Software delivery lifecycle (SDLC) is a structured process that includes all stages, right from initial planning to launch to maintenance. This is to ensure that your software meets the desired quality standards and requirements.
7 key stages of SDLC phases are:
◉ Planning: This stage includes discussing the entire project scope, purpose & desired results with the team.
◉ Requirements gathering: In this stage, the project manager gathers & collects business and technical requirements.
◉ Design: A design prototype is crafted in this stage as per the specifications in the above two stages.
◉ Development: Based on the approved design specifications, the writing and compilation of the code begins.
◉ Testing: This stage ensures verification and validation of the developed code to ensure it is running smoothly.
◉ Deployment: The tested software is now deployed & released in production environment. Team gathers feedback on performance and shares the same with the development team.
◉ Maintenance: By this time, software applications are successfully launched. Any existing bugs, performance issues, and errors are fixed in this stage. Parallelly, ongoing monitoring and maintenance also takes place under this stage.