PM1 BLOG WEEK2

Have you heard of karma?

“Karma is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as denoting the entire cycle of cause and effect described in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies.” ------- From wikipedia

Life cycle is kind of Karma.
As we learned from chapter 2.,“If the project, product, and systems development life cycles are not integrated, the information technology cannot be kept up to date as advancements are made at a rapid pace.”Systems development life cycle (SDLC) is the integration of project and product life cycles. Basically, SDLC include ten phases:
1. Initiation
2. System Concept Development
3. Planning
4. Requirements Analysis
5. Design
6. Development
7. Integration and test
8. Implementation
9. Operation and Maintenance
10. Disposition

From the above phases, we can smell the authority and monopoly from the management control from SLDC.
In other words, some people may resist certain methodologies when they are mandated by the organization. In the article of “Investigating Determinants of Software Developers? Intentions to Follow Methodologies “, Bill Hardgrave said
“Contrary to popular belief, that an organizational mandate is not sufficient to guarantee use of the methodology in a sustained manner.” In formalized methodologies, people lack of innovation. They have to follow all the steps and their thoughtful idea was not involved.

Life cycle is now being used by various business organizations in their approach to IT projects. Organizations want to know the full cost of ownership related to IT projects including development, training, software upgrades, and maintenance costs. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is one of the best demonstrations of SLDC.DOJ spend millions of dollars on the acquisition, design, development, implementation, and maintenance of information systems.

Reference:
1. http://jmis.bentley.edu/articles/v20_n1_p123/index.html
2. http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/irm/lifecycle/ch1.htm
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma