Development Guidelines: 5 - Development Phase

Learn about the fifth phase, Development, of a systems development methodology.

5.0 Development phase

5.1 It is time to build and unit-test the following:

• Technical architecture
• Configuration environment
• Software objects
• Test data

5.2 Large-scale tests. After unit-testing all software objects, it is time to perform full-scale tests that include:

• Integration — tests that all software works in concert and produces expected results from a cradle-to-grave perspective
• System — tests that the technical architecture performs in the expected manner in terms of response, recovery, back-up, error correction, and stress
• Acceptance — ensures that users see the results they expect
• Security
• Application software distribution

UC San Diego Guidelines

1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Prototyping
4. Design
5. Development
6. Training
7. Implementation