Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

The System Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) describes the process for conducting system (application) development projects and assignments in the Ministry of Forests and Range. This life cycle also applies to enhancement and maintenance activities, and technology only projects.

It includes:

a set of guidelines to determine the project size/complexity (Right-sizing your project), upon which the planning and budgeting of a project should be based,
the overall SDLC Framework / Life Cycle of an IT project itself, based on phases, deliverables, gates and signoffs,
guidelines, standards and templates for each of the deliverables by phase. (These are found by navigating though the overall framework diagram),
a typical system development project organization structure (Roles & Responsibilities).

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What's New

January 2011 – Added Quality Management Plan Template
January 2011 – Added Implementation Plan Sample
December 2010 – Updated Security Threat and Risk Assessment
October, 2010 – Added Business Solutions Options Template

A Full list of updates is available from February, 2008.

Training

See the Training Page for access to the SDLC online e-Learning course (search for SDLC).

Contact

If you require assistance or would like to provide feedback, please contact Lorelei Solomon in the Client Business Solutions section, Information Management Branch.