Business Documentation and Planning Essay

SDLC Documentation

There are several important types of documentation that should be created and updated as part of a fluid and proper systems development life cycle. The types are all quite different and they are also quite individually important. This report will go into the different types that should exist, what each type covers, why they are each important and the overall update and creation process that should be followed. While some may view documentation as bureaucratic and unnecessary, it is vital that it present and update as having data that is out of date or only in the heads of people that can leave at any time is a disaster waiting to happen if someone not informed on the cycle is put in a position to make important adjustments or decisions.

Analysis

The first types of documentation would be the bill of materials and the build plan. The bill of materials and build plan would be a detailed design and summary of a work area or building and it would also show the assembly thereof.Even after construction is completed, a detailed diagram of where the networking equipment and wiring is, where the electrical is and how it all interfaces is important. The build plan is similar and fleshes out a lot of the details not found in the bill of materials. The developer's guide to the area would be an important complementary document to the above. Supplementary specifications would be important to keep in mind. Business procedures and a summary of both the physical and logical network and software infrastructures should also be exhaustively detailed. Anytime something is changed, these diagrams and summaries should be updated to match so that any new or new person to a situation can immediately look at the documents and know where everything is and how it all works together (USDA, 2014; PCC, 2014).

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