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Application development lifecycle is a commonly used and integral part of application development. It is not a new concept, however, is often under utilized by the developers. In this chapter, we discuss the best practices to manage the Domino application development lifecycle to help you achieve the standardization and stability to the Domino application development.

The following figure shows the phases in application development lifecycle. It is a continue process because the business evolves and the applications are enhanced continuously.



What are the benefits of standardization of Domino application development lifecycle? It helps streamline the different phases of the application development. It weaves all phases through a common thread which leads to logical progression from one phase to another. Builds a strong foundation of requirements on which you establish the pillars of application design. It helps conceptualize and brings focus to several aspects of application design. This actually leads into transformation of the business requirements into an application development. 

The application development lifecycle further drills down to the actual code generation of the requirements in a standardized manner that brings the application to life. Emphasis on quality aspect of the application been developed that should agree with the expected business requirements. It also provides a platform to stage the application for the user to confirm the application acceptance that agrees with business requirements. Finally, it helps the movement of developed application to make it live in production for its usage by the business.

In this section, we cover the following topics:

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Requirements
• 2.3 Design
• 2.4 Development
• 2.5 Test
• 2.6 Deployment
• 2.7 Production
• 2.8 Upgrade
• 2.9 Retirement