Saturday, December 8, 2007

Systems Development Life Cycle

Last class professor mentioned about program life cycle. It is a very interesting topic. Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) or sometimes just (SLC) is defined by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) as a software development process, although it is also a distinct process independent of software or other information technology considerations. It is used by a systems analyst to develop an information system, including requirements, validation, training, and user ownership through investigation, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance. SDLC is also known as information systems development or application development.
I searched some articles about SDLC. “Using the Program Life Cycle Can Increase Your Return on Time Invested” is one which shows the benefits of SDLC. It truly describes how SDLS works and increases the return on time invested. It gives some examples about each SDLS steps to explain why SDLC is worth. It claims that maximizing the quality and quantity of programs is key to an Extension educator's success. I believe this is a very helpful article for who is first time touching SDLC and who is developing a software.

Reference:

http://www.joe.org/joe/2001june/a2.html

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