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SOFTWARE LIFECYCLE
SOLUTIONS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY (SLS/PDM)
The Software Lifecycle Solutions Product Development
Methodology (SLS/PDM)
is a process for product development that starts with a
needs assessment and mapping the product to corporate
goals and overall company strategy. An assessment at
this stage that identifies where the proposed product
fits in with other existing and planned products allows
for systems integration issues to be identified at the
start. Most methodologies start with product definition
of one specific new product but do not attempt to
address where that product fits in with the company’s
strategy or existing systems. Failing to address this
issue up front can lead to problematic system
integration issues in later product development stages. SLS/PDM
starts with tying any new effort into the environment in
which it will function to ensure that standards,
reusability issues and long-term direction can be
addressed up front.
The next important stage of the SLS/PDM
is project definition and requirements gathering.
Product development projects often fail because of
inadequate project definition and a lack of good
requirements-gathering techniques and analysis. There
are literally thousands of good software engineers who
can build applications and pass every quality measure
required of them, but if the requirements are not
correct, the project will still fail. SLS/PDM
addresses this issue by placing emphasis on the early
stages of a project through a well-defined and thorough
process that nails down the detailed needs of a project
at the start.
The SLS/PDM
process then addresses the remaining stages of the
entire software development effort through the same
well-defined process that works through the analysis,
design, coding, testing, quality assurance, delivery and
post delivery stages of the project.
SLS/PDM
places special emphasis on systems architecture and
integration issues throughout the entire product
development process.
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