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Systems development life cycle: Products, Phases & Practices

The systems development life cycle (SDLC) describes the typical phases and progression between phases during the development of a computer-based system. These phases progress from inception to retirement. At base, there is just one life cycle, but the taxonomy used to describe it may vary; the cycle may be classified into different numbers of phases and…

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Systems development life cycle topic overview

The analysis highlights Products, Phases and Practices as prominent areas in the source structure around Systems development life cycle.

Related topics
21
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
24
Extracted relationships
14
Related term clusters
13
Bridge connections
24

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Phases · 13 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Practices · 3 topics

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Practices

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How Systems development life cycle connects Entity context

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Important terminology

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Important terminology

sdlc design system life phase cycle development phases may include systems control work process terms analysis management also associated requirements

Systems development life cycle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 14 structured relationships around Systems development life cycle. Examples in this analysis include methodology → instance of → Prescriptive techniques are referred to using various terms and understanding user needs → instance of → A feasibility study can determine whether the development effort is worthwhile via activities. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
methodologyinstance ofPrescriptive techniques are referred to using various terms0.80text
modelinstance ofPrescriptive techniques are referred to using various terms0.80text
frameworkinstance ofPrescriptive techniques are referred to using various terms0.80text
and formal process.Other terms are used for the same concept as SDLCinstance ofPrescriptive techniques are referred to using various terms0.80text
including software development life cycleinstance ofPrescriptive techniques are referred to using various terms0.80text
understanding user needsinstance ofA feasibility study can determine whether the development effort is worthwhile via activities0.80text
cost estimationinstance ofA feasibility study can determine whether the development effort is worthwhile via activities0.80text
benefit analysisinstance ofA feasibility study can determine whether the development effort is worthwhile via activities0.80text
and resource analysisinstance ofA feasibility study can determine whether the development effort is worthwhile via activities0.80text
describing the major components of the systeminstance ofThe plan can include relatively high-level information0.80text
describing functionsinstance ofThe plan can include relatively low-level information0.80text
screen layoutinstance ofThe plan can include relatively low-level information0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Systems development life cycle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cycle, Development and Life. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Systems development life cycle
    • Cycle
    • Development
    • Life
    • Phase
    • Include
    • May
    • Living
    • Organism
    • Support
    • Systems
    • Lifecycle
    • Methodology
  • systems development life cycle
    • Cycle
    • Life
    • Development
    • Lifecycle
    • System
    • Sdlc
    • Phase
    • Include
    • May
    • Systems
    • Living
    • Organism
  • life cycle of a living organism
    • Organism
    • Cycle
    • Life
    • Development
    • Unique
    • Lifecycle
    • System
    • Sdlc
    • Systems
    • Living
    • Used
    • Different
  • conceptual design
    • Analysis
    • Software
    • Requirements
    • Phase
    • System
    • Terms
    • Development
    • Support
    • Management
    • Process
    • Work
    • Life
  • design
    • Analysis
    • Software
    • Requirements
    • Phase
    • System
    • Terms
    • Development
    • Support
    • Management
    • Process
    • Work
    • Life
  • testing the complete system to ensure that it meets customer expectations (requirements)
    • Design
    • Phase
    • Include
    • Using
    • Terms
    • Information
    • Requirements
    • System
    • Systems
    • Work
    • Living
    • Organism
  • work breakdown structure
    • Sdlc
    • Support
    • Analysis
    • Management
    • Process
    • Control
    • Cycle
    • Life
    • Design
    • Different
    • Lifecycle
    • Methodology
  • statement of work
    • Sdlc
    • Support
    • Analysis
    • Management
    • Process
    • Control
    • Cycle
    • Life
    • Design
    • Different
    • Lifecycle
    • Methodology

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Systems development life cycle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Systems development life cycle with Phases. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Systems development life cycle — Phases · splits 11 ⟂ 14
Systems development life cycle — Overview · splits 19 ⟂ 6
Systems development life cycle — Practices · splits 21 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Systems development life cycle

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples14
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Systems development life cycle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Products, Phases & Practices, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Systems development life cycle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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