Feasibility No Scaleability 5. The CSU CDL model for Scalable and Sustainable Instructional Software Development is an attempt to synthesize the software development experience within the CSU, and to integrate systems engineering principals into the cottage industry approach to produce more reliable and desirable results. Desirable results are defined by the CSU standards for instructional technology projects developed by systemwide planning bodies. Accountability Integrating systems engineering principles and processes into the former cottage industry approach has produced a model that is centered around the life-cycle development process and is supported by the critical processes of validation, verification, partnerships, and management. The four phases are briefly discussed below.
Different teams are responsible for the activities within each phase and across phases.
Descriptions of these teams are presented in the Partnership Development section. Strategic areas could be bottlenecks in students progress toward graduation, for example. Once strategic areas are identified, teams are created and facilitated to more fully define them including user needs, user characteristics, and desired learning and productivity outcomes. The teams develop proposals for prototypes that will quickly test the efficacy of the proposed solutions. Existing instructional software is also evaluated against solution requirements to determine if existing products can be adopted or adapted to meet requirements.