Exhibit 23.2


                            CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

The Board of Directors
SERENA Software, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of SERENA Software, Inc. of our reports dated February 13, 2001, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of SERENA Software, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of January 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of income and comprehensive income, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2001, and
related financial statement schedule which reports appear in the January 31,
2001, annual report on Form 10-K of SERENA Software, Inc.


                                                                    /s/ KPMG LLP

San Francisco, California
June 1, 2001