MedITec Inc is a medical IT contractor developing customized solutions for healthcare providers, such as hospitals, pharmacies, and dispensaries. Currently, it is developing a novel system for an exotic pet veterinary clinic using the SDLC framework. When the MedITec development team is forming their understanding of the clinic's present system, the business need for a new system, and gathering requirements for the to$-$be system, they are in the $\_\_\_\_\_$ phase of SDLC$.$

Group of answer choices

analysis

design

implementation

planning

requirements elicitation