Software Development A. Software Development Overview: Software development encompasses two primary categories: Construction and Management. Each plays a vital role in the successful delivery of software projects. Construction The construction aspect of software development involves several critical phases: Requirement Gathering: This first stage concerns itself with defining what it is that the software has to do, which is to engage the stakeholders in determination of user requirements and project objectives. Design: During this phase, the technical things such as system architecture, design of human computer interfaces, and the database are developed. Such designs should therefore go through the stakeholder approval process before the next step is taken. Coding: This is the actual creation ground of the software to be developed. Application developers code based on the specifications of the design where all the functionalities created correspond to the laid down requirement...