The Software Development Lifecycle A Complete Guide

This book provides a step by step guide to all the processes, goals, inputs, outputs and many other aspects of a repeatable software methodology for ANY project. From “soup to nuts” … the whole shebang ~! All in one place at an incredible price…. over 130 pages of knowledge. Any information technology organization must have a highly structured framework into which it can place processes, principles, and guidelines. The framework used for software development is a called a lifecycle. The software development lifecycle (SDLC) defines a repeatable process for building information system that incorporate guidelines, methodologies, and standards. A lifecycle delivers value to an organization by addressing specific business needs within the software application development environment. The implementation of a lifecycle aids project managers in minimizing system development risks, eliminating redundancy, and increasing efficiencies. It also encourages reuse, redesign, and, more importantly, reducing costs.

The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC is a complete and ready-to-adapt System Development Life Cycle that covers every aspect of system development from project inception to production and everything in between. Available as an eBook for years, it stands as the most complete and comprehensive guide of its kind.

This book addresses how best to make build vs. buy decisions, and what effect such decisions have on the software development life cycle (SDLC). Offering an integrated approach that includes important management and decision practices, the text explains how to create successful solutions that fit user and customer needs, by mixing different SDLC methodologies. Features: provides concrete examples and effective case studies; focuses on the skills and insights that distinguish successful software implementations; covers management issues as well as technical considerations, including how to deal with political and cultural realities in organizations; identifies many new alternatives for how to manage and model a system using sophisticated analysis tools and advanced management practices; emphasizes how and when professionals can best apply these tools and practices, and what benefits can be derived from their application; discusses searching for vendor solutions, and vendor contract considerations.

This book has been crafted for both the project management novice who is ready to confront their first real project, through to the seasoned veteran with several project battle campaigns under their belt. This book is based on many years of “real-world” System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) project management, as well as the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK®), the blending of the useful elements from other management practices & principles, and the incorporation of the past experiences & the lessons learnt from the various industrial backgrounds of those persons who graciously contributed to this book’s creation. Described within is the practical application of field-tested project management techniques to actual situations and prevailing circumstances where the realities of commercial necessities have to be given serious consideration. Additionally, this book does cover some topics and ugly truths that are often not acknowledged in academic textbooks on project management. Contains over 100 explanatory diagrams, real example cases, candid comments from project / program managers, and over 100 cartoons to emphasize the key points.

This book presents a guide to navigating the complicated issues of quality and process improvement in enterprise software implementation, and the effect these have on the software development life cycle (SDLC). Offering an integrated approach that includes important management and decision practices, the text explains how to create successful automated solutions that fit user and customer needs, by mixing different SDLC methodologies. With an emphasis on the realities of practice, the book offers essential advice on defining business requirements, and managing change. This revised and expanded second edition includes new content on such areas as cybersecurity, big data, and digital transformation. Features: presents examples, case studies, and chapter-ending problems and exercises; concentrates on the skills needed to distinguish successful software implementations; considers the political and cultural realities in organizations; suggests many alternatives for how to manage and model a system.

How can gamification be implemented in your business process / software development process? Are you building the right product? When are defects identified in the software development lifecycle? What are the strategies you use for testing during the software development lifecycle? When is it time to perform security testing during the software development lifecycle (SDLC)? This powerful Software Development Lifecycle self-assessment will make you the trusted Software Development Lifecycle domain assessor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Software Development Lifecycle challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Software Development Lifecycle work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Software Development Lifecycle task and that every Software Development Lifecycle outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Software Development Lifecycle costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Software Development Lifecycle advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Software Development Lifecycle essentials are covered, from every angle: the Software Development Lifecycle self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Software Development Lifecycle outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Software Development Lifecycle practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Software Development Lifecycle are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Software Development Lifecycle self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Software Development Lifecycle Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Widely considered one of the best practical guides to programming, Steve McConnell’s original CODE COMPLETE has been helping developers write better software for more than a decade. Now this classic book has been fully updated and revised with leading-edge practices—and hundreds of new code samples—illustrating the art and science of software construction. Capturing the body of knowledge available from research, academia, and everyday commercial practice, McConnell synthesizes the most effective techniques and must-know principles into clear, pragmatic guidance. No matter what your experience level, development environment, or project size, this book will inform and stimulate your thinking—and help you build the highest quality code. Discover the timeless techniques and strategies that help you: Design for minimum complexity and maximum creativity Reap the benefits of collaborative development Apply defensive programming techniques to reduce and flush out errors Exploit opportunities to refactor—or evolve—code, and do it safely Use construction practices that are right-weight for your project Debug problems quickly and effectively Resolve critical construction issues early and correctly Build quality into the beginning, middle, and end of your project

Your customers demand and deserve better security and privacy in their software. This book is the first to detail a rigorous, proven methodology that measurably minimizes security bugs--the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). In this long-awaited book, security experts Michael Howard and Steve Lipner from the Microsoft Security Engineering Team guide you through each stage of the SDL--from education and design to testing and post-release. You get their first-hand insights, best practices, a practical history of the SDL, and lessons to help you implement the SDL in any development organization. Discover how to: Use a streamlined risk-analysis process to find security design issues before code is committed Apply secure-coding best practices and a proven testing process Conduct a final security review before a product ships Arm customers with prescriptive guidance to configure and deploy your product more securely Establish a plan to respond to new security vulnerabilities Integrate security discipline into agile methods and processes, such as Extreme Programming and Scrum Includes a CD featuring: A six-part security class video conducted by the authors and other Microsoft security experts Sample SDL documents and fuzz testing tool PLUS--Get book updates on the Web. For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Which level is each metric to be collected at? When testing the password field, what is your focus? Does functional testing cover all functions of the program? Have you adopted a secure software development life cycle? How the software architecture to be designed? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Software Development Life Cycle investments work better. This Software Development Life Cycle All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Software Development Life Cycle Self-Assessment. Featuring 940 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Software Development Life Cycle improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Software Development Life Cycle projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Software Development Life Cycle and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Software Development Life Cycle Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Software Development Life Cycle areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Software Development Life Cycle self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Software Development Life Cycle Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Are there checkpoints throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC) verifying and certifying that the security requirements are being met? Staff support end user buy-in, power users -is staff included? What interfaces are to be established? What exactly is the nature of the risk? Is it necessary to have specifications on scanning or scalability? This best-selling Software Development Life Cycle SDLC self-assessment will make you the established Software Development Life Cycle SDLC domain expert by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Software Development Life Cycle SDLC challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Software Development Life Cycle SDLC task and that every Software Development Life Cycle SDLC outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Software Development Life Cycle SDLC costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Software Development Life Cycle SDLC advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Software Development Life Cycle SDLC essentials are covered, from every angle: the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Software Development Life Cycle SDLC outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Software Development Life Cycle SDLC practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Software Development Life Cycle SDLC Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.