Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - DePaul ….pptVIP

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra Capability Maturity Model (CMM) A bench-mark for measuring the maturity of an organization’s software process CMM defines 5 levels of process maturity based on certain Key Process Areas (KPA) CMM Levels Level 5 – Optimizing ( 1%) -- process change management -- technology change management -- defect prevention Level 4 – Managed ( 5%) -- software quality management -- quantitative process management Level 3 – Defined ( 10%) -- peer reviews -- intergroup coordination -- software product engineering -- integrated software management -- training program -- organization process definition -- organization process focus Level 2 – Repeatable (~ 15%) -- software configuration management -- software quality assurance -- software project tracking and oversight -- software project planning -- requirements management Level 1 – Initial (~ 70%) SDLC Model A framework that describes the activities performed at each stage of a software development project. Waterfall Model Requirements – defines needed information, function, behavior, performance and interfaces. Design – data structures, software architecture, interface representations, algorithmic details. Implementation – source code, database, user documentation, testing. Waterfall Strengths Easy to understand, easy to use Provides structure to inexperienced staff Milestones are well understood Sets requirements stability Good for management control (plan, staff, track) Works well when quality is more important than cost or schedule Waterfall Deficiencies All requirements must be known upfront Deliverables created for each phase are considered frozen – inhibits flexibility Can give a false impression of progress Does not reflect problem-solving nature of software development – iterations of phases Integration is one big bang at the end Little opp