The Software Development Process

The Software Development Process

1. The Software Development Lifecycle

   • Maintenance
   • Design
   • Requirements Analysis
     • Planning
   • Testing
   • Implementation

2. The Development Process

   • Testing
     • Integration Testing
     • Make sure everything work as expected
   • Implementation
     • Application Code Development
     • System Interface Development
   • Design
     • Detailed Specifications
     • The Design phase is important
   • Deployment
     • you deploy and test the solution on the Customer Site
   • Requirements
     • The Requirements may be given by the Customer
     • What the system should do

3. Software Releases

   • Alpha Release
   • Beta Releases
   • RC (Release Candidate)
   • RTM (Release To Manufacturing)
   • Patches (small fixes)
   • SP -­‐ Service Packs

4. Teams and Roles

   • Customer/Stakeholders
   • Project Manager
   • Software Architect
   • Software Designer
   • Developer
   • Tester

5. Software Development Methods

   • Traditional Plan­‐driven Methods
     • Waterfall Method
       • You cannot go to next phase before finsihed the previous phase
     • V‐Model
       • An extension of the waterfall model
       • More flexible
     • Spiral model
       • Some key aspecta from Waterfall and RAD
       • Iterative risk analysis
   • Agile Methods
     • eXtreme Programming (XP)
       • Pair Programming
       • Code Reviews
     • Scrum
       • A Framework for Software Development
       • Agile Software Development method
     • Feature Driven Development (FDD)
     • Test Driven Development (TDD)
     • Lean Software Development