A Study on Requirement Specifications and Modifications During the Software Development Life Cycle in M/S Kakunje Software Private Limited

Background/Purpose: In order to face the challenge of optimization and allocation of necessary requirements to complete a project with in the allocated time period, the project manager must be efficient in applying different technical skills and managerial strategies to the project management process. In order to develop a software and mobile application product, a company schedules different process as per the specified order and unique requirements.  As the history of project management reminds that most of the industries started to implement this concept by observing the success of mega engineering projects because of the effective utilization of project management concept. Objective: This work is carried to understand the concepts of project management in software firms.  To investigate the implementation and importance of these concepts and to know the role of project manager in managing the process in software development. Design/Methodology/Approach: Kakunje Software Private Limited, Mangalore, provides excellent and state-of-the-art customized software and hardware solutions as per the necessities of customers.  In order to manage the project activities CEO, CFO and CTO all together acts as project manager.  The software development project management process starts by identifying needs and recommending solutions, which can be delivered to value its stakeholders.  At the second phase the actual development will begin and the developed software will be tested according to customer requirements. Findings/Results: Budgeting, cost management, finance planning etc., represented by CPM and PERT charts by using Microsoft Project and Atlassian JIRA project management software. The project resources, which are used to manage the project and allocation of technical staff are represented by histogram.  With the help of Gantt Chart software development project schedule of 5 month are shown. Conclusion:  To manage Kakunje business in an effective and gainful manner, the company managed overall internal and external risks of the project.  By using the project management software, the company condensed the project manager’s efforts and human errors to manage multiple projects. Paper Type: Case study-based Research Analysi