5 stages of program development cycle
analysis
design
coding
testing
maintenance
Analysis (PDC)
Process of investigation , using abstraction and decomposition to specifiy what a program does
Design (PDC)
using structure chart/flow chart/ psuedocode to show how program should be developed
Coding (PDC)
writing and iterative testing the program code
Testing (PDC)
testing the completes program- mke sure it works under all conditions