What is the Workflow of Project Management Software?

More and more project management software solutions are being widely used by individual developers and software teams. Despite this, many beginners do not know how to use project management tools efficiently or understand who the core roles are in these systems. Today, we will introduce the process and roles of project management software, taking Sanplex as an example.

As a professional ALM tool, Sanplex supports development project management and helps manage and track the entire process. The software framework seamlessly integrates Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP) practices. The core roles in Sanplex include the Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Team, and Test Team. These roles cooperate and coordinate with each other around the product lifecycle:

• Product Owner: They define features, plan the release and the date, and accept or reject the delivery of iterations. They create a product, add user stories from the customer, and prioritize them.
• Scrum Master: They are responsible for ensuring the team lives agile values and principles, clearing obstacles, and establishing an environment where the team can be effective. They create a sprint based on the plan, link stories, and decompose stories into tasks for developers.
• Development Team: This is typically a self-managed team of 5-9 members. They claim tasks, update the remaining work every day, and participate in the daily scrum. Once development is done, they create a build, link the stories and bugs, and submit a test request to the test team.
• Test Team: They write test cases, build the test environment, and run cases based on the build created by the Dev team. They report bugs found during testing, verify the bugs once resolved by developers, and finally create test reports.

This workflow ensures the concepts of product, project (sprint), and test are clearly defined. The product team, developing team, and testing team coordinate and check with each other while functioning differently. The three teams interact seamlessly through stories, tasks, and bugs, eventually delivering the software product with high quality to the customers. Whether your team utilizes the Sanplex Free, Standard, Premium, or Enterprise edition, mastering this core workflow is the key to maximizing R&D efficiency.