Session2-people.pptVIP

Systems Development Life Cycle SDLC: Design New System Define all programs, files, databases, manual processes System Flowcharts are a common tool Like a program flowchart Major inputs Major outputs Inter-relationships between entities in system No details as to how the programs work 34 Systems Development Life Cycle SDLC: Develop New System Involves designing, coding and unit-testing Uses Program Development Cycle Goal is high-quality well structured programs Main focus of the remainder of this course 35 Systems Development Life Cycle SDLC: Accept New System Performed by Business user or Representative who has intimate knowledge of Business functionality of the system Entire system is tested to ensure it conforms to the System Requirements (Phase 2)? Assumes no knowledge of internal workings of system System documentation reviewed Implementation strategies discussed Users trained 36 Systems Development Life Cycle SDLC: Implement New System When the new system is implemented into the production environment Evaluation of new system (comparison between the expected objectives and the actual results)? Results of the evaluation may become the input to a subsequent SDLC 37 38 Program Development Cycle Program Development Cycle Program Development Cycle The steps of the Program Development Cycle are: Define the Problem Outline the Solution Develop the Solution into an Algorithm Test the Algorithm for Correctness Code the Program into a Specific Language (C)? Run the Program on the Computer Document and Maintain the Program These steps are guidelines, and are not cast in stone. Each company will have some variation of these steps. There may be more steps, or some steps will be combined. 39 Program Development Cycle PDC: Define the Problem Must have a clear understanding of the problem There is no room for assumptions There is no difference between solving the wrong problem correc