This research paper compiles the knowledge of multiple sources and proposes software development life cycle (SDLC) patterns applicable in any industry, based on the experiences gathered by theories, processes and applications of these, framing them in the use which it may have for the software industry in Colombia. It contains a variables description to analyze, in order to determine the pattern to use, as well as the risks and advantages of using each pattern. In some patterns it will be analyzed the use of software factories in their current context, with the implications of working large-scale developments with different groups that may or may not be in different geographic areas.