K2.17 The stages within a solution lifecycle (SLC):
• stages:
o discover:
▪ business requirements
▪ project definition and planning
▪ conceptual design
▪ feasibility and viability
o plan, design and develop:
▪ detailed design and planning
▪ proof of concept and prototyping
▪ compliance with organisational policies and standards
▪ utilisation of existing architecture and resources
▪ development
▪ integration
o testing and quality assurance:
▪ functional testing to ensure the product or service meets the agreed deliverables
▪ performance testing
o pre-production:
▪ sandboxed testing in a development environment
▪ sign-off and authorisation to deploy
o deployment:
▪ release into the live/production environment
▪ staged release plan for significant or high impact changes/updates
o monitor and evaluate ongoing performance:
▪ optimisation through continuous improvement in line with agreed change management
processes
o decommission
o migrate to new solution
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