Systems Development Life Cycle: The system development life cycle is a conceptual model
which is used in project management and it involves set of steps that designers, programmers
and other professional’s needs to follow to develop, maintain and replace information system.
SDLC is important as it increases efficiency and accuracy and it helps to reduce the risks of
failure in modern information system era regardless of system size and scope. SDLC consist
of five important phases i.e. Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation and Maintenance.
Planning Phase: Planning is an important phase in system SDLC and it’s primarily focus is on
requirements of project planning work. In this phase, various project planning approaches are
identified and defined such as data availability, new data requirements and scope of project,
cost and risks involved, to support the new project. Most of the times, it is observed that
incomplete planning and analysis are the root cause of a project failure, so in order to
overcome this, proper project planning is essential for a successful IT Project. There are six
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- Project Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software development process, Rapid application development
