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Software Development Templates by Phases
- Initiation Phase
- Concept Development Phase
- Planning Phase
- Requirements Analysis Phase
- Design Phase
- Test Phase
- Implementation Phase
- Disposition Phase
What technical documents are required for the different phases of the software development lifecycle?
Here are the documents broken out by the main waterfall phases. Essentially, this includes manuals, guides, and plans to do the following:
- Define the project setup
- Analyze the requirements
- Design the databases, applications, user interface, and network
- Code and test the actual software that you’ve developed
- Verify, validate, and ensure that it can be deployed
The following documents are required for different phases of the software development lifecycle.
Initiation Phase
In the Initiation phase, you need to write the following documents:
Concept Proposal
Describes the need or opportunity to improve existing agency business functions using automation and technology. Identify unmet goals or performance improvements. [Learn more about the Concept Proposal template] 
Business Case
Use this to build a Business Case for your project; identify the return on investment for your solution to seek approval by your sponsor. [Learn more about the Business Case template]
Concept Development Phase
The Concept Development Phase typically begins after the Concept Proposal and Project Charter are approved, the Initiation project status review completed, and approval to proceed to the Concept Development Phase is granted.
The purpose of the Concept Development Phase is to:
- Evaluate the feasibility of alternatives
- Define and approve project scope, including the system, deliverables, and required activities.
The Concept Development Phase includes the following tasks:
- Business need analysis
- Project scope definition
- Technical alternatives evaluation
- Project acquisition strategy
- Risk analysis
- Project costs approval
- Roles and responsibilities definition
- Work breakdown structure definition
- Project viability creation
- Approval to progress to the planning phase
In the Concept phase, you need to write the following documents:
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Use the Cost Benefit Analysis template to calculate and compare benefits and costs of a project or decision. The CBA helps predict whether a project’s benefits or decision outweigh its costs relative to other alternatives.
[Learn more about the Cost Benefit Analysis template]
