Software project management includes a set of activities aimed at developing and delivering software that meets customer needs. The main activities are:
- Define requirements: Understand customer needs and document functional and non-functional requirements.
- Planning: Develop a project plan that includes timelines, resources, and budget.
- System Design: Preparing an architectural and software design that shows how the system will be built.
- Development: Writing codes and developing system functions.
- Testing: Examining software to ensure it is free of errors and to ensure its performance.
- Risk management: identifying potential risks and developing plans to deal with them.
- Documentation: Documenting each stage of the project and the developed software.
- Delivery and Deployment: Delivering the software to the customer or deploying it into a production environment.
- Maintenance and Support: Follow up on the program after launch to fix problems and update it.