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Phases of SDLC

Structure Design

Rapid Application Development (RAD)

Agile Development

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PHASES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

SDLC consists of 4 phases:

- Planning
- Analysis
- Design
- Implementation

Each phase is composed of steps that rely on techniques that

produce deliverables.

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PHASES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

Planning Phase

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PHASES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

Analysis Phase

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PHASES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

Design Phase

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PHASES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

Implementation Phase

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METHODOLOGIES FOR SDLC

Structured Design formal step-by-step approach

- Waterfall development sequential process
- Parallel Development division into subproject

Rapid Application Development focuses on quick development

- Phase development versions-based process
- Prototyping performs phases concurrently and repeatedly
- Throwaway Prototyping uses disposable design prototypes

Agile - eliminates documentation overhead and modelling

- Extreme Programming
- Crystal, Adaptive Software, Scrum etc
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STRUCTURED DESIGN

Waterfall development sequential process

Diagram from (Dennis & Wixom, chapter1)

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STRUCTURED DESIGN

Parallel Development division into subproject

Diagram from (Dennis & Wixom, chapter1)

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RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Phase development versions-based process

Diagram from (Dennis & Wixom, chapter1)

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RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Prototyping first impression

Diagram from (Dennis & Wixom, chapter1)

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RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Throwaway Prototyping uses disposable design prototypes

Diagram from (Dennis & Wixom, chapter1)

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AGILE DEVELOPMENT

Extreme programming (XP) systems grows iteratively

Diagram from (Dennis & Wixom, chapter1)

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EXERCISE
Suppose you are a project manager using the waterfall development methodology on
a larger and complex project. Your manager has just read the latest article in
Computerworld that advocates replacing the waterfall methodology with prototyping
and comes to your office requesting you to switch. What do you say? Taken from
(Dennis&Wixom, page 23).

Reading: (Dennis&Wixom, chapter 1) and (Kendall&Kendall, chapter 1)

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