Software Development Cycle

Question 1

1. Requirement Analysis

Answer 1

Where business analysts or software developers identify the needs of a client.

Question 2

2. Specifications

Answer 2

The tasks of precisely describing the software to be written in a mathematically rigorous way.

Question 3

3. Design and Architexture

Answer 3

The design and functioning stage where programmers begin roughing out the logic they will use when the actual coding begins.

Question 4

4. Coding

Answer 4

Where a programmer transform the function designs by translating it into codes using programming language.

Question 5

5. Implementation

Answer 5

The implementation stage includes

Conversion: Transfer of data from old system to a new system

Documentation: Prepared for programmers and end users to facilitate their needs in understanding the system

Training: Increasing users efficiency. Important because it helps users operate the software correctly

Question 6

6. Testing

Answer 6

Testing parts of the software and scoping for possible syntax, clerical, logic, run-time and capacity errors

Question 7

7. Maintenance

Answer 7

Maintaining and enhancing software to cope with newly discovered problems or new requirements. Bugs and error are fixed where need be.