DOEACC Society 2006 DOEACC B Level BE6 Software Project Management ( ) - Question Paper

BE6: R3 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
NOTE:
Time: three Hours Total Marks: 100
1.
a) elaborate the factors influencing the cost estimation of a software product.
b) Which software development life cycle model is best suited for development of subsequent
software projects:
i) Compiler for Java
ii) University registration system
iii) Aircraft simulator
iv) Online railway reservation system
c) Is it actual that a software product can always be developed faster by having a large
development team of software engineers? Justify your ans.
d) Role of reviews in product quality assurance.
e) It is extremely desirable to detect errors in the requirements before the design and
development of the software starts comment.
f) elaborate the Risk management activities for a software project?
g) elaborate Verification and Validation activities in software development?
(7x4)
2. What is an SRS document? In relation to the SRS, discuss functionality, characteristics
and design constraints. State why it is difficult to gather requirements from a user?
(18)
3.
a) Which are the parameters used for defining function-point, metrics. Also describe
productivity, quality, cost and documentations in terms of FPs?
b) What is abstraction? Differentiate ranging from procedural abstraction and data abstraction?
(10+8)
4.
a) Why Pareto 80/20 rule should be applied to software risk analysis. What is RMMP Risk
Monitoring?
b) List the Software Quality Assurance activities. elaborate software reviews? elaborate its
benefits?
(8+10)
5.
a) What is software baseline and its significance? define different baselines.
b) Besides the final code and the documentation, elaborate the intermediate outputs that
should be produced for successful completion of projects? Why it is important to deliver
these to the customers.
(10+8)
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1. ans ques. one and any 4 ques. from two to 7.
2. Parts of the identical ques. should be answered together and in the identical
sequence.
6.
a) What is critical path and why it is important to identify critical path in software
development cycle? How a critical path can be identified in a small network?
b) find estimate of project expected completion time and show the critical path.
Table – Expected Time computations
Activities 3 times estimates
1-2 2-3-10
1-3 2-4-6
1-4 2-6-10
2-5 1-1-1
3-5 4-5-12
4-5 2-3-4
4-6 2-5-8
5-6 3-5-13
(10+8)
7. Write short notes on the following:
i) Function Point Method.
ii) Project Management problems in web based projects.
iii) Risk Analysis and Management in implementing projects in Embedded Systems.
(6+6+6)
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