System Development Life Cycle

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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The scope of activities associated with a system, encompassing the system’s initiation, development and acquisition, implementation, operation and maintenance, and ultimately its disposal that instigates another system initiation.

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Variants

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acronym: SDLC
synonym: system design life cycle
plural: System Development Life Cycles
possessive: System Development Life Cycle's
pluralpossessive: System Development Life Cycles'

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