Question

Where and why in SDLC should a Business Case be introduced? Please expand clearly. The information which is present is not enough.

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Business case in SDLC:

The main purpose of SDLC is to help produce a product that is cost efficient, effective and high quality. After the application is created then SDLC maps the proper deployment and decommissioning of the software when it becomes legacy.

Business Case: It captures the business justification for initiating a task or project. Clearly whenever an organization plans to commit finance or resources or task or project, it should be in support of a demonstrable business need. Companies need to make use of business case to (Anon):

• Demonstrate the business need for a particular provided action.
• Confirm that the project is feasible before expending significant funding.
• Consider the strategic internal and external drivers for the project.
• Assess, compare and contrast the costs and benefits of choosing one course of action over another.

The purpose of a business case is to justify the approval of a project by clearly stating the benefits to be delivered. In today's economy, more and more decision makers are requesting easy to understand and straight forward information to decide which projects they should invest in and which ones to put aside. Only projects that can show a direct and solid return on investment or those that have presented a compelling and believable "strategic importance" will be approve.The Software Development Life Cycle is a process that ensures good software is built. Each phase in the life cycle has its own process and deliverables that feed into the next phase.