METHODOLOGIE

SDLC

The Software Development Life Cycle — the sequence of phases through which software is defined, built, verified, deployed, and maintained. Traditionally designed around human teams and largely invariant, it is the reference frame against which AI-era changes are measured as agents compress, reorder, or automate individual phases.

category

Classic six-step cycle from which the article derives the AI-native variant

definition

Software Development Life Cycle: standardized framework (ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207) for software production — requirements, design, development, testing/QA, deployment, maintenance; purpose "build software correctly and reliably"; DORA metrics

phases

Define → build → verify → deploy → maintain (invariant)

status_2026

Under complete overhaul (human + organizational)

integration zones

upstream, middle, downstream

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