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Project Cycle
Requirements |
Test Cases |
Programming
I. Requirements Analysis
A. Visioning
Client Interviews
Understand how the business operates (a broad picture)
Define the goals to be achieved
Outline expectations including the proposed
platform, functionality, scalability, and cost
B. Specifications
Collect data samples
Gather spreadsheets and other management tools
Assemble reporting requirements
Process Review
Possible Prototype
Layout Technical Architecture
Strategy
Installation
C. Contract Agreement
Evaluate deliverables, price structure, and time frames
Client review
Acceptance of documentation
II. Analysis and Design
A. Design Overview
Define general requirements
Document business process overview and functional unit definition
Tables, forms, reports
Outline an overview for each table, form and report
B. Identify Project Platform
Establish the software platform (Access, Visual Basic, Active Server Pages)
Outline future network requirements
C. Establish security requirements
Establish a user table
Identify user types and corresponding authority levels
Identify table, field, form and report permissions by user type
D. Table Structures
Establish table structures
Define field types and logical links between tables
E. Report Design
Prototype reports with valid sample data
Send reports to client for approval of content and design
Establish business rules and test cases for each report
F. Table Modification
Establish business rules and test cases for each table
G. Form Design
Prototype form designs
Send forms to client for approval of content and design
Establish business rules and test cases for each form
H. Security Settings
Define user type permissions for all tables, fields, forms and reports
I. Client Review
Acceptance of documentation
III. Development
A. Presentation
Present the Functional Specifications to the programming team
B. Form Development
Program development of
form functionality using the business rules established in the Functional Specifications
Simultaneous quality assurance testing
of forms (see Phase IV for the testing process)
C. Report Development
Program development of
report functionality using the business rules established in the Functional Specifications.
Simultaneous quality assurance testing
of reports (see Phase IV for the testing process)
D. Security Implementation
Security interface installation
E. Documentation
Help file construction
Creation of installation process
Installation Instructions
IV. Testing
A. Form Quality Assurance
Test developed forms
Compare form functionality to
the business rules established in the Functional Specifications for quality assurance
Add client data subsets to respective tables via the developed form functionality
B. Report Quality Assurance
Test developed reports
Compare report functionality to the
business rules established in the Functional
Specifications for quality assurance
C. Program Quality Assurance
Redesign and additional testing as needed
Return items failing the initial quality
assurance test to the programming team
Upon resolution of identified errors,
quality assurance checks and testing are repeated based on
information from the Functional Specifications
Process is repeated for all items that
fail during quality assurance and test case checks
V. Deployment
A. Delivery
Integration
Configuration
Data Conversion
Train client on product usage.
Go Live
B. Support
Maintenance
Enhancements
Help Desk
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