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Chapter 15

Systems development life cycle (SDLC)

The System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), or sometimes called the System
Project Life Cycle (SPLC), has six main stages.

 Planning – Feasibility study including goal setting, timing, duration and budget.

 Analysis – Definition of project goals and analysis of user needs.

 Design – Features of system described in detail including screen layouts,
process layouts, business rules and documentation. A prototype may be built.

 Development – Conversion of the design into a physical system including the
acquisition and installation of the hardware and software.

 Implementation – The real code is written. Staff training. Testing for errors,
bugs and inoperability (Quality assurance).

 Review – User acceptance testing, maintenance, post-implementation review.

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