Software Development

Life Cycle (SDLC)

An Overview

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 What is Software Development ?

Software Development is a set of activities

that results in a software system or
product

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Typical Development Activities
•Market research

•Gathering requirements for the proposed

business solution

•Analyzing the problem

•Devising a plan or design for the software-

based solution

•Implementation (coding) of the software

•Testing the software

•Deployment

•Maintenance and bug fixing

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 Software Development
Complexities

• The complexity of software results from the variety of

developed software products

• The variety of used methods and tools

• The variety of used basic software - and hardware

• The different development teams

• The specific organizational structures

• The time orientation of individual documents.

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Software Development Complexities……contd.

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Software Development Complexities…..
contd

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SDLC - The Waterfall Model

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 SDLC - Prototype Model
In software development, a prototype is a rudimentary working
model of a product or information system, usually built for
demonstration purposes or as part of the development process

Proof-of-Principle Prototype: This type of prototype is used to

test some aspect of the intended design without attempting to
exactly simulate the visual appearance, choice of materials or
intended manufacturing process

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 SDLC - Spiral Model
This model of development combines the features of the
prototyping model and the waterfall model. The spiral model is
favored for large, expensive, and complicated projects.

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 SDLC – Rapid Application
Development - RAD Model
RAD develops products in a sequence of small upgrades: each
release has slightly more functionality than the previous one,
and over time the product matures into a finished product.

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 SDLC – Agile Model
Agile chooses to do things in small increments with minimal
planning, rather than long-term planning. Iterations are short
time frames (known as 'timeboxes') which typically last from
one to four weeks.
Agile methodologies generally
promote:

•A project management process that

encourages frequent inspection and
adaptation;

•A leadership philosophy that

encourages team work, self-
organization and accountability;

• A set of engineering best practices

that allow for rapid delivery of high-
quality software;

•A business approach that aligns

development with customer needs and
company goals.

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SDLC – Synchronize & Stabilize Model

This is a systems development life cycle model in which teams work

in parallel on individual application modules, frequently synchronizing
their code with that of other teams, and debugging (stabilizing) code
regularly throughout the development process

Continually synchronize what people are doing as individuals and as

members of parallel teams, and periodically stabilize the product in
increments as a project proceeds, rather than once at the end of a
project.

Cusumano and Yoffie studied commonalities between processes

Microsoft used in developing Internet Explorer and those Netscape
Communications Corp. used in developing Netscape communicator.

The researchers found that, among other similarities, both

companies compiled all the project code nightly.

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 SDLC – V Model
V-model is a software development process which can be presumed
to be the extension of the waterfall model.

Instead of moving down in a linear way, the process steps are bent
upwards after the coding phase, to form the typical V shape.

The V-Model demonstrates the relationships between each phase of

the development life cycle and its associated phase of testing.

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 Primary Focus of SDLC
The structure imposed by all of the SDLC studied is specifically
designed to maximize the probability of a successful software
development effort.

• Scope Restriction
• Progressive Enhancement
• Pre-defined Structure
• Incremental Planning

These above four concepts combine to mitigate the most common

risks associated with software development efforts in combination
of effective complexity management to achieve the goal of SDLC.

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Thank You

Questions

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