Software development is a tough job. And what is tougher? Its managing those software projects. Its not enough to know about project management. But what really needed is keeping pace with the oh – so –fast moving IT industry. So here are some challenges that might be faced by the project management team-

1.       Globalization causing extremely high competition

2.       Legacy systems and infrastructure issues

3.       Sufficient software specific expertise

4.       SaaS offerings taking over

5.       Multiple complicated user level requirements

6.       Third-party integration and interface issues

7.       Quality testing and bug fixes requiring numerous software iterations

8.       Revenue recognition reporting requirements for the software industry

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