Application lifecycle
Designing an application is more than just analyzing processes and developing new objects. These phases are just the tip of the iceberg.
Once your application has been designed and developed it is most likely that one or more companies will start using it. When this happens your software will start a new phase in its lifecycle. Let's have a look at the lifecycle of a Microsoft Dynamics NAV application.
The Development phase of the application starts with the Fit/Gap analysis, followed by the Design and Build steps we saw in the earlier chapters of this book. When those steps have been completed, the maintenance phase of your application will start.
The Maintenance phase starts with the implementation and taking the software into production. The first time this will happen it will be the Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementation in your company. Once this is done your system will enter the real lifecycle where constant improvements will be made to...