All things have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Just so, for an IT system.

At some point in the past a wonderful new system was introduced into the company. Everyone was happy. Management could see their business improve. The workflow for employees was smoother and more productive.

After the first few months of bedding in, the system worked well... and for a few years the system did everything it was meant to do.

Time passed, people moved on, the company changed ... that wonderful system began to show its age... the new manufacturing system had problems exchanging data. Customer invoices no longer flowed effortlessly from their new system into your aging computers.

Workers grew tired of using black screens with green text - even their home computers were more modern than this!

It was time for a change.

And so the life cycle of the system was complete.

The SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE  is a term used to describe the stages in an IT project.

It is the process by which an existing system is replaced with another.

This web site  will introduce you to the techniques used as  part of the systems life cycle process.