Profession software manager

Software managers oversee the acquisition and development of software systems in order to provide support to all organisational units. They also monitor the results and quality of the different software solutions and projects implemented in the organisation.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Quality assurance methodologies

  Quality assurance principles, standard requirements, and the set of processes and activities used for measuring, controlling and ensuring the quality of products and processes.

• ICT project management methodologies

  The methodologies or models for planning, managing and overseeing of ICT resources in order to meet specific goals, such methodologies are Waterfall, Incremental, V-Model, Scrum or Agile and using project management ICT tools.

• ICT project management

  The methodologies for the planning, implementation, review and follow-up of ICT projects, such as the development, integration, modification and sales of ICT products and services, as well as projects relating technological innovation in the field of ICT.

• Data storage

  The physical and technical concepts of how digital data storage is organised in specific schemes both locally, such as hard-drives and random-access memories (RAM) and remotely, via network, internet or cloud.

• Systems development life-cycle

  The sequence of steps, such as planning, creating, testing and deploying and the models for the development and life-cycle management of a system.

• Unified modelling language

  The general-purpose modelling language used in software development to offer a standard visualisation of system designs.

• Organisational policies

  The policies to achieve set of goals and targets regarding the development and maintenance of an organisation.

• Software metrics

  The metrics that measure a characteristic of the software system in order to determine the development of the software and evaluate it.

Skills

• Monitor technology trends

  Survey and investigate recent trends and developments in technology. Observe and anticipate their evolution, according to current or future market and business conditions.

• Use ICT ticketing system

  Utilise a specialised system to track registration, processing and resolution of issues in an organisation by assigning each of these issues a ticket, registering inputs from involved persons, tracking changes and displaying the status of the ticket, until it is completed.

• Ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards

  Guarantee that the state of events is in accordance with the ICT rules and procedures described by an organisation for their products, services and solutions.

• Manage business knowledge

  Set up structures and distribution policies to enable or improve information exploitation using appropriate tools to extract, create and expand business mastery.

• Manage ICT project

  Plan, organize, control and document procedures and resources, such as human capital, equipment and mastery, in order to achieve specific goals and objectives related to ICT systems, services or products, within specific constraints, such as scope, time, quality and budget.

• Analyse software specifications

  Assess the specifications of a software product or system to be developed by identifying functional and non-functional requirements, constraints and possible sets of use cases which illustrate interactions between the software and its users.

• Create software design

  Transpose a series of requirements into a clear and organised software design.

• Evaluate cost of software products

  Apply methods and techniques to estimate and evaluate the cost of software products during their life-cycle phases, including development and acquisition costs, cost of maintenance, incorporated cost of quality - compliance and non-compliance associated costs.

• Manage data

  Administer all types of data resources through their lifecycle by performing data profiling, parsing, standardisation, identity resolution, cleansing, enhancement and auditing. Ensure the data is fit for purpose, using specialised ICT tools to fulfil the data quality criteria.

• Apply system organisational policies

  Implement internal policies related to the development, internal and external usage of technological systems, such as software systems, network systems and telecommunications systems, in order to achieve a set of goals and targets regarding the efficient operations and growth of an organisation.

• Apply ICT system usage policies

  Follow written and ethical laws and policies regarding proper ICT system usage and administration.

• Execute analytical mathematical calculations

  Apply mathematical methods and make use of calculation technologies in order to perform analyses and devise solutions to specific problems.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB