
SDLC – The software development life cycle simplified
A few years ago we created a one day course to teach IT to those that were not technical but still needed a general understanding of it. We covered six main topics, and the first was SDLC. Short for Software Development Life Cycle, this topic is much more mysterious than it needs to be. SDLC is a Set of Steps The life cycle boils down to steps that are taken to create software. Let me say these are steps that should be included. That is not always the case. Although this topic covers the technical concept of building software, I think it is easy for the non-technical student to grasp. The typical steps of SDLC are: Gather Requirements Design Implement Test Deploy Maintain... Read more