Software Development Process

The process by which user needs are translated into a software product?. The process involves translating user needs into software requirements, transforming the software requirements into design, implementing the design in code?, testing the code, and sometimes installing and checking out the software for operational activities.

Note: these activities may overlap or be performed iteratively.

See: incremental development?, rapid prototyping, spiral model, waterfall model.

-- PatrickEgan? - 18 Dec 2002