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SFIA View: Systems development

Systems development

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Systems development management DLMG

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Planning, estimating and executing systems development work to time, budget and quality targets.

Product management PROD

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Managing and developing products or services throughout their full lifecycle, from inception through growth, maturity, and decline, to retirement.

Systems and software lifecycle engineering SLEN

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Establishing and deploying an environment for developing, continually improving and securely operating software and systems products and services.

Systems design DESN

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Designing systems to meet specified requirements and agreed systems architectures.

Software design SWDN

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Architecting and designing software to meet specified requirements, ensuring adherence to established standards and principles.

Infrastructure design IFDN

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Designing technology infrastructure to meet business requirements, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with strategic objectives.

Network design NTDS

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Designing communication networks to meet business requirements, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with strategic objectives.

Programming/software development PROG

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Developing software components to deliver value to stakeholders.

Systems integration and build SINT

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Planning, implementing and controlling activities to integrate system elements, subsystems and interfaces to create operational systems, products or services.

Software configuration PORT

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Designing and deploying software product configurations into software environments or platforms.

Functional testing TEST

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Assessing specified or unspecified functional requirements and characteristics of products, systems and services through investigation and testing.

Non-functional testing NFTS

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Assessing systems and services to evaluate performance, security, scalability and other non-functional qualities against requirements or expected standards.

Process testing PRTS

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Assessing documented and undocumented process flows within a product, system or service against business needs through investigation and testing.