Project

Management

Software Development Cycle

and Roles in a Project Team

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Software

Developement

Cycle

Software Development

Stages

Software Development
Stages



Planning

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Development



Implementation



Maintenance

Software Development
Stages

Planning

Development

Implementation

Maintenance

Stage 1: Planning



Studying the problem domain



Preparing a Design Document



Deciding on the schedule



Setting up a budget



Assigning roles in the project

Stage 2: Development



Programming the solution



Designing the Graphical User Interface



Testing – Quality Assurance

Stage 3: Implementation



Data Porting



Preparation of the User Documentation



Personel Training

Stage 4: Maintenance



Technical Support



Patches



Updates



Administration

Software Development
Stages

Planning

Development

Implementation

Maintenance

Roles in a Project

Team

Roles and responsibilities at

the different stages of the

software development cycle

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Client/Sponsor



Describe the requirements



Provide the team with sufficient funding

Project Manager



Securing resources and support from
the client



Dealing with problems and solving them



Preparing schedules and assigning roles



Managing the budget and human
resources



Supervising the project



Keeping track of deadlines

Analysts



Business Analysts



Requirement Analysts

Business Analysts



Discussing the project with the client



Making sure the client is sure that what
the client wants is what he really wants



Preparing a list of business
requirements

Requirement Analysts



Translating the business specification to
technical specification



Writing a Design Document

Programmers



Programming the solution



Getting rid of as many bugs as possible

Lead Programmer



Designing the solution’s skeleton

Focusing on:



Maintenance



Application Performance



Compatibility

The Others



2D and 3D Artists



Sound Designers



Musicians



Database Designers and Developers



Network Consultants



GUI Designers

Quality Assurance/Testers



Testing the application to find bugs



Being able to communicate to the
programmers what the problem is

Documentation Writer



Prepares a documentation for the users
(User Manual)

Tech Support & Admins



Assisting the users with any problems
they might encounter



Helping to solve the problems



Administrating databases and servers

The End



That’s all folks!