Whatever the exact title of this job function, as the software a company develops becomes its competitive edge, it becomes increasingly vital that IS specialists manage the myriad of development projects underway at their company. And because the programming teams they oversee often use a large variety of different programming languages, tools and methodologies, the managers need to see the forest rather than the trees regarding the changing trends in the market. And the broad-based IT newsweeklies rarely cover development tools and trends beyond the largest announcements. The software development manager's need for timely news analysis is currently not being met anywhere else. SD Times' initial circulation of 40,000 is controlled to software and application development management.
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Qualification of readers is by both management responsibility and purchasing authority for software and application development tools over multiple seats. SD Times applied for BPA International membership in January 2000. For a subscription application, click here .