# Student Handout — The Program Development Life Cycle (Plan → Design → Code → Test → Debug → Document)

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- Published: 2026-10-18T12:29:57-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

Course 3: Introduction to Programming / Unit 1: What Is Programming & Program Development
Life Cycle (PDLC) / Lesson 2: The Program Development Life Cycle (Plan → Design 
→ Code → Test → Debug → Document)

## Program Development Life Cycle (PDLC) Planner.

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________

## Explore and practice

PDLC phase breakdown, pseudocode exercise, and flowchart mapping studio.

## Record your work

Describe what you tried, show your work or attach your artifact, and explain what
your evidence demonstrates.

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## Use the vocabulary

PDLC, Planning, Software Design, Coding, Testing, Debugging, Documentation, Pseudocode,
Flowchart, Maintenance

Use relevant terms above to explain one part of your work.

## Check and reflect

 * I completed the assigned activity and recorded my work.
 * I used lesson vocabulary accurately.
 * I can explain one thing I learned and one question I still have.