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Development Lifecycle

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From Idea to Impact: Our Full Lifecycle

At Corp-Digital, we follow a meticulous Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure robust, scalable, and user-centric solutions. Each phase is designed to bring your vision to life.

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Discovery

Understanding needs, defining scope.

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Design

Crafting architecture and UX/UI.

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Develop

Building the solution with clean code.

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Testing&QA

Ensuring quality and identifying defects.

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Deploy

Releasing to users smoothly.

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Maintain

Ongoing support and enhancements.

Discovery Phase

Discovery Phase: Laying the Foundation

The Discovery Phase is a crucial initial stage where we research, analyze, and define the project's scope before actual development begins. It's about understanding your vision and the market.

Key Aspects:

  • Problem Identification: Understanding business challenges and defining success metrics.
  • Requirements Gathering: Collecting stakeholder needs and prioritizing features.
  • Market Research: Analyzing competitors and understanding market trends.
  • Technical Assessment: Evaluating tech stack, infrastructure, and constraints.
  • Data Analysis: Collecting data, developing models, and establishing data-driven frameworks.

Benefits:

  • Reduces project risks and uncertainties
  • Provides more accurate cost and timeline estimates
  • Helps avoid costly changes during development
Design and Development Phase

Design&Development: Building the Solution

This is where the software solution takes shape based on the requirements gathered during the Discovery Phase. It involves creating system architecture, writing code, and building the product incrementally.

Design Key Activities:

  • System Architecture: Choosing tech stack, defining microservices, planning scalability.
  • UI/UX Design: Creating wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and ensuring responsiveness.
  • Database&APIDesign: Structuring data and defining secure communication.

Development Key Activities:

  • Frontend&BackendDevelopment: Building responsive interfaces and server-side logic.
  • DevOps&CI/CDSetup: Version control, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.

Best Practices:

  • Modular Code, Code Reviews, Automated Testing
  • Comprehensive Documentation, Regular Security Checks
Testing&QA

Ensuring Quality and Reliability

The Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) Phase ensures that the software meets functional, performance, and security standards before deployment. It involves systematic checks to identify and fix defects.

Testing and QA Phase

Types of Testing:

  • Functional Testing: Unit, Integration, System, and User Acceptance Testing.
  • Non-Functional Testing: Performance (Load, Stress), Security, Usability, Compatibility.

Automation vs. Manual Testing:

TypeDescription
Manual TestingHuman-executed, best for exploratory & UX testing, flexible but slower.
Automation TestingScripted tests (Selenium, Cypress), ideal for regression, faster execution, CI/CD integration.

Key QA Best Practices:

  • Shift-Left Testing, Continuous Testing
  • Defect Management, Performance Benchmarking, Security Scans
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Deployment Phase: Bringing Software to Life

The Deployment Phase is where the tested and approved software is released to production environments, making it available to end-users. This phase requires careful planning to ensure a smooth rollout.

Deployment Phase

Deployment Strategies:

StrategyDescriptionBest For
Big BangFull system release at onceSmall apps, low-risk updates
Rolling UpdateGradual rollout (server-by-server)Large-scale systems
Blue-GreenTwo identical environments (switch traffic after testing)Zero-downtime deployments
Canary ReleaseRelease to a small user group firstTesting real-user feedback
Feature FlagsEnable/disable features dynamically without redeployingA/B testing, gradual feature releases

Deployment Best Practices:

  • Automate Deployments (CI/CD), Rollback Plan, Incremental Rollouts
  • Database Migration Safety, Security Hardening
Our FullProcess Flow

The Software Development Journey

Follow our comprehensive approach, meticulously designed to ensure quality, efficiency, and a successful product delivery.

Phase 1

Discovery&Planning

Understanding your business needs and defining the project scope, requirements, and strategy.

Phase 2

Design&Architecture

Crafting the system architecture, UI/UX, database design, and API specifications.

Phase 3

Development&Coding

Bringing the designs to life by writing clean, modular, and scalable code.

Phase 4

Testing&QualityAssurance

Rigorously testing the software for functionality, performance, and security.

Phase 5

Deployment&Launch

Releasing the software to production environments, ensuring a smooth rollout.

Phase 6

Maintenance&Support

Providing ongoing support, bug fixes, updates, and feature enhancements.

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