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The SDLC Review project began in February, 2007 with a goal to review and revise
the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for the Ministry. This project would
also look to best practices in the industry and determine the future direction
for the SDLC in the Ministry. The SDLC Working Group has been actively
involved in all recommendations and changes to the SDLC and is responsible for
the progress to date. The Project Governance and membership of the Working Group
is shown in the following diagram:
Phase 1 - This phase included:
- Defining Goals, objectives and values of the SDLC.
- Reviewing and Prioritizing Requirements for changes to the SDLC.
- Conducting Research into external methodologies and evaluating options
and further recommendations for changes.
- Recommending to the Steering Committee to revamp and custome the SDLC to
incorporate the recommendations from the research and requirements.
- Approval by the Steering Committee of the recommendation.
- Defining the High-level SDLC Framework (Phases, Gates, Linkages)
- Defining the Right-sizing Formula and calculator.
- Defining the Roles/Responsibilities for a typical project.
- Completing all of the high-level SDLC web pages in early February, 2008,
resulting from the review and recommendations.
- Development of an e-learning course (available in March 2008), based on
the content and high-level web pages in Phase 1.
Phase 2 is now complete with a number of standards, templates, and samples added to the web site. Please see the full list of updates under the What's New section.
A detailed e-learning course is being created to provide guidance by type of project: development, enhancements or maintenance. This will be available by March 31st, 2009.
The SDLC website will now follow a continuous improvement process and updates will be made on an as required basis prioritized by the SDLC working group.
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