{"id":5382,"date":"2016-07-19T09:48:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T07:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:48:45","slug":"pm-software-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/pm-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage your software development project without a project manager!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When resources are limited you might face the challenge of building and developing a new software without having a full-time project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tasks of project management in software development aren\u2019t easy. But here\u2019s the good news:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, I\u2019m going to show you how to successfully manage your software project without having the skills and resources of a project manager.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-cta\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-1000004194.svg); width: 100%;\"><h2>Try Usersnap for Product Development<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/signup\" class=\"cta-button\">Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How should that even work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might wonder how project management in software development should and could even be set up and work without the skills and resources of a project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest with you. I had similar concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns which I overcame by the experiences I\u2019ve made over the last few years. Of course, it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It requires high involvement, passion and a cultural drive of every team member involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From waterfall to agile.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re working in software development, I guess you\u2019re familiar with the old concept of the waterfall technique and I don\u2019t want to get into too much detail here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We surveyed nearly 1.000 developers and designers and asked them about their <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/client-collaboration-in-development-design-survey-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaboration in software development<\/a>. What we discovered was that Waterfall is still used by many of them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"visualizer-front-container\" id=\"chart_wrapper_visualizer-4706-1483194270\"><style type=\"text\/css\" name=\"visualizer-custom-css\" id=\"customcss-visualizer-4706\">.locker,.locker-loader{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}.locker{z-index:1000;opacity:.8;background-color:#fff;-ms-filter:\"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=80)\";filter:alpha(opacity=80)}.locker-loader{z-index:1001;background:url(https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/visualizer\/images\/ajax-loader.gif) no-repeat center center}.dt-button{display:none!important}.visualizer-front-container.visualizer-lazy-render{content-visibility: auto;}.google-visualization-controls-categoryfilter label.google-visualization-controls-label {vertical-align: middle;}.google-visualization-controls-categoryfilter li.goog-inline-block {margin: 0 0.2em;}.google-visualization-controls-categoryfilter li {padding: 0 0.2em;}.visualizer-front-container .dataTables_scrollHeadInner{margin: 0 auto;}<\/style><div id=\"visualizer-4706-1483194270\" class=\"visualizer-front  visualizer-front-4706\"><\/div><!-- Not showing structured data for chart 4706 because description is empty --><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With agile and scrum listed as the top software development methodologies, we can see where the <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/web-development-trends-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trend of software development<\/a> is heading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The developers-can\u2019t-manage-myth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a lot of prejudices out there about developers and their project management skills.<br>Some of them go as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seguetech.com\/the-project-managers-role-in-software-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Technical workers are creative, productive, downright wonderful resources, but they need direction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It might be true to some extent. However, we at Usersnap believe that a technical team of developers and designers is able to coordinate all those resources and tasks. And simply make sure that work is done in the proper sequence with a minimum of time and money wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, we truly believe that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Define your project requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a team of developers and\/or designers, we need to define our project requirements in the first place. By making use of the concept of requirements engineering, we\u2019re able to formulate, document and maintain our software requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/productivity-tips-web-developers-get-process-right-requirements-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requirements engineering<\/a> helps us to define the <a href=\"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/what-is-project-scope\/\">project scope<\/a> and enables us to plan and outline the software development project ahead of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be agile in your project management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When having no (or few) <a href=\"https:\/\/theventurer.co\/agile-project-management-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project management resources<\/a> in your company for managing your software development team and projects, the agile software development technique will become your preferred way to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because agile requires a continuous collaboration between all people involved in a project. Planning, managing and monitoring your project becomes a task which needs to be performed by everybody involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-software-development-process.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-software-development-process.png\" alt=\"project management software development\" class=\"wp-image-5384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-software-development-process.png 871w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-software-development-process-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-software-development-process-140x87.png 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set up your project communication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting started with your project requires to install and ensure a communication workflow throughout your entire software development process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone involved must be prepared to send and receive messages and must understand how his\/her communication affects the whole project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even small teams must answer the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who needs what kind of information?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When is the information needed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How will the information be given to him\/her?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By whom will the information be given?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>People will communicate in project the way it\u2019s most comfortable for them. Nevertheless the aspects above need to be answered.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[otw_is sidebar=otw-sidebar-3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avoiding the big threat of scope creep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to deliver a quality software product, we need to consider several factors, both internal and external, which may impact our software development scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-scope-software-development.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"943\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-scope-software-development.png\" alt=\"project management scope software\" class=\"wp-image-5385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-scope-software-development.png 943w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-scope-software-development-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/project-management-scope-software-development-140x95.png 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-cta\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-1000004194.svg); width: 100%;\"><h2>Try Usersnap for Product Development<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/signup\" class=\"cta-button\">Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These factors, influencing our project scope, can be found in budget limitations, quality constraints, and deadlines for delivering the product itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/client-collaboration-in-development-design-survey-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this study report<\/a>, scope creep is the biggest challenge software development companies are faced with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/survey-developer-project-management.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/survey-developer-project-management.png\" alt=\"survey developer collaboration software\" class=\"wp-image-5386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/survey-developer-project-management.png 698w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/survey-developer-project-management-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/survey-developer-project-management-140x103.png 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So how do we avoid scope creep?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every software development project will face a change in scope. Some of those changes are smaller, and some of those project changes will affect the budgets, deadlines, product features or other project deliverables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With no project manager in place, managing your project scope needs to be overtaken by one of your team members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tips on how to avoid scope creep:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clear definition and understanding of overall project goal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure clear project communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep clients and stakeholders close<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ensure continuous feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Avoiding scope creep also requires software development teams to put continuous feedback at the core of their efforts and doings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being agile also means offering various touch points for continuous feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though it\u2019s nothing new, <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/website-visitors-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feedback is key<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuously asking for feedback throughout the entire project requires a <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/ad-hoc-feedback-widget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feedback culture<\/a> where people are pushed to evaluate what they are doing on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrapping it up.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing your software development project, without a dedicated project management person isn\u2019t easy. 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