A Systematic Approach For Problem Solving And Cost Effectiveness

By Author: Vijay K Shetty
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We have been depending on computer software directly or indirectly for a long time and I believe life to be very hard for anyone to even imagine without any computers and software products around. The main reason for people to use the software products is that to make their task a lot easier and in reality, they actually do by taking off the user's burden. Recently the demands for proper software are high and this is the reason for the developers to be one of the highest paying professionals today.

It is really hard to imagine a super market without cashing software or a computer without an operating system and a browser being used to read this article; these are also software. I would really appreciate the efforts of developers of every software who help in minimizing the tough tasks of a customer. So what is that which makes the software to be so effectively executable with minimum or no flaws? During the development of every software product, it is imposed by a developmental process structure called Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Earlier writing software had no procedures to be followed, some try to carry ...
... out projects without any project management. The result being software products delivered late to the customer and seemingly crossed the budget. With a huge number of software products not meeting their expectations with respect to its functionality, delivery time and the cost, we observe the fact that effective project management is somewhere missing.

Today software development is not only based on addressing to the customer needs, but also ensures that effective software is developed. There are many ways of developing a software with each company following a different software development model. But even though they adhere to different theories, some of the stages are very common in all, they are:

Planning: This is the first stage where the company decides on what the customer requirements are and what has to be created to satisfy them. This is often done by the higher management. The stage is also responsible for planning on the time and cost constraints.

Design: This is the most important step in any software development process, wherein a workflow of the software is drafted and the software is developed by the developers based on the plan approved by the management. Some firms do not take this stage seriously and they end up paying a lot in the end by investing more on testing and debugging.

Testing: Inorder to make sure the developed programs work in different environments and pose no problems, the software products are tested for its efficiency and its effectiveness. The traditional way of testing being there wil be a set of testers who exploit the programs to find any errors. Recently, Testing is considered to be the soul of every software development process. The testing stage also involves launching of the software in beta version and allows its end users to find out any flaws.

Implementation: This is a stage where the software is proven to be good and released to the public. Or in simple terms upgrading of the beta version. The implementation stage wil also result in fixing unexpected errors put out by different users.

Maintenance: Developers should also be responsible for the maintenance of software after its successful launch. They should also continuously work on answering to the user queries and develop additional features to make the user's task easy.

Termination: This is a stage where the software has to be scrapped due to the drastic changes in the market. However, this is not the case with al software products. They jus evolve with a new coding language and technology being used.

By following these steps of SDLC, every software proves to be effective in terms of cost, time and quality. SDLC also ensures good software for the users and also ensures the developers a confidence that they can control and maintain their products at any time of the day.

Vijay K Shetty, Platinum Level Author.

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