I suggest that the ISO/IEC definition of "methodology" should be our reference definition for improvements on this article. see [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui#iso:std:iso-iec:24744:ed-2:v1:en ISO 24744 - Preview]
--[[User:Dobinator|Dobinator]] ([[User talk:Dobinator|talk]]) 09:20, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
== Content overlap ==
Isn't there too much overlap with [[Software development]]? <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/60.181.12.28|60.181.12.28]] ([[User talk:60.181.12.28#top|talk]]) 07:27, 21 November 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Software development is not a compound word ==
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"Most modern development processes can be vaguely described as agile. Other methodologies include waterfall, prototyping, iterative and incremental development, spiral development, rapid application development, and extreme programming." [[User:Olaeld|Olaeld]] ([[User talk:Olaeld|talk]]) 08:59, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
== A formalized processProcess is not the same as the software development lifecycle ==
The article starts with "a software development process or software development life cycle (SDLC) is ..." which clearly conflates the two terms. They are highly related, yes, but not the same.
The lifecycle is whata itdescription is.of Itwhat doeshappens notduring dependthe onlife of a formalizedsoftware processthing. A formalizedprocess, a formal process, is whatthe self-imposed, agreed it'supon definedway to bego regardlessabout ofcreating howand maintaining a software thing. The lifecycle is more natural (as natural as software gets) and process is more artificial -- something developers self-impose onto themself in order to create/maintain the actualsoftware ... throughout its lifecycle. pansOne outmore subtlety: even if there is no agreed upon process or in spite of an agreed upon process (!), there is still a process that occurs; an ad hoc process. The article should not gloss over (conflate) these different aspects. This article seems tofocused focusonly on formal process; yetgiving callsthe itreader processa andfalse lifecycleimpression. [[User:Stevebroshar|Stevebroshar]] ([[User talk:Stevebroshar|talk]]) 11:24, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
