International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering Website: www.ijetae.com (ISSN 2250-2459, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal, Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2013) 277 Analysis and Comparative Study of Traditional and Web Information Systems Development Methodology (WISDM) Towards Web Development Applications Abubucker Samsudeen Shaffi 1 , Mohaned Al-Obaidy 2 1 Faculty of Computing Studies, Gulf College, Muscat, 2 Faculty Head for Computing Awards, Gulf College, Muscat Abstract-- There are many software development methodology approaches that have been proposed for developing web application projects. Each methodology has different approaches and implemented for different applications. System developer chooses the software methodology according to the project requirements. The requirements are based on the application. For the web development, many software methodologies are supported for developing the web sites. These methodologies use more conventional approach and modify it as appropriate for web development. Most of the web development tools have different emphases such as user interface and security. This paper presents an analysis and comparative studies of traditional methodologies and WISDM methodology towards web development applications. Keywords-- WISDM, Multiview, Traditional Methodology. I. INTRODUCTION Now a days most of the organization are developing the website for marketing and selling product to customer through internet. These organizations are more focused for developing the website which is more interactive and flexible for the customer. The organization uses the web site for global marketing and business transactions. The website developer uses different approach to develop the effective website. Those website have focus on the user interface, particularly on the look and feel of the website and also addresses the wider aspects of web based information systems. Web-site development has a multimedia application which requires various creative skills during the development process. There are many new technologies available in the market for developing the website. Most of the website focuses on user interface II. TRADITIONAL METHODOLOGIES The traditional methodologies such as System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Object oriented analysis and design (OOAD), Waterfall and Rapid Application Development (RAD) have struggled to accommodate the web-specific aspects into their method and work practices. Most of the websites are based on graphical hypermedia systems, database-driven information system, and also security systems. Web based information system requires a collection of website development techniques together with traditional development competences in program design and database design. Traditional methodology has some problems to accommodate web specific aspect in the terms of their methods and implementation. Many traditional methodologies are based on outmoded concepts dating back to the 1970s [1]. These methodologies are being utilized to develop web sites, and not surprisingly, they are limited since they were never intended to be used for this purpose [2]. Before selecting best methodology for web development, we discuss the traditional methodologies and their applicability to this process. This paper discusses some of these methodologies, providing a brief explanation of their strengths and weaknesses in relation to the Web development process. A. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC): System Development Life cycle (SDLC) is a technique that is used to divide the system development to many several stages. By following these stages the manager will find easy to manage any project. It is divided the system development into many stages which are:[3] Problem definitions • Feasibility study • Requirements Engineering • Design • Implementation • Maintenance Strengths:  It follows sequence development steps and more strict controls for ensuring to get the documents to make the proper analysis and design reviews to make sure of the quality, reliability and maintainability for the system development software.