Software Development Cycle

Question 1

What are the stages of the Software Development Cycle?

Answer 1

1. Defining and understanding the problem
2. Planning and designing software solutions
3. Implementing software solutions
4. Testing and evaluating software solutions
5. Maintaining software solutions

Question 2

Software Development Cycle

Which tasks occur during “Defining and understanding the problem”?

Answer 2

• The problem is defined specifically - What is the problem? Who is the client? What do they want?
• Social and ethical issues are considered
• Design specs are created
• Software doccumentation is created
• The client is communicated with, and quality assurance criteria are defined

Question 3

Software Development Cycle

Which tasks occur during “Planning and designing software solutions”?

Answer 3

• Explore standard and pre-existing algorithms
• Decide on file types, programming language, technology to be used, etc.
• Decide which algorithms will need to be created, and which can be adapted from others
• Doccumentation continues, including storyboarding

Question 4

Software Development Cycle

Which tasks occur during “Implementing Software Solutions”?

Answer 4

• Syntax is created
• Code is made
• Code is translated and compiled or interpreted as needed
• Code is discused, fixed, and updated as errors are detected and feedback is recieved
• Interfaces are implimented
• Doccumentation continues, includuing use of case tools
• Maintenece is performed

Question 5

Software Development Cycle

Which tasks occur during “Testing and evaluating software solutions”?

Question 6

Software Development Cycle

Which tasks occur during “Maintaining software solutions “?