Software Project Management and Their Economic Evaluation in terms of Enterprise Sustainability

Abstract

Nowadays, we are witnessing that projects, computers and software as an integral part of them infiltrates or rather ruthlessly penetrates all spheres of business and daily life of a modern society and directs enterprise development, efficiency, productivity, competitiveness, image and ultimately in a way their very existence. In recent decades, the software industry and its products have become one of the factors without which the normal operation of contemporary economies cannot be imagined, however, software development often presents almost insurmountable difficulties.The research is related exactly to the analysis of software projects and their impact in the sustainability of enterprises. It is difficult to imagine any enterprise that claims to be competitive, to prepare, realize and monitor their projects without software support, be it standard software or specially developed for the needs of the enterprise, where software development comes into play. During the research combined methods are utilized. The methodology used includes the theoretical analysis which is based on the current literature from this field, followed by "case studies" that deal with the development of software projects in Kosovo by conducting interviews with their IT managers using face to face and semi structured interviews and finally based on gathered data the development of a concrete software project has been simulated. Finally the outcome from research is that always software development has to be identified with the project objectives of the project contractors and aims to meet their requirements and expectations. Software project team’s work for years in the development of complex and professional software projects, where competence in the relevant field as well as motivation play a key role in the development of successful business projects.