9. Development process stages

• The development process has three stages:

  • Analysis: defining the scope of the problem to be solved

  • Design: creating an overall structure for a system

  • Implementation: writing and testing the code.

• An iterative nature of this process is significant and suggests that these stages are not numbered.

• Staff at all levels should be encouraged to talk regularly with individuals involved in "the other" stages of the development.

• However, it is important to apply an appropriate degree of formality for a given project and to maintain an appropriate degree of separation between these phases.