Question

Stages in Software Development Process How do you use  this 6 Stages when you developing your program:

1. Analyze,

2. Specifications,

3. Design,

4. Implement,

5. Test/Debug,

6. Maintain & Update

Answer 1

Answer:

To develop a software program, we have to take these 6 steps. These steps are necessary also for a software program for a successful run. If I am designing software for my firm or organization for example- I want to design an application program to manage my staff which will use by my HR manager. Let’s see how I will use these steps.

Analyze and Specifications:

In this step, I will analyze my requirements and needs to develop this software application. I’ll call a meeting with my senior staff and members to gather the requirements. Question will be asked this duration: Who is going to use this software? How he/she will use it? What should be input into the program? What output do we want from the system? These are common questions that get answered during this analyze session. After requirements gathering these requirements analyzed their validity and the possibility of incorporating the requirements in software development is also studied.

            Finally, a Requirement Specification document will be ready which help of guideline for the next phase of the model.

Design:

   In this step, the software program is prepared from the requirement specifications which were discussed in step-1. This phase of system design helps in specifying hardware and system requirements and also helps in defining overall software architecture. This phase of design serves as input for the next phase.

            In this phase, I’ll test with test strategy or I’ll call testers where they will mention how to test, what to test?

Implementation:

After prepared system design documents, the work will be divided into modules/units and actual coding is started of the software. Because in this step coding is produced so it is the main focus for the software developer. This phase will be the longest of the software development process. Because coding is not too easy.

Testing/Debug:

After the coding is completed it is tested against the requirements to make sure the application actually fulfills our needs gathered during the analyze and specifications phase. During this testing, all functional testing will perform like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing as well as non-functional testing are also done.

            After the testing, the application is handed to the HR manager, he will do the beta testing. If any changes are required or if any bugs are detected, then he will report it to the development team. Once those changes are done or the bugs are fixed then the final deployment will happen.

Maintenance/Update:

    Once our manager starts using the software then the actual problems come up and need to be solved from time to time. This phase will maintain that problem and take care of the developed software program. If any update he wants they’ll update the application.