The Agile Codex: Re-inventing Agile Through the Science of Invention and Assembly

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M. McCormickThe Agile Codexhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7280-0_13

13. Software Development Life Cycle

Growing the Tree

Michael McCormick¹  

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Boulder, CO, USA

 

The software development life cycle (SDLC) describes the workflow of planning, executing, and packaging a software product for delivery.

Phases

The software development life cycle consists of three stages of varying length and complexity:

• Planning

• Execution

• Releasing

Planning

During the planning phase, all functional areas gather to define what they want to build during the SDLC. Together, they define the saltshaker, and then imagine it backward. The assembly line is put in place: states, steps, and tools ...