SDLC

What is Software Development Agreement?

Software Development Agreement is a legal document of written contract signed between Software Developers and Clients which point out all the responsibilities which entrusts with both the developer and the client in relation to the developed Software project. It bears the signatures of both the Client and the Software Developer.

It includes complete financial data transaction related to the software project and also highlights maintenance and support checklist for the same for a pre-defined/agreed period. In short, a software development agreement form or contract is a legal memorandum of understanding between the client and the developer on how the project has been created, deployed and how it would be maintained in the days to come. [Read more...]

Software Development (SDLC) Security checklist is a simplified process which ensures the integrity and durability of the developed SDCL project. It is not necessarily an out of the cycle process and is most of the time executed under Software Testing Life Cycle phase.

Why is sdlc Security necessary?

Right, from the preliminary phase such as basic requirement information gathering to coding phase and then finally to deployment, security should be integrated in all the phases. It must be accessed and implemented right from the basic scratch. Not a single bit of information must be available to sources outside the project. IT helps in keeping the competition at bay and ensures the software cycle is all successfully completed.

Sdlc Security Vulnerability Assessment

As there are stages so are the vulnerability aspects which comes with it. Let us see a direct project if what may affect each of the stages – [Read more...]

If you are developing Software project there are some basic set of steps and guidelines which needs to be followed under each sdlc project. Here is a list of 12 essential steps which needs to be followed while developing project using SDLC methodologies –

Important: Many people might not agree with what I will suggest here. You are free to follow your heart and follow your own steps. I have only shared suggestions what I think will be beneficial for all.

Moreover there is no fixed guidelines for SDLC development which one can follow accurately. The team which handles such projects, finally devise a strategy which is beneficial for the complete SDLC Team as a whole. This is one such basic set of essential steps and aspects which they usually follow. [Read more...]

We have already discussed about the various SDLC methodologies with examples and their working style. As mentioned previously, it is always advisable to go with waterfall model for non rotational projects, agile for large projects and Win Win spiral for projects with multiple phases of recurring modifications. But is this a case for every software development scenario? Are these fixed lines of rigid statements successful in every project? Today, we will have a quick look on how to make the correct methodology selection for a particular project development.

SDLC Methodologies and Changing Requirements

In this modern world of real time requirements, every changing requirement paves space for modification of a project. It is now totally impossible for a project to survive a single mode of iteration or recurring coherent changes. Sometimes a project developer might consider completely changing the core module of the project to suit the current requirement. Sometimes the project is modified and some parts are developed using different methods other than the one which was used to build the project initially. This is called Mixed methodology implementation and has been existing long before this name was coined. Mixed methodology is a kind of feasible project advancement where the complete program is designed to adapt multiple modifications. Here, the scope of the function is broken down and restricted under a limited boundary. This limited boundary can be reused by any project methodologies that ever exists. Each of these modules have individual scopes and we can merge or develop them using any standard model. [Read more...]