What are the five major phases of the SDLC? What will be an ...

[torybrooks]

What are the five major phases of the SDLC?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is a system development methodology?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

A component of outsourcing is development of applications outside of the organization.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer to Question 1

The major SDLC phases include planning, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance. Planning is the first phase of the SDLC in which an organization's total information system needs are identified, analyzed, prioritized, and arranged. Analysis is the second phase of the SDLC in which system requirements are studied and structured. During the third phase, the design phase, a description of the recommended solution is converted into logical and then physical system specifications. Implementation is the fourth phase of the SDLC in which the information system is coded, tested, installed, and supported in the organization. Maintenance is the fifth and final phase of the SDLC in which an information system is systematically repaired and improved.

Answer to Question 2

Most organizations find it beneficial to use a standard set of steps, called a systems development methodology, to develop and support their information systems. Like many processes, the development of information systems often follows a life cycle. For example, a commercial product follows a life cycle in that it is created, tested, and introduced to the market. Its sales increase, peak, and decline. Finally, the product is removed from the market and replaced by something else.

Answer to Question 3

TRUE