Bayanin rayuwa: Tsarin rayuwa na tsarin, a cewar Elliott & Strachan & Radford (2004), "ya samo asali ne a cikin shekarun 1960, don haɓaka manyan tsarin kasuwanci masu aiki a cikin shekarun manyan kamfanonin kasuwanci. Ayyukan tsarin bayanai sun kasance a kusa da sarrafa bayanai masu yawa da kuma ƙididdigar ƙididdigar ƙididdiga".Yawancin tsarin tsarin ci gaba sun kasance a kan SDLC, irin su tsarin tsarin bincike da tsarin zane (SSADM) wanda aka samar don ofishin kasuwanci na gwamnatin Birtaniya a cikin shekarun 1980. Tun daga lokacin, a cewar Elliott (2004), "an maye gurbin tsarin tsarin rayuwa na al'ada don bunkasa tsarin tsarin tsarin tsarin tsarin da hanyoyin da suka dace, wanda ya yi ƙoƙari ya shawo kan wasu daga cikin kasawan da aka saba da tsarin SDLC na al'ada. Tambaya: A wane shekarun ne tsarin tsarin rayuwa ya samo asali? Tambaya: A wane shekarun ne tsarin tsarin rayuwa ya samo asali?
Shekaru na 1960