When building a new computer system, most companies use either the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) method or the Iterative (better known as prototyping) method. Both of these system development methodologies are described in module 9 in your book.

Assume you are the Director of Information Technology at a company that is planning on implementing a new customer service computer system. The president of the company has heard of the SDLC and prototype methods of system development, but does not know anything about them. He wants you to provide him a short summary that explains the steps (or phases) used by each approach and a brief explanation of the differences and similarities between these two system development methodologies so he can decide which method to use to build the new customer service system.

Use the information provided in the book and the chapter notes to learn about the SDLC and prototype system development methods. Then write a short (between 300-400 words) summary to the president that meets the above requirements. After your summary, state which methodology you feel is the better approach to building a computer system and explain why.

To make it easier for you to write and for me to grade you should use bullet points to explain the steps used by each methodology. You can use the Internet to gather additional information about these methodologies, but the phases of these two methods must be the same phases as described in the book and chapter notes. (This assignment is worth 20 points)