DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Sc. (Software Engineering) Year Integrated) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND METRICS
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Write about conventional software management
performance.
2. Explain how does improving team effectiveness would
help software economics.
3. Identify and explain the principles of modern software
management.
4. Compare and contrast engineering artifacts with
pragmatic artifacts.
5. Elucidate the technical perspective of model based
software architectures.
6. Write about software process workflows.
7. Narrate the concept of process automation tool
"Automation buildings blocks".
8. Identify the quality indicators that play vital roles in
project control and instrumentation.
Sub. Code
42
DE-3044
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SECTION B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Give a detailed description on evolution of software
economics.
10. List and explain the various life cycle phases in detail.
11. Describe the concept of artifact sets.
12. What are checkpoints of the process that would influence
the software management framework? Explain.
13. Discuss the various responsibilities and project
organizations that are considered as software
management disciplines.
14. Give a detailed description on work breakdown structure.
15. What are process discriminants that tailors the process?
Explain in detail.
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