Development process
Software development processes can be conceived as a sequence of steps and practices to accomplish the software product development in a predictable manner. While this gives a broad definition of the development process, it may become more specific depending on the organization, domain, and expertise. Typically, any development process needs a set of practices, methodologies, tools, and supporting functions.
Tasks and practices:
Requirements management
Architecting or/and designing the solution
Implementation
Integration
Testing
Release management
Maintenance/Patching
Methodologies:
Waterfall
V-Model
RUP
Agile
Spiral and others
Tools:
Compiler / Debugger
Build
Release
Issue
Support
Project management
Configuration management
Quality assurance
Documentation
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