Linux Development Platform: Configuring, Using, and Maintaining a Complete Programming Environment, The

1.5. Managing Development Process

In large software development projects, management of the development process is a big task and a dedicated person may be needed to take care of this aspect of the project. A development manager usually acts as a binding and coordinating force among different parties with conflicting interests. These parties include:

• Marketing and sales people who put forward requirements, change requirements and come up with new requirements, usually when much of the work is already done!

• Architecture and design people.

• Software developers who always think that they always have less amount of time.

• Release management people.

• Software testers.

• Documentation writers.

• Senior managers who often push to complete the project earlier than ...