Talk:Software development

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What is software development? Rita kendi (talk) 14:41, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Introduction
Why are there two conflicting definitions of software development in the introduction? Either two separate viewpoints should be described with rationale for each one, or one definition should be chosen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.76.66.183 (talk) 09:41, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Merge in of Software development methodology
Note: The content of software development methodology moved to software development process, so that is now the article to merge from. * Oppose There are two distinct topics here. Programming (which you can do alone) and Process. We need a page that managers can come to read, because process is in their domain of expertise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.71.8.218 (talk) 19:02, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose This article is already too long. The other article is a stand-alone. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:23, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note The software development process article still claims that the merge will go to software development.
 * Support I think at 10K this article is actually too short.  Its only content is a summary of software development methodology, including the activities and approaches described in (slightly too much) detail there, and a section on the role of marketing in software development.  It doesn't make much sense to me to have an overview in this article and then all the details that support that overview in a different article. -- Beland (talk) 16:28, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It also looks to me like the "Subtopic" and "Formal methods" sections of software development process are off-topic for that article and actually belong here. -- Beland (talk) 16:36, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose: This article describes roughly what software development is in a very high-level, incomplete, partial, superficial and not very structured manner, whereas the other article also focuses more in describing the different methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc), and thus is more useful for people studying, for example, computer science. I think software development and software development process can be two distinct articles, but they could definitely be improved, and be more focused and structured in describing respectively what software development and a software development process are. Moreover, the article software development process could be a sub-article of software development, since, indeed, in the field of software development there are different models, processes, or whatever way you want to call these methodologies, used to develop software. Nbro (talk) 14:52, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support: Combine them into one page. High-level info for managers belongs in the Intro and Overview sections at the top of the page, followed by sections with the details and specifics. No need for two pages. 131.119.15.14 (talk) 21:02, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: I just prodded Software development (disambiguation) because the articles listed there are about roughly the same topic. From the history of that dab page, I think we could also merge this article with Software engineering and Computer programming as well. Duckmather (talk) 14:50, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Buidhe paid (talk • contribs) 04:01, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Edit request
Please replace the current content of the article, above the categories, with User:Buidhe paid/sandbox. I've rewritten the article to expand its content and address the concerns in the banner. Buidhe paid (talk) 23:52, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I will try to get to this later tonight, if nobody beats me to it. House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 14:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Wiki99 summary
Summary of changes as a result of the Wiki99 project (before, after, diff) For other editors to consider doing in the future: Buidhe paid (talk) 03:18, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Underwent complete rewrite, except for the "View model" section
 * Greatly expanded the methodology section to give an overview of different development methodologies
 * Summarized all development steps in the "steps" section
 * Rewrote "workers" section based on reliable sources
 * Removed some unsourced content from the rest of the article, but added sourced sections on IDEs, version control, documentation, intellectual property issues etc.
 * Included content on open-source software development throughout the article
 * Reorganize the "models and tools" section—although I'm not sure what the best organization is, I think it is possible to do better
 * Despite the expansion, the article is still fairly short at just over 2000 words. It could be expanded with more information.
 * Alternately, it is possible to revisit the decision to separate this article from software development process to minimize content duplication.