SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE:

Your search for custom software development ends here! We will guide you through the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Requirements Definition, Prototyping, Unit and System-Level Testing, and final Customer Acceptance Testing. We will also provide user training, deployment, and implementation support for all custom products, if requested.

COMMUNICATIONS:

Communication and shared expectations are essential to our process. Our approach includes both formal and informal requirements definition activities, resulting in the development of a Business Requirements Document (BRD) to capture top-level business functionality, schedule, and budget requirements. Depending on the complexity of your project and your specific business needs, the BRD may be expanded and refined via formal System Requirements, System Design, Preliminary Design, and Critical Design Reviews. Our process is designed to ensure shared expectations throughout the development, deployment, and implementation phases.

REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION:

This is the initial stage of software development and defines what the software system must do, how it should behave, and the constraints under which it must operate. Requirements are gathered through collaborative discussions with users, domain experts, and other key stakeholders. During these discussions, our team works to develop a comprehensive understanding of the desired system. These requirements are carefully analyzed and categorized into three main types: system-level, subsystem-level, and component-level. To ensure accuracy and completeness, the team employs a variety of information-gathering techniques, including:

• Analyzing existing or legacy systems and software
• Conducting interviews with users, managers, and subject matter experts
• Reviewing internal documentation and databases
• Designing, distributing, and analyzing questionnaires for broad input
• Prototyping or creating simplified working models and mock-ups of proposed systems to refine your requirements and ensure shared expectations with you, our customer
• Conducting formal design reviews

FEASIBILITY STUDY:

The feasibility study results in a draft Business Requirements Document. This document captures our initial understanding of your requirements and outlines the technologies, costs, and schedule projected for your project. As a result of this study, we can, in conjunction with our customer, refine requirements as needed to ensure that the project will be feasible as envisioned.

SYSTEM ANALYSIS:

During the system analysis phase, we examine your system to define its components, their interactions, and how the system is to function as a whole. We identify proposed system components and allocate your requirements to each of those components.

SOFTWARE DESIGN :

The output of this step includes two designs: a logical design and a physical design. Engineers produce metadata, data dictionaries, logical diagrams, data-flow diagrams, and, in some cases, pseudocode. Additionally, refined prototypes are typically produced and reviewed with the customer to ensure those all-important shared expectations.

CODING:

This step is also known as the programming phase. It involves translating the software design into code using an appropriate programming language, with the goal of creating efficient, error-free, executable programs.

TESTING:

Testing is conducted at many levels. Unit testing is conducted during coding by our developers. System-level testing is carried out by testing experts at all levels—module, subsystem, and end-to-end. Operational-level testing is performed by typical users, in conjunction with our customer, to ensure that the software functions as intended in a production environment. Early detection and correction of errors is the key to reliable software.

DEPLOYMENT:

During the deployment and transition-to-production phase, the C3 LLC team will be by your side to ensure a smooth startup with no disruptions to your business processes.