SDLC Overview SDLC, Software Development Life Cycle is a process used by software industry to design, develop and test high quality software. The SDLC aims to produce high quality software that meets or exceeds customer expectations, reaches completion within times and cost estimates. A typical Software Development life cycle consists of the following stages: Stage 1: Planning and Requirement Analysis Stage 2: Defining Requirements Stage 3: Designing the product architecture Stage 4: Building or Developing the Product Stage 5: Testing the Product Stage 6: Deployment in the Market and Maintenance SDLC Models There are various software development life cycle models defined and designed which are followed during software development process. These models are also referred as "Software Development Process Models". Each process model follows a Series of steps unique to its type, in order to ensure success in process of softwar...