SDLC, or Software Development Life Cycle, is a process where software is produced in a high quality with low costs in the quickest time possible. SDLC models include the waterfall model and the agile model. The waterfall model is the oldest model that finishes one phase before starting the next. Each phase in a waterfall model has its own plan and “waterfalls” into the next. However, the agile model separates the product into cycles and delivers the working product very quickly. A waterfall model relies on the previous phase in order to continue which can slow down the process, but an agile model has multiple phases working at once that are feeding into each other. Some of these acronyms to know include SDLC – Software Development Life Cycle, API – Application Program Interface, ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning, and UX – User Experience. Management Information Systems, or MIS, is using information technology in order to solve daily business problems. MIS is essential for businesses to maintain a presence in the world and to keep generating a net positive income. Before beginning this class, I didn’t really know what MIS was and that it even existed. I knew businesses had to come up with ways to stay relevant and to make money, but I was not always sure on the exact ways they did. As I come to the end of this course, I understand new processes and models that businesses incorporate to their every day planning and what they may use in order to solve a problem. MIS professionals help to assist businesses by creating information systems in order to manage data and solve the problems the business may have.
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