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What Is SDLC or Waterfall Model

The Waterfall Model or SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) is a sequential model for software development introduced in 1970. It divides the development process into distinct phases including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Each phase has specific activities and deliverables, and the process flows linearly from one phase to the next without overlap or iteration. The Waterfall Model works best for smaller, well-defined projects where requirements are stable and the technology is well understood.

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What Is SDLC or Waterfall Model

The Waterfall Model or SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) is a sequential model for software development introduced in 1970. It divides the development process into distinct phases including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Each phase has specific activities and deliverables, and the process flows linearly from one phase to the next without overlap or iteration. The Waterfall Model works best for smaller, well-defined projects where requirements are stable and the technology is well understood.

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What is SDLC or Waterfall Model?

Waterfall Model or SDLC, introduced in 1970 by Winston Royce, is a sequential model


divided into different phases of software development activity. Each phase is designed for
performing specific activity during SDLC phase.

Different Phases of Water-Fall Models


Different phases of Software
Activities performed in each stage
Development Cycle
Requirement Gathering
stage

Design Stage

During this phase, detailed requirements of the


software system to be developed are gathered from
client

Plan the programming language like Java, PHP, .net

or database like Oracle, MySQL, etc.

Or other high-level technical details of the project

After design stage, it is built stage, that is nothing but

Built Stage

coding the software

Test Stage

In this phase, you test the software to verify that it is


built as per the specifications given by the client.

Deployment stage

Deploy the application in the respective environment

Maintenance stage

Once your system is ready to use, you may later


require change the code as per customer request

When to use SDLC Waterfall Model


Waterfall model can be used when

Requirements are not changing frequently

Application is not complicated and big

Project is short

Requirement is clear

Environment is stable

Technology and tools used are not dynamic and is stable

Resources are available and trained

Advantages and Disadvantages of Waterfall-Model


Advantages

Dis-Advantages

Before the next phase of development,


each phase must be completed

Error can be fixed only during the


phase

Suited for smaller projects where


requirements are well defined

It is not desirable for complex project


where requirement changes frequently

They should perform quality


assurance test (Verification and
Validation) before completing each
stage

Testing period comes quite late in the


developmental process

Elaborate documentation is done at


every phase of the software's
development cycle

Documentation occupies a lot of time


of developers and testers

Project is completely dependent on


project team with minimum client
intervention

Clients valuable feedback cannot be


included with ongoing development
phase

Any changes in software is made


during the process of the development

Small changes or errors that arise in the


completed software may cause a lot of
problems

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