DATA PROCESSING SSS2 SECOND TERM

WEEK 6

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CYCLE II

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Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Systems development is a planned undertaking with a fixed beginning and end that produces the desired result or product. It may be a large job that involves many people working for a long period or it can also be a small assignment that one person can finish in a day. The SDLC PROVIDES AN OVERALL FORMALISED METHOD FOR managing the systems development processes and activities. It represents a detailed and specific set of procedures, steps, and documents that are required for the development of an information system development.

The SDLC believes that the development of information systems should follow a structured and methodical way, requiring each stage of the life cycle from the inception of the idea to the delivery of the final system, to be carried out in rigid and sequential order.

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