CISSP Training Kit

Maturity models

To help software development vendors produce better applications, several models have been developed to guide the vendors toward higher levels of maturity in the industry. These models enable vendors to identify where they currently exist on the maturity scale and show them where they might be lacking features, processes, and controls that improve their application’s performance, accuracy, security, and even profitability.

The software development life cycle

The software development life cycle (SDLC) describes the sequential phases of the process of developing an application. Although the number of stages and the specific terms might vary depending on the source, in general, the conceptual flow of the software development life cycle ...