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    Shadan Women’s College of

    Engineering and Technology


    NAME:AMARA AFREEN
    HALL TICKET NUMBER:22L51A0503
    CLASS:B.TECH 1ST YEAR 2ND SEMESTER
    BRANCH & SECTION:CSE-A
    TOPIC: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
    Stages of Program
    Development
    process
    Software Development Life Cycle

    The various stages in the development of a computer program are


     Problem Definition
     Program Design
     Coding
     Debugging
     Testing
     Documentation
     Maintenance
    Problem Definition.
    Program Design
     The first step in the process of program
    development is the thorough  The
    understanding and identification of the
    next stage is the program
    problem for which is the program or design. The software
    software is to be developed. developer makes use of tools
     In this step the problem has to be defined like algorithms andflowcharts
    formally.

    to develop the design of the
    All the factors like Input/output,
    processing requirement, memory program.
    requirements, error handling,interfacing
    with other programs have to be taken into
    consideration in this stage.
    Coding

     Once the design process is complete, the actual computer program is written, i.e. the instructions arewritten in
    a computer language.
     Coding is generally a very small part of the entire program development process and also a less
    timeconsuming activity in reality.
     Coding
    In this process all the syntax errors i.e. errors related to spelling, missing commas, undefined labels etc. are
    eliminated.
     For effective coding some of the guide lines which are applied are:
    1. Use of meaningful names and labels of variables,
    2. Simple and clear expressions,Modularity with emphasis on making modules generalized,
    3. Making use of comments and indenting the code properly,
    4. Avoiding jumps in the program to transfer control.
    Debugging Testing
     At this stage the errors in the programs are detected and
    corrected.  The program is tested on a number of
     This stage of program development is an important process. suitable test cases.A test plan of the program
    has to be done at the stage of the program
     Debugging is also known as programvalidation. design itself.
     Some common errors which might occur in the programs  This ensures a thorough understanding of
    include: the specifications.
    1. Un initialization of variables.  The most trivial and the most special cases
    2. Reversing of order of operands. should be identified and tested.
     It is always useful to include the maximum
    3. Confusion of numbers and characters
    and minimum values of all variables as test
    4. Inverting of conditions eg jumping on zero instead of on not data
    zero.
    Documentation Maintenance

      Updating and correction of the program


    Documentation is a very essential step in
    the program development. for changed conditions and field
    experience is accounted forin
     Documentation help the users and the maintenance.
    people who maintain the software
     Maintenance becomes essential in
     This ensures that future modification if following situations:
    required can be done easily.
    1. Change in specification
     Also it is required during redesigning and
    maintenance. 2. Change in equipment
    3. Errors which are found during the actual
    execution of the program.

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