Brief answer questions:

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1. Identify the activities covered by software project management. 2. List any three cost-benefit evaluation techniques. 3. What do you mean by objectives driven projects? 4. Define software process. 5. What do you mean by safety-critical systems? 6. Name the five major components identified by function point analysis. 7. State Brooks law. 8. Some factors increase uncertainty while others increase complexity. Give an example of each factor. 9. What do you understand by risk exposure? 10. What do you mean by a critical path in a network model? 11. What do you understand by the term software crisis? 12. Identify the characteristics that differentiate software projects from other types of projects. 13. What are software process models? 14. What do you understand by product uncertainty and process uncertainty? 15. Identify the most common cost-benefit evaluation techniques. 16. What do you understand by open technology plan? 17. Name three approaches to identifying the activities that make up a project. 18. Mention the factors that constitute product revision quality factors. 19. What is Software Project Management? 20. How many phases involved in the project life cycle? 21. Define the Maslows Hierarchy of Needs theory. 22. List out the software quality factor 23. Draw a project planning framework. 24. How do you calculate the cost benefit of project using ROI methods? 25. List out the basic connectors that are used in propositions logic. 26. What is software crisis? 27. State Parkinsons Law. 28. What is a software process model? 29. Why V-process model is considered an elaboration of the waterfall model? 30. What do you mean by risk transfer? 31. What is meant by gold plating? 32. What do you understand by network planning models? 33. What do you understand by non-functional requirements? 34. Name various software effort estimation techniques. 35. Mention what constitutes product revision quality factors. 36. What is the differentiating characteristic of incremental model? 37. What is meant by an open technology plan? 38. Describe the responsibility of project steering committee. Short answer questions (any five): (5 x 4 = 20)

1. Software projects are similar to other projects, but have some attributes that present particular difficulties. Explain. 2. Describe the various categories of costs and benefits in the life of a project. 3. Explain how the use of function points compare to the use of lines of code. 4. What are the various approaches for identifying the activities or tasks that make up a project? Explain with example the product-based approach. 5. Describe Bohems risk engineering model. 6. Explain the expectancy theory of motivation. 7. What do you mean by software quality? Differentiate between quality factors and quality criteria. Provide appropriate examples.

8. Define software project management. Explain the activities covered by software project management. 9. State and explain the laws associated with over- and under- estimates. 10. Propose a specific software project that would be amenable to the incremental model. Present a scenario for applying the model to the software. 11. What do you mean by risk exposure? Define risk reduction leverage. 12. Define software configuration management. Explain software configuration management activities. 13. List and explain the priorities that may be applied in deciding levels of monitoring various project activities. 14. Describe the significance of Maslows hierarchy of needs in software projects. 15. Explain earned value and variance with the help of an example and summarize Project Evaluation. 16. How do you inform all the stakeholders of the progress of the project on a regular basis? 17. How to measure the function point? 18. How do you determine realistic schedules for the project? 19. Explain your methods for resource allocation. 20. How do you monitor risks to the project and mitigate them? 21. COCOMO model in cost estimation of the software 22. Differentiate functional and nonfunctional requirements and explain 23. How to track the schedule for the project? 24. What are the software effort estimation techniques? Explain briefly. 25. What are the problems associated with software projects? Explain briefly. 26. Explain with example how activity-based approach and product-based approach differ. 27. A small project has 10 activities. Their interdependence is described below: A is the first and J is the last activity. I is successor to F. C and D are successors to B. D precedes G. E and F occur after C. E precedes F. C restrains the occurrence of G and G precedes H. H preceded I. F restrains the occurrence of H. J succeeds I. B succeeds A. Draw a neat network and number the events. 28. Define specific risks. Describe various strategies for planning for risk reduction and controlling problems should hazards occur. 29. What is spiral process model? What are its advantages? 30. Differentiate between waterfall process model and v-process model. 31. Why software project management is required in software development? Explain the activities covered by software project management. 32. Define generic risks. Explain Bohems risk engineering process. 33. What do you mean by software configuration management? Explain software configuration management activities. 34. Define quality. Explain with examples the difference between quality factors and quality criteria. 35. What are the factors to be taken into account for allocating individuals to tasks? Explain.

Long answer question:

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1. What do you mean by function points? With appropriate example elucidate how function point metric is computed. 2. What do you understand by network planning models? Differentiate between CPM and PERT model. In a certain project activities A, B, C, D can start simultaneously right at the beginning. Activity B controls activities E and F. Activities A, C, E and F control activity J. Activities G, H, and I cannot start unless activities A and E are completed. Activity L cannot start unless activities K and H are completed. When L, I, J, and D are over the project is completed. Draw a neat network for the project and number the events.

3. Define quality. What is meant by quality criteria? What are quality factors? Describe each of McCalls quality factors. 4. Describe the importance of sequencing and scheduling in projects. For the following set of activities, draw a network diagram and determine the project completion duration and identify the critical path. Activity A B C D E F G H I J Description Product design Market research Production analysis Product model Sales brochure Cost analysis Product testing Sales training Pricing Project report Required Predecessor (None) (None) A A A C D B, E H F, G, I Duration (Months) 5 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1

5. What are the four quantitative factors that are used for project selection, which tend to focus on cost and explain each one of them with the help of an example? 6. Explain in detail the Critical Path with the help of an example and demonstrate ways of speeding up the schedule as defining the term floating.
7. What is software effort estimation? Explain the expert judgment and analogy techniques with

suitable example.
8. Define software quality. Define SEI-Capability Maturity Model and its level in detail.