DOEACC Society 2006 DOEACC C Level C9 Advanced Software Project Management ( ) - Question Paper

C9-R3: ADVANCED SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
NOTE:
Time: three Hours Total Marks: 100
1.
a) elaborate the purposes of project mission statement and project boundaries?
b) What is a contract dispute? How can it be resolved with the help of contract
documentation?
c) What is Budgeted Cost of Work Performed ("BCWP")?
d) elaborate the features of Arrow Diagramming Method in project planning?
e) What is the utility of S-curve in project management?
f) What is scenario planning?
g) Name a few important Algorithmic techniques for software effort estimation.
(7x4)
2.
a) elaborate the sources of risk in software project management?
b) How can you perform risk assessment and then control the predictable risks?
(10+8)
3.
a) explain various way of measuring on-going work progress.
b) provide reasons why the project manager frequently resists modifications.
c) What is purpose of specifying priorities and margin in defining requirements?
(6+6+6)
4.
a) Even after so many years of rigorous research, theory and practice developments in
software project management, software projects often fail. cause this statement. How
can software measurements help?
b) discuss the use of commonly described project management metrics?
(8+10)
5.
a) elaborate the characteristics of a good software configuration management plan?
b) Write the outline of a typical CM plan.
(8+10)
6. discuss the subsequent terms with example.
a) Accountability/Responsibility Matrix
b) option of an Organization Structure for software project
c) Project Tracking and Control
(6+6+6)
7.
a) What is a baseline plan? What is baseline review?
b) explain the characteristics of an audit process. Bring out the use of audit process for
quality assurance.
(8+10)
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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.

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