Software Project Management

Software project management is a unique form of project management in that estimating and scheduling often require specialized software engineering knowledge. Project Management within the software entertainment industry is further unique in that the full requirements are unknown at the time of the project starting and the destination platform may have unknown capabilities.

The basic framework of elements that distinguish software project management of new products from other fields of project management include:

STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
ELICITING REQUIREMENTS
SOFTWARE ESTIMATION METRICS
SIZING SOFTWARE
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
RISK MANAGEMENT
- Risk Management is an important element of Enterprise and IT software development but is often downplayed in consumer software development.
SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PLAN
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN