LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16(a) REPORTING

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints each of Lindsay L. Hoopes, G. Michael Bridge, and
Matthew M. Holman as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-
in Fact"), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, each with the power to act
alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities to:

	1.	prepare, execute, deliver and file with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchange and JDA Software Group,
Inc. (the "Company") any and all reports (including any amendment thereto) of the
undersigned required or considered advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations
thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the Company, including Form 3 (Initial
Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership), and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership); and

	2.	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's equity securities
from any third party, including the Company, brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party
to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

	1.	this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided to such Attorney-
in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

	2.	any documents prepared and/or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

	3.	neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

	4.	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, including, without, limitation, the reporting requirements under Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or convenient to be
done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the
Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by authority of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in accordance
the laws of the State of California without regard to the laws that might otherwise govern
under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of July 5, 2006.




Signature:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Kissling

Print Name:	Jeffrey L. Kissling