IGCSE Computer Science 0478: Life cycle stages, analysis and design
Students learn the four stages of the program development life cycle and the tasks at each, including abstraction, decomposition, requirements, structure diagrams and flowcharts.
One content description from the full IGCSE Computer Science 0478 — 7a Program Development Life Cycle journey. All 18 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (18)
1
The program development life cycle
2
The analysis stage
3
Identifying the problem
4
Abstraction (7a)
5
Decomposing a problem into sub-problems
6
Requirements of a program
7
Inputs, processes, outputs and storage
8
The design stage
9
Decomposing a problem into a hierarchy chart
10
Cambridge flowchart symbols (7a)
11
Drawing a sequence in a flowchart
12
Input and output shapes in a flowchart
13
Drawing a decision in a flowchart
14
Drawing a loop in a flowchart
15
The coding stage
16
Iterative testing while coding
17
The testing stage
18
Matching a task to its PDLC stage
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