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The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) steps

The Software Development Life Cycle is the cycle in which the business analysts, the software developers, the database designers and/or the database developers, the QA developers and end users collaborate to build the application software. Basically, it involves designing the application from scratch, documenting everything, adding the improvements and fixing the bugs that occur in the SDLC. It is the lifecycle of Software from concept to obsolescence.

A quality software system is based on the following three principles:

· Modeling of the software development process (process)

· Modeling of the measurement of product (product)

· Modeling of the management and human interactions (people)

The software development life cycle (SDLC) may be divided into the following steps:

1. Requests from customers/original idea

2. Creation of feature lists based on item 1

3. Technical design of features based on item 2

4. Software design and time evaluation based on item 3

5. Code implementation based on item 4

6. Software Testing

7. Beta release/ bug fixes

8. Final release

The following section discusses each of these steps briefly.

Requests from customers/original idea

All the information relevant to the system and its scenarios, the occurrence and the behavior is gathered in this phase from the customer or the client who can provide the valuable information. These are basically raw facts or materials collected from the customer’s point of view by his or her observation over a period of time.

Creation of feature lists based on item 1

The information collected from the discussions mentioned on item1 is considered for a refinery process that varies from company-to-company depending on the standardization and the methodology that they do adopt. It lists all the details of the proposed items in an organized manner.

Technical design of features based on item 2

Here the technical aspects come into the picture and the designing of those aspects in terms of computer terminology. It involves the designing of the architecture and the sources that influence them like UML, OOAD, etc.

Software design and time evaluation, based on item 3

The software design phase in the software development life cycle is produced from the results of the requirements phase. It contains detailed design of the software in terms of the interfaces that it will provide and also the relevant functionalities that have to be implemented. It also involves the designing of the database. In this phase it is equally important to estimate the duration required based on the number of resources available in hand.

Code implementation, based on item 4

The coding phase involves writing the source code based on the required functionality by adhering the coding standards, code optimization, etc.

Software Testing

After developing the software it is important to ensure that the functioning of it is perfect. Software testing involves a mechanism that is used to report the bugs/undesired results that may occur in the SDLC.

Beta release/ bug fixes

The newly developed software will be released to undergo the tests for issues like the performance and its behavior under different circumstances. The bugs that occurred earlier in the cycle are rectified.

The Final release

After the clearance of the bugs reported during the beta release, the software is now ready to be released and delivered to the customer.

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Title: Good
Name: Palani
Date: 2006-12-26 1:21:37 PM
Comment:
Models are explained well but there should also be some examples for each process.

Title: BEST FEED FOR TEST ENGINEERS!!!!!!!
Name: RekhaGerald
Date: 2006-12-06 4:58:10 AM
Comment:
HI IT'S REALLY A GOOD ARTICLE AND EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE. PLEASE UPDATE IT WITH NEWER ARTICLES WITH THE LIFE CYCLE IMAGES WHICH WILL MAKE THIS MORE SUPERB.THANX 4 DIS GOOD ARTICLE.

Title: understandable fact!
Name: Jerald.J
Date: 2006-12-06 4:51:37 AM
Comment:
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Title: Nice Article
Name: Srini
Date: 2006-11-24 4:04:08 AM
Comment:
Very useful article for test engineers

Title: Nice Explanation!
Name: Soumya
Date: 2006-11-22 11:30:28 AM
Comment:
SDLC is very well and meaningfully explained.
Only flaw i found was figures are missing which would have added for better understanding.
Thank you!!!

Title: I am fresher
Name: manohar
Date: 2006-11-20 4:01:35 PM
Comment:
i could understand all the model fully, thanx

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Name: Jeff P
Date: 2006-11-13 3:53:43 PM
Comment:
This article is well organized and well written. I would like to have seen a little more detail as to which environments are suited to each business type. Overall, an outstanding job.

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Date: 2006-11-10 8:54:04 PM
Comment:
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Title: Good Article
Name: Thilak
Date: 2006-11-05 11:27:35 PM
Comment:
SDLC process is well explained. Would also request you to add some examples so that it will be more lively.

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Name: wanjala vincent w
Date: 2006-11-04 3:17:32 AM
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Date: 2006-11-03 12:57:36 AM
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Name: Samudyatha
Date: 2006-10-26 6:06:18 AM
Comment:
The Article gives quick and usefyl information about SDLC and its various models. Its Very useful for freshers to refer and understand the concept.

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Date: 2006-10-25 3:55:11 AM
Comment:
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Name: Hemant Kumar Sharma
Date: 2006-10-17 6:01:32 AM
Comment:
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Date: 2006-10-12 12:29:51 PM
Comment:
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Date: 2006-10-09 10:21:17 AM
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Date: 2006-10-05 5:23:24 AM
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Date: 2006-10-04 10:31:40 AM
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Date: 2006-10-04 6:36:19 AM
Comment:
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Name: sumukhi
Date: 2006-10-02 4:28:46 PM
Comment:
very nice article for new software developers and testers

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Name: Rob
Date: 2006-10-01 7:21:52 AM
Comment:
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Title: EXAMPLES
Name: Sajjad
Date: 2006-10-01 2:37:05 AM
Comment:
models are explained well ... but they should also be elaborated with example. For instance, the article should also explain the process models used by different companies during the development of their famous product.

Title: Good Article
Name: Murali
Date: 2006-09-20 1:21:27 PM
Comment:
The The Software Process Models, are explained well. very useful for the new commers.

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