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Devel opmentL if
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conduc ted thisonl i
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academi aandi ndustrywer epresent.

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ustr
atethe vek ey st
ages in SDLC,whic
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Requir
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i
)Implementat
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v)Test
ingand(
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wit
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usont heroleofaBus i
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heprocessdown
fur
therint
othefol
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agesofsof
twaredevelopment.

(
i)Ini
ti
ati
on:T hi
s process begi
ns when the s
pons
or i
dent
ies a need or an
opportuni
tyandcreatesaconceptpropos
al.

(
ii
)Syst
em Conc eptDevel
opment :The s
c ope orboundar
yoft he conc
eptsare
dened.Thisi
ncludes(
i
)System BoundaryDocument,(i
i
)CostBenetAnaly
sis
,(i
i
i)
Ri
skManag ementand(i
v)Feasi
bil
i
tyStudy
.

(
i
ii
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dest
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esourcesneededtoachi
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err
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detai
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uncti
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equi
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stems
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desi
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ocusesonhowtodel
ivert
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uncti
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(
vi
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tedtoac ompleteinformati
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stem t
hat
i
ncl
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nstal
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ingsys
temsenvi
ronment,
(i
i)
prepar
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(i
ii
)codi
ngand(iv
)
r
eni
ngprograms .

(
vii
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ationandTest:Thi
ss t
ageisundert
akenbyQuali
tyAs
surancestaand
demons t
rates t
hat t
he dev el
oped sy
stem conf
orms t
ot he requi
rements as
mentionedintheFunct
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uti
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I
ntegr
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x)Operat
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cat
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ed,i
tis
i
mpor
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opr epar
eadoc umentthatdesc
ribest
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k st
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nfor
mat i
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napr oduc
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ncludi
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srev
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sposi
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sys
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SLDCmethods
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thspeci
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usonWaterf
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Towardstheend, Muk hraj

spentalotoftimeont heroleofaBus inessAnal
ysti
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eachoftheseSDL Cmet hods.Ri
ghtfrom planni
ngtodes i
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i
mplement ati
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einthedev elopmentofany
sof
twareorapplicati
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ssessionwasov er,heansweredov eradozen
quest
ionsfrom ourcur i
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cBAas pir
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AtImar t
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