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CE1.4-R4: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
NOTE:
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100
1.
What do you mean by Software Project Management? Explain the activities which is to be
performed in Software Project Management.
Enlist and explain various metrics for measuring Reliability and Quality of Software Products.
What is change control and version control? How it is related with Software Configuration
Management?
What is difference between Reliability and Quality? Justify the statement "highly reliable
software can be termed as a good quality software".
Which are various activities and actions carried out by Software Project Manager in last phase
of Software Project Management life cycle?
What does Halstead's length and volume metric represent conceptually? How according to
Halstead is the effort dependent on program volume?
Explain and compare Resource smoothing and Resource leveling as approached to resource
scheduling.

2.
With the help of examples discuss the types of Software Organization to which ISO9001,
ISO9002, ISO9003 standards are respectively applicable.
Discuss the tools and techniques that project managers can use to ensure knowledge and
lessons learned from previous projects are not lost, and can be shared for the benefit of future
projects.
Differentiate between using network diagram, Gantt chart and PERT chart in managing software
projects.

3.
How Quality is controlled? How it is differing from Quality Assurance? Explain difference
between ISO 9000 certification for software industries and SEI-CMM Level certification.
Using the information in below Table assuming that the project team will work a standard
working week days/week) and that all tasks will start as soon as possible:
Task Description of Task Duration (Working Days) Predecessor
A Requirement Analysis 5
B Design 15 A
C Coding 25 B
D Telecommunication 15 B
E Hardware installation 30 B
F Integration 10 C,D
G System Testing 10 E,F
H Training 5 G
I Going Live 5 H
Determine the critical path of the project.
Calculate the planned duration of the project in weeks.
Identify any non-critical tasks and the float (free slack) on each.

1. Answer question 1 and any FOUR from questions 2 to 7.
2. Parts of the same question should be answered together and in the same sequence.
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4.
Explain any three approaches strategies which a Project Manager might consider when
optimizing the resource allocation for a project. Take suitable assumptions.
Which are tools and techniques used to Estimate Cost of Project? What is Earn Value? What is
significance of Cost Performance Index and Schedule Performance Index in Earn
Value Management?
You are the leader of a new product development project. The project is roughly 50% complete.
You have just received a report from your marketing department that your competitor is also
launching a similar product and their product is almost ready for the launch. The company relies
upon you for what to do in these circumstances? Make your recommendations. You may make
necessary assumptions.

5.
How to perform Qualitative Risk Analysis and Quantitative Risk Analysis? Which are various
tools techniques to do Process of Risk Analysis and Monitoring and Controlling Risk in
Project?
What are different categories of Software development projects according to COCOMO
estimation model? Give example of software product development projects belonging to each of
these categories. How to find effort and time of development for each category?
Why LOC is not enough for as Software metrics? Which types of attributes, characteristics and
feature of Software considered by Function Point to overcome loop holes of LOC?

6.
Define 'Time overrun' and 'Cost overrun'. State the reasons for Time Overruns and Cost
overrun. How Cost Variance and Schedule Variance will help you to find out Time
overrun and Cost overrun?
Propose how the effective use of project management software can help an organization
manage its projects throughout each stage of the project life cycle.

7.
Explain in brief the difference between PERT and CPM. Explain the circumstances under which
one is preferred to other. Draw Network and Gantt diagrams from the relationship given in the
table.
TABLE
Activity Immediate Predecessor
P
Q P
R P,Q
S
T P,S
Which are various stake holders of any Project? How they are related to Project? What are their
roles and responsibilities in project? Enlist stake holders required for development of Web site
and application of banking sector.