System development Life Cycle

Question 1

what is the system development lifecycle (SDLC)

Answer 1

• structured step by step approach

- used to align project managment

Question 2

what are some activities of SDLC

Answer 2

• determining budgets and schedules
• gathering systems requirements
• documenting the system
• building models

Question 3

what are the SDLC phases

Answer 3

• planning
• analysis
• design
• development
• testing
• implementation
• maintenance

Question 4

Planning

Answer 4

• 3 primary activities
  i) define the system to be developed
  ii) set the scope of the project
  iii) develop the project plan

Question 5

Analysis

Answer 5

• 2 main activities
  i) gather the business requirements
  ii) prioritize the requiremtns

Question 6

design

Answer 6

• build a technical blueprint
• IT specialists do most of the work
• user involvement begins to decrease
• 2 primary activities
  i) technical architecture
  ii) system models

Question 7

development

Answer 7

• takes details of the design documents and changes them into actual working design
• 2 primary activities
• i) technical architecture
  ii) database and progrmas

Question 8

testing

Answer 8

• verifies that the system works
• 2 primary activities
  i) creating the test plan
  ii) executing the test plan

Question 9

types of testing

Answer 9

• unit testing
• system testing
• integration testing
• user acceptance testing

Question 10

Implementaiton

Answer 10

• system is distributed to the users
• 2 main implementation activities
• i)writing detailed user documentation on how to use the new system
  ii) training users, either online or in workshops

Question 11

4 ways to implement

Answer 11

• parallel
• plunge
• pilot
• phased

Question 12

maintenance

Answer 12

• new system is monitored and supported
• 2 primary activities
  i) setting up a help desk
  ii) providing a support environment