the application development lifecycle
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...by someone who has spent 35 years living it...TRANSCRIPT
The Application Development Lifecycle
A perspectivefrom someone who
has spent 35 years living it
What the business felt it needed
What the business could afford
What the consultant proposed as a compromise
What the business agreed after consulting on the design
The new design after the funding realities hit home
What the detailed spec described
What the project manager would have preferred to deliver
What the programmer was thinking the entire time
How it was documented
The alpha release for user acceptance testing
After fixing faults and including changed user requirements
How the project marketed the rollout
When it was finally delivered
How it performed on the first day
How the users reacted
First year of production
After 5 years of changes and fixes
What the critics said would have happened if THEY had done it