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 John J. Murphy 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 or document or application affecting the filing 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 August 31, 2009.




Signature:	/s/ Duane Kotsen

Print Name:	Duane Kotsen