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"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." --Yogi Berra

Writing software is an extremely difficult process. One cannot just jump into designing programs without keeping all stages of the process in mind. Any one mistake in the process can result in a program defect that could cost much later.

There are many different software design models. The SDLC is basically the following:

Requirements Analysis --> Design --> Implementation (Coding) --> Testing --> Evaluation --> Requirements Analysis...

It is a cyclic process that allows for software to be designed and then further refined.

The Requirements Analysis phase determines what the problem is and how to solve it. This first phase is quite important, as any mistakes made here will propagate to the other phases. In this phase, the problem is broken down into pieces ...

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