Ideal Software development process

Architecture Phase:

Analysis:

• Reason: Way the Business process works needs to be be reflected in the software solution created.
• Steps: Review existing business process. Identify brand position.Identify user profiles.Create use cases.Research supporting technologies.
• Deliverable:Project Analysis report

Interface Design:

• Reason: To ensure software is intuitive, easy to use, and really does what you need it to do—well before moving into development.
• Steps: Design an interactive prototype that allows all the project's stake-holders to engage with the system in real-time.
• Deliverable: Completed User Interface design.

Usability Testing:

• Reason: To ensure the software is effective and easy to use.
• Steps: Use focus groups of target users to test the system and provide feedback until the function and usability is correct.
• Deliverable: Software Usability report

Fabrication Phase:

Software Engineering:

• Reason: You can't build a house without a blueprint.
• Steps: Create the domain mode, data schema, programming API, documentation system help.
• Deliverable:UML class and data model diagram.

Coding:

• Reason: N/A
• Steps: Develop system component, perform unit,coverage and load testing.
• Deliverables:BETA deployed to staging servers

Beta Testing:

• Reason:Find and eliminate problems before the software is launched. Well proven fact that a bug discovered in production is costs exponentially more to fix than the one found in development.
• Steps: Test all use cases and conduct acceptance testing.
• Deliverable:Deployment ready software

Production Deployment:

• Reason:N/A
• Steps:Prepare Server and deploy code to production.
• Deliverable:Production code and documentation