Project 

Management

Software Development Cycle 

and Roles in a Project Team

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Software

Developement

Cycle

Software Development 

Stages

 

 

Software Development 
Stages

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Planning



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

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That’s all folks!