Definition of the job titles involved in a software development process.

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Published on 2009-03-10T00:17:05Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 0:20 UTC
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I have seen many job titles for people involved in a software development process, but never found a consensus about they mean.

I know many of them are equivalent, and found some other questions about that here in SO, but I would like to know your definitions and comments about them.

I want not only to know if there is really a consensus, but also to know if what I suppose to be a Software Architect, is really a Software Architect, and so on.

The job titles I mean are:

Developer;
System Analyst;
Programmer;
Analyst Programmer;
Software Engineer;
Software Architect;
Designer;
Software Designer;
Business Manager;
Business Analyst;
Program Manager;
Project Manager;
Development Manager;
Tester;
Support Analyst;

Please, feel free to add more titles to this list in your answers. It would be very helpful.

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