Software development cycle

Software development cycle

1. Stages of cycle

   • 1. Planning
     • Gantt chart
       • Gantt charts are, simply horizontal bar charts, are very useful in visualising a project schedule and clearly showing when deadline are set for.
       • What should a Gantt chart include?
         • The start and end dates of each task.
         • The dependencies of each task
         • Milestones.
         • The task owner.
   • 2. Analysis
     • Software Development methodologies
       • Waterfall Methodology
         • 1. Requirements
           • 2. Analysis
             • 3. Design
               • 4. Implementation
                 • 5. Testing
                   • 6. Deployment
                     • 7. Maintenance
         • Follows a linear and sequence
           • No overlapping phases
         • Once you have finished a stage you should not go back to earlier stages
       • Agile Methodolgy
   • 3. Design
     • Pseudocode
   • 4. Implementation
   • 5. Testing and integration
   • 6. Maintenance

2. Software

   • Bespoke software
     • Software has been developed and code written for a particular purpose. A client is usually involved in this process who requires the software to do certain things (e.g. Amazon)
   • Off the-shelf software
     • Is where the software is already written and there is little or no new code written (e.g. Microsoft Office).

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