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== History ==

The softwareSDLC developmentwas methodologyfirst frameworkdescribed didin notthe emerge1960s, and was often conflated untilwith the 1960swaterfall model for many years. According to Elliott (2004), the SDLC [[systemswaterfall development life cycle]model] can be considered to be the oldest formalized methodology framework for building [[information system]]s. The main idea of the software development life cycleSDLC has been "to pursue the development of information systems in a very deliberate, structured and methodical way, requiring each stage of the life cycle––from the inception of the idea to delivery of the final system––to be carried out rigidly and sequentially"<ref name="Ell04">{{cite book |author=Geoffrey Elliott |date=2004 |title=Global Business Information Technology: an integrated systems approach |publisher=Pearson Education |page=87}}</ref> within the context of the framework being applied. The main targetgoal of this methodology framework in the 1960s was "to develop large scale functional [[business system]]s in an age of large scale business conglomerates. Information systems activities revolved around heavy [[data processing]] and [[number crunching]] routines."<ref name=Ell04/> SpecificOther methodologies were examplesdevised includelater:

The software development methodology framework did not emerge until the 1960s. According to Elliott (2004), the [[systems development life cycle]] can be considered to be the oldest formalized methodology framework for building [[information system]]s. The main idea of the software development life cycle has been "to pursue the development of information systems in a very deliberate, structured and methodical way, requiring each stage of the life cycle––from the inception of the idea to delivery of the final system––to be carried out rigidly and sequentially"<ref name="Ell04">{{cite book |author=Geoffrey Elliott |date=2004 |title=Global Business Information Technology: an integrated systems approach |publisher=Pearson Education |page=87}}</ref> within the context of the framework being applied. The main target of this methodology framework in the 1960s was "to develop large scale functional [[business system]]s in an age of large scale business conglomerates. Information systems activities revolved around heavy [[data processing]] and [[number crunching]] routines."<ref name=Ell04/> Specific examples include:

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