Generally, PDLC has the following phases:
1. Scope
2. Design
3. Manufacturing
4. Quality Assurance
5. Packaging and Distribution
6. Product Maintenance
Each of the above phases involves a lot of documentation. The following are some of the documents that are made during PDLC:
1. Product requirements specification, Scope document, product version plot (Scope)
2. Functional design, Technical Design, Projected plot (Design)
3. Manufacturing process, Coding standards (Manufacturing)
4. Test phase preparation, Test environment requirements, Test script production (Quality Assurance)
5. Release notes, User guides, Installation Guides, Readme files (Packaging and Distribution)
6. Product support and maintenance procedures, Change request procedures, fault management (Product Maintenance)