PMs handle resource allocation and management for the team, ensuring the project runs according to a predefined budget.
PMs set weekly goals for the team and help break up everyone’s work into manageable tasks with deadlines. This increases accountability and enhances time management across the board.
PMs also facilitate meetings between clients and developers, becoming a single point of contact for all project requests and feedback.
Most software project management duties happen in the planning phase. This is where PMs set timelines for the project, develop Gantt charts, define project objectives, create a risk assessment and mitigation plan, fill in a software requirement specification, and allocate resources to different developers.
Software designers take over from here, generating concepts for different software architectures and working through each option until they find the most workable solution. The project manager will communicate with the design team and relay their progress to the client.
This is where the meat of the development happens. Programmers spend time coding the software and testing its functionality as they go. Project scheduling is crucial in this phase to ensure the team works towards their deadlines without overshooting their allocated hours. In scrum methodology, the development tasks are broken down into sprints.
The testing phase involves checking the software for bugs and fixing any issues with the code. The quality assurance team handles much of the work here, and the project manager must facilitate communication between the different groups.
Once the software has been checked and tested, it’s ready for launch. The project manager oversees this process, ensuring a smooth transition for end-users and clients. Should the software deployment happen in chunks over time, the project manager must coordinate them.
Problems are bound to arise once the customers begin using the software. Project managers collect feedback during this phase and provide troubleshooting for clients or schedule updates and bug fixes for developers. Software maintenance is an ongoing process that helps extend the lifespan of the application.
Agile methodologies welcome late design changes and robust feedback loops.
Diving into the work earlier helps us deliver faster and at regular intervals.
No micromanagement empowers the developer team to work their own way.
Scrum reflections provide regular internal feedback that helps us build collaboratively.
Whether it’s stakeholder communication or talk within the team, feedback is crucial for our workflow at Zelifcam. We are customer-centric, and as such, we take our clients’ input very seriously. We believe consistent feedback makes our team more aligned.
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