Initiation
Initially, Forethought Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, developed Microsoft PowerPoint to be used by only Macintosh computers. Later, Microsoft acquired Forethought and the first version of Microsoft PowerPoint was developed in 1990 for Windows 3.0. It is now a part of Microsoft Office Suite and can run on various operating systems.
Design
PowerPoint is a very attractive program and used for hobby-based and high-end multimedia projects. Its latest versions have a new visual focus that gives us a number of graphic and photo editing tools, which were not present in its previous versions. We can also create pyramids and flow charts using it. (Finney, 2005)
Integration and test
When Microsoft acquired Forethought, Powerpoint had already become a huge success and sold more than any other program at that time. This adds to the popularity of the software. Along with the increase in popularity of Microsoft PowerPoint, the specialized projection instrumentation market also flourished with it such that it began to be used not just for making transparencies and slides. Although its present versions have a number of highly efficient tools to make business presentations, it still needs to integrate many more templates like year planners, event management tools and even calendars, as they would be more helpful for our use.
Implementation
PowerPoint can be implemented for presenting data and graphs. Although it has very little freehand features, placement and modifications are relatively easy. In this case, new features like themed templates, year planners, event management tools and calendars can be implemented and integrated in the program. For the approach, SLDC steps would be helpful. First, after the initiation of the basic requirements it is needed to develop the concept and plan the right mode of operations.
Then, after a requirement analysis for the implementation of new features like themed templates, year planners, event management tools and calendars it would be seen whether design and development process is up to the mark. Once this phase is formulated and executed then it becomes necessary to integrate the features into the program and test its feasibility. If it were seen that the tests are conveying positive results, the features would be implemented in the program.
Otherwise, it becomes necessary to go back to the planning section. However, once the test is conducted with satisfaction the job is directed to the operations and maintenance section for further products based on the prototype. The last phase of this addition of features would be disposition where the functionalities would be evaluated and data would be prepared based on the performance. Only then, once the whole process from initiation to disposition is carried out it could be ascertained that the new features themed templates, year planners, event management tools and calendars are properly implemented.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it would be relevant to state that for effective use and implementation of software it is important to follow the steps indicated by the SDLC planning mode. This form of the process is logical and justified to ensure the proper function of the program in the long term. (Poole, 2002).
References
Finney, R. (2005) Winning Project Teams. ITMWeb. Web.
Poole, C. (2002) Three Week Project Turnaround. Web.