Chapter 19, Problem 1CCT

Explanation of Solution

Systems development life cycle (SDLC):

• The seven phases in SDLC includes:
• Planning phase
  • The planning phase includes creating a goal statement for project.
  • It defines a high level plan for intended project.
  • It sets the scope of project.
  • The project plan denotes a formal, approved document that would manage and control entire project.
  • A project manager creates a project plan and ensures that project finishes within given deadline and budget.
• Analysis Phase
  • In analysis phase the firm would analyze business requirements.
  • It refines goals of project into defined operations and functions of intended systems.
  • The business requirements denote specific business requests made by system so as to successfully complete project.
  • The requirements management denotes process of managing changes to requirements in business.
  • A requirements definition document would prioritize all business requirements based on importance order.
• Design phase
  • The design phase creates description for system features and operations.
  • It includes following items:
    • Screen layout
    • Business rules
    • Process diagrams
    • Pseudo code
  • The graphical user interface (GUI) denotes an information system interface.
• Development phase
  • The development phase transforms detailed design documents into actual system.
  • During this phase, the team defines programming language for development...