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Outline of software development

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to software development:

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Software development – development of a software product, which entails computer programming (process of writing and maintaining the source code), but also encompasses a planned and structured process from the conception of the desired software to its final manifestation. Therefore, software development may include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities that result in software products.

What type of thing is software development?

Software development can be described as all of the following:

  • Research and development –
  • Vocation –
  • Profession –

    • Branches of software development

  • Video game development
  • Web application development

    • History of software development

    History of software development

    Software development participants

  • Software developer
  • Software engineer
  • Consulting software engineer
  • Computer programmer
  • Software publisher

    • Software development problems

  • Shovelware
  • Software bloat
  • Software bug

    • Software project management

  • Software project management – art and science of planning and leading software projects. It is a sub-discipline of project management in which software projects are planned, monitored and controlled.
  • Software configuration management

    • Software development strategies

  • Offshore software R&D – provision of software development services by an external supplier positioned in a country that is geographically remote from the client enterprise; a type of offshore outsourcing.

    • Software development process

  • Software development process
  • Software release life cycle
  • Stages of development
  • Pre-alpha
  • Alpha release
  • Beta release
  • Open beta
  • Closed beta
  • Release candidate
  • Release
  • Release to manufacturing (RTM)
  • General availability release (GA)
  • Web release (RTW)
  • Technical support
  • End-of-life – termination of support for the product

    • Activities and steps

  • Requirements analysis
  • Software development effort estimation
  • Functional specification
  • Software architecture
  • Software design
  • Computer programming
  • Software testing
  • Software deployment
  • Software release
  • Product installation
  • Product activation
  • Deactivation
  • Adaptation
  • Software update
  • Uninstallation
  • Uninstaller
  • Product retirement
  • Software maintenance

    • Software development methodologies

    Software development methodology

  • Aspect-oriented software development
  • Cleanroom Software Engineering
  • Iterative and incremental development
  • Incremental funding methodology
  • Rapid application development
  • IBM Rational Unified Process
  • Spiral model
  • Waterfall model
  • Extreme programming
  • Lean software development
  • Scrum
  • V-Model
  • Test-driven development (TDD)

    • Agile software development

    Agile software development

  • Cross-functional team
  • Extreme programming
  • Iterative and incremental development
  • Pair programming
  • Self-organization
  • Timeboxing

    • Supporting disciplines

  • Computer programming –
  • Software documentation –
  • Software engineering –
  • Software quality assurance (SQA) –
  • User experience design –

    • Software development tools

  • Programming tool
  • Compiler
  • Debugger
  • Performance analysis
  • Graphical user interface builder
  • Integrated development environment

    • Education relevant to software development

  • Bachelor of Computer Science – type of bachelor's degree awarded for study of computer science, emphasizing the mathematical and theoretical foundations of computing, rather than teaching specific technologies that may quickly become outdated. A Bachelor of Computer Science degree is normally required in order to work in the field of software development. Abbreviated "BCompSc" or "BCS".

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