Developing a product requires a strong technical background, people skills, and being able to manage your own time. With most software or system projects, a project goes through several phases from beginning to end. Having a strong understanding of theses phases is critical so you are able to work within each phase and complete the tasks that are assigned to you. Describe the most common project software development life cycle phases and give an example how each phase would apply to a software development project.

Describe the most common project software development life cycle phases and give an example how each phase would apply to a software development project. Do you feel that one of the phases is more critical to accomplish than the others? Explain you reasoning.