I hate to say it, but Google would have got you a much faster answer than this site. I just typed in "Software life cycle" into google, and there are many great articles.
I am a big fan of UpWork and codementor dot io Each offers a different approach to helping customers get coding done. Also, consider fiverr dot com if you have tools or solutions that you can package and sell.
Without some more information on what you're trying to achieve, I'm not sure you'll find many experts who can weigh in. Your question is somewhat vague. Consider booking a meeting with an expert in the open source or social media industry. I'm sure they would love to help. All the best, -Shaun
Wow...what a big question...here's a few answers... The most important thing to know is that 90% of engineering management is culture management. If you build the right culture, then the engineers will manage themselves. So, do some web searches on engineering team culture and read those types...
People are motivated when they have a stake and a say. For that, they need to understand why they're doing what they're doing. So keep them informed. Not about every minute business detail, but also not about the end decisions (the what/how). Rather, share why decisions were made, why they matter...
I'd recommend looking into these options: https://www.fiverr.com/ (do a search for QA) https://www.reddit.com/r/slavelabour/ (e.g. pay $1 per bug committed to Trello) https://www.scaleapi.com/ https://www.mturk.com/ If you'd like to discuss managing the software testing in more detail ...
Hello! My name is Humberto Valle, I'm a 10 year vet in the marketing and strategy world. I am the current CEO of www.Unthink.me, evangelist for a 100 Software Engineer community called BetaBulls and work with startups and large corporations from many countries. I have been involved with SEO one...
Cross-functional, proactive, user focused: you do not want somebody who will stop if he does not have a wireframe to work from or who will not plan for common error messages just because that was not in the specs that were given to him. You need someone who loves the product you are building and ...
Lucrative work will be WordPress site design. This is a great starting point for techies. After you've done this for a while, you'll find all sorts of other related side work you can offer existing + new clients.
I hope this answer will help you in two ways: It should help avoid unnecessary expense being incurred and it should also help you recruit software engineers to build your project. Before you spend a single dime on building, I'd encourage you to validate the idea itself with potential customers....