Question

. A small local bakery wants to expand their business and develop a web site to showcase their products and allow customers to order their baked goods. Using a systems development life cycle approach (SDLC) explain how the bakery can do this, and what is involved at each stage of the SDLC.

Answer 1

Let's start with System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE ( SDLC ) APPROACH

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a systematic way of implementing a new or modified project in different stages. SDLC is a methodology of meeting customers needs within time and cost efficient way.

Let's take a look at how a small bakery can expand their business using the variour stages of system development life cycle approach_ following are the small explanations of SDLC stages and shortly explain the process of expanding bakery's websites :

• PLANNING
• ANALYSIS
• DESIGN
• DEPLOYMENT
• IMPLEMENTATION
• MAINTENANCE

1. PLANNING : The very first step of any phases are making proper planning ideas. In this stage, we find out the problem and determine solutions. Resources, personnels, cost, time and other things should be considered in this stage.

For expanding a new website for the bakery, first of all find that bakery's location and surrounded areas are good for online marketing. Its scope of the website ,cost , delivery, employees etc are considered.

2. ANALYSIS : The second stage is to analyse that what we plan to do will reach the customers the same way.

Observing that the website is a powerful tool that penetrate the products among the customers

3. DESIGN : This is the stage of designing the planned system. It describes in details about the necessaryfeatures and operation that will satisfy the functional requirements.

After examine the market and scope of introduction of website, makes a detailed analysis of design and development of website is done.

4. DEPLOYMENT: This is the stage where actual work is starting. The system is put into a production and used to conduct business.

After the system designing the actual work of adding the details is done. This is the stage where the product details of bakery and their business activities are added.

5. IMPLEMENTING : This phase is a long term process.Implementing the system in a trial basis and spread to the customers after trial

Firstly a trail will be conducted at that time the promotional activities are takes place and then give grand for the permission of assess the website to the customers.

6. MAINTENANCE : This is the last phase, where the end users can use the system. System be boosted and new capabilities will be added in accordance with the changing customers needs.

This is a continuous process of update the software in a timely manner. As per the interest of the existing customers needs and attracting new customers new offers and customer boosting activities are done.