A charity wants a new website to accept online donations. The diagram shows the systems development life cycle. (a) Using the diagram, describe the stages o...

(a) The stages of the systems development life cycle for the charity's donation website:

1. Analysis: Investigate the charity's current situation and needs. Gather requirements by interviewing staff, examining current donation processes and determining what the website must do (accept donations securely, display information, send receipts). [1]
2. Design: Plan the website's structure, layout and features. This includes designing the user interface, the database to store donor information, the payment integration and the page navigation. [1]
3. Development: Build the website using appropriate tools and programming languages. Write the code, create the database, integrate the payment processing system and produce the web pages. [1]
4. Testing: Test the website thoroughly to ensure all features work correctly. Test the donation process end-to-end, verify security measures, check usability across different browsers and devices, and use normal, abnormal and extreme test data. [1]
5. Installation: Launch the website on the live web server. Migrate any existing donor data, configure the domain name and hosting, and train charity staff to manage the site's content and respond to donations. [1]
6. Maintenance: Monitor the live website for bugs, security vulnerabilities and performance issues. Update content regularly, make improvements based on user feedback, and apply software patches as needed. The dashed arrow in the diagram shows that maintenance may loop back to analysis if significant changes are required. [1]