The role of software project managers is to see a project to fruition while software developers are expected to develop the product, but oftentimes, these roles are interchanged irresponsibly. By Andrew Burak.
You’ve been there: working with a software developer who you desperately want to focus on everything software but who finds themselves knee-deep in scheduling, budgeting, and meetings with stakeholders.
The article main parts are:
- Software project management is important in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Project management and software development complement each other
- The future role of project managers in software development
- Interview with the founder of My Theory Test App by James May
- The use of online software project management tools
- Embracing a Systems Analyst/Project Manager hybrid role
- Specializing in managing remote teams and projects
Project managers bring relationship management to software development in addition to overseeing all management-related tasks that could impede the progress of the software project.
Software project management and software development complement each other by working together in a way that allows both to fully immerse themselves in their respective job functions without any implications from the other’s role.
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