The Speech Project Lifecycle

Successful speech application development projects are planned and executed in phases. The phases of a development project reflect an application development lifecycle that begins with planning and discovery, and ends with maintenance and tuning. This model allows a project team to respond to customer requests and to change project direction mid course. It also allows a team to deliver key portions of the product faster than would otherwise be possible.

The project lifecycle is illustrated in the following flowchart.

Each phase represents a deliverable for which a baseline should be established before the development process can move to the next phase of the project. The phases of the project lifecycle are discussed in the topics listed in the following table.

To	See
Get more information on gathering the information to create a Design Requirements Specification.	The Planning and Discovery Phase
Get more information on creating an approved project plan.	The Design Phase
Get more information on building the speech application.	The Development Phase
Get more information on deploying the speech application.	The Deployment Phase
Get more information on optimizing a system after deployment.	The Maintenance and Tuning Phase