Assignment

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Library Research Assignment

When looking at the life span for the development of an application or system from the initial idea proposal through final deployment, there are several phases to accomplish. Several models examine the required phases along with tools to support each phase.

Investigate the library and Internet for information about system development life cycle (SDLC) and 2 other models, such as rapid application development (RAD), object-oriented, prototyping, data-centered, joint application development (JAD), or agile development.

• Compare and contrast SDLC and 2 other development models (give a brief description of the approach, cover the phases, and highlight the strengths and weaknesses).

• Based on your research, which model will you use for your project in this class, and why?

• Is a hybrid or the use of a combination of models more appealing to you, and why?

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100-200 words about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?