Software Development Life Cycle

 

1. Requirements analysis:

  - Who will use it?

  - How will it be used?

  - What data will be input/output

  - Requirement specification document

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2. Design

  - System Requirements

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3. Development

  - Production

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4. Testing

  - Unit Testing: Testing individual units of code

  - Integrated Testing: Testing modules in a group

  - System Testing: Compatibility and hardware testing

  - Acceptance: Is the product what it was designed to be?

  - Non-Functional: Does it work?

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5. Deployment

  - Beta testing the final product for bugs

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6. Maintenance

  - Patches and updates

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Source Control

  - Have backups with naming conventions

  - Shared folders

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Version Control System

  - Restore backups

  - Synchronize shared files

  - Short/Long term undo

  - Track changes

  - Track ownership

  - Sandboxing: making changes in isolated areas

  - Branching: making large isolated changes and merging them with the project