Document Title: System development, system development methodology reasons for and against choice of methodology

Paper code: 13074

System development, system development methodology reasons for and against choice of methodology

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Accordingly, the system development process, also known as the system development life cycle, is a term used in the development of software where a set of methodical processes, activities, or phases are used to develop and implement a system (Wynn, and Clarkson, 2018). In simple terms, systems development is the process of defining, designing, testing, and implementing a new software application or program.

Considering that the workshop informed the department of the need for the coming up with a human resource management system, to cater for the  staff members, it  requires a suite of a small system used to manage human resources and related processes throughout the employee lifecycle (Zeebaree and Hussan, 2019). There is need to define and implement standards and adopt an appropriate system development methodology;

The methodology proposed for the system development of a human resource management system is the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodology. The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is a conceptual model used in project management that describes the stages involved in an information system development project, from an initial feasibility study through maintenance of the completed application (Wong and Too, 2018). SDLC can apply to technical and non-technical systems.

The model considered under the systems development life cycle methodology is Water Fall model. The waterfall model is a breakdown of project activities into linear sequential phases, where each phase depends on the deliverables of the previous one and corresponds to a specialization of tasks. The approach is typical for certain areas of engineering design

The methodology is selected because enables users to transform a newly-developed project into an operational one.  The methodology also leads to a high quality system that meets customer expectations, reaches completion within time and cost evaluations, and works effectively and efficiently in the current and planned Information Technology infrastructure.