinement

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 Project Phases
Planning (Why build the system? How should
the team go about building it?)
Analysis (Who uses system, what will it do,
where and when will the system be used?)
Design (How will the system work?)
Implementation (System delivery)

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 Planning

Identifying business value

Analyze feasibility
Develop work plan
Staff the project
Control and direct project

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 Design
Design selection
Architecture design
Interface design
Data storage design
Program design

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 Implementation

Construction
Program building
Program and system testing
Installation
Conversion strategy
Training plan
Support plan

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 Support Phase
Objective: Keep system running productively
following initial installation
End-user support
Help desks
Training programs
Maintaining and enhancing computer system
Enhancements
Upgrades
Maintenance

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