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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 SEVENTH SEMESTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CS1021 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT (REGULATION 2008) Time: Three hours Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10 x 2 = 20 marks) 1. Name the important parameters to be considered for improving the Software Economics. 2. State the limitations of conventional waterfall approach. 3. What is meant by the term Test Artifacts? 4. Give the typical contents of an architecture baseline. 5. What are the fundamental flaws present in the conventional Work Breakdown Structure? 6. What is Process Tailoring? Can the project manager tailor the standard process at his/her will? 7. What is the use of Pareto Chart? Why is it called as 80 80-20 rule? 8. Outline the use of Statistical Control Charts in Data Analysis? 9. Name the important End End Product Product quality metrics. 10. List the core metrics used in CCPDS-R CCPDS Project. PART B - (5 x 16 = 80) 11. (a) List down and explain the key practices of improving Software Quality. Maximum aximum : 100 marks

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(b) Explain how Object Oriented Methods contribute for the improvement of software economics. (08)

Or 12. (a) Discuss the issues associated with selection and use of software cost estimation models. (b) List down the top 10 principles of modern software management. (10) (06)

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13. (a) explain how the Engineering stage and the Production stage of the Software life cycle are differentiated. (b) Describe the significance of Life cycle Architecture Milestones. Or 14. (a) Explain the salient features of the engineering artifact sets. (b) Briefly explain the project life cycle check points with suitable diagram. (08) (08) (10) (06)

15. (a) What hat do you understand by Configuration Baseline? Explain its salient features and use. (08) (b) Explain the Round Trip Engineering Concept and its use in process automation. (08) Or 16. Explain the use of Software Project Control Panel (SPCP) in automating the Metrics program. (16) 17. (a) Explain the process of Data Gathering in detail. (b) What is a quality plan? Outline the contents of a typical quality plan. Or 18.(a) State and explain the principles of software defect prevention. (08) (08) (08)

(b) What are objective of performing Cause Analysis after finding the defects? Describe the important aspects of the Cause Analysis Process. 19. (a) Summarize the important lessons learned from the CCPDS-R R project. (b) Write short notes on the following: (i) Ada COCOMO (ii) End-Product Product Quality Metrics. Or 20. (a) Briefly explain the concept of software change orders. (b) Estimate the effort using COCOMO Model for the following specification: (04) (05) (06) (10) (08) (07)

There are 5 modules in the software and the average size of each module is worked out to be 20KLOC.

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The Project is for a defense sector, hence Analyst Capability, Application experience & Reliability are considered to be very critical [hint: The Project Manager shall assume values well above the nominal value of 1]. The influence of the other 12 effort adjustment factors are considered to be Nominal [hint: Nominal value can be taken as 1].

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 EIGHTH SEMESTER COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IT2403 / IT73 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT (REGULATION 2008) Time: Three hours Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10 x 2 = 20 marks) 1. Define Process 2. What are the elements of product description? 3. How will you find the present value of future cash flow? 4. What is IRR? How is it calculated? 5. What is activity On-Arrow Arrow (AOA) and Activity On-Node Node (AON)? 6. What is Risk Management? 7. Write any two advantages of function point analysis. 8. List the methods for assigning earned value in earned value analysis 9. Write down the stages of team formation model. 10. Give difference between personal and organization stress. PART B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks) 11. (a) (i) ) For each stage of a typical IS development project list the type of personnel who are likely to be involved. (08) Maximum : 100 marks

(ii) Identify the data that you would collect to ensure that during the execution of the project things are going according to the plan. Or (b) Give an outline of stepwise planning activities for a project with neat diagram. (16) 12. (a) Describe how cost benefit evaluation techniques can be used to choose the best among competing project proposal. Or (16) (08)

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(b) (i) Explain how a project can be evaluated against strategic, technical and economic criteria. (08)

(ii) Evaluate the risk involved in a project and suggest appropriate strategies for minimizing potential cost. (08)

13. (a) Explain with an example how critical path can be identified in precedence networks.(16) Or (b) Describe with an example how the effect of risk on project project schedule is evaluated using PERT(16) 14. (a) Explain the following (i) Assessing the state of the project (ii) Controlling changes to project requirement Or (b) Explain plain the various stages in contract placement. 15. (a) Explain how (i)Now staff can be selected and introduced into a project (ii)To improve group performance Or (b)(i) Explain the methods to increase staff motivation (ii) Write a note on leadership styles (08) (08) (08) (08) (16) (08) (08)

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 EIGHTH SEMESTER COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CS1022 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Time: Three hours Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10 x 2 = 20 marks) 1. How can we achieve an ROI across a project with multiple iterations? 2. List down any two ways in which software processes could be improved. 3. Mention the various minor milestones which occur in the life cycles of an iteration. 4. What is meant by Base-lining? Base 5. State the characteristics tics of good software metrics. 6. When does Architectural Risk arise? 7. Define the principles of data gathering. 8. Compare Defects with Bugs. 9. Give the significance of Code Walkthroughs. 10. What is meant a by change metrics? PART B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks) 11. Explain the principles and assertions behind conventional software engineering in detail.(16) Or 12. (a) Compare the advantages and disadvantages of Commercial components with Custom Software. (06) (b) Explain about the critical problems which arise in Software Cost Estimation. (10) 13. (a) How do Management Artifacts play a significant role in Software Development? Discuss. (08) (b) Discuss the importance of software architecture and its linkage with modern software development process. (08) Or 14. (a) Discuss about the activities involved in the Transition Phase. (06) (b) Sketch the artifacts and life cycle emphases associated with each work flow. (10) 15. Explain about the Process Discriminators with respect to Process Flexibility and Maximum : 100 marks

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Maturity. Or 16. Write short notes on: (a) Configuration Control Boards. (b) Line of Business Organizations.

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17. Explain the various processes involved in estimating the quality of the software in detail(16) Or 18. (a) Discuss the organizational plans involved in automating the software process. (08) (b) How could Inspection Rates be analyzed? Discuss. (08) 19. What is a COCOMO II project? What are its objectives? Explain the COCOMO COCOMO-II estimation for a project life cycle in detail. (16) Or 20. (a) a) Discuss about SAS in detail. (b) How do In-progress progress Indicators play a significant role in deriving metrics? (08)

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012 EIGHTH SEMESTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CS1021 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT (REGULATION 2008) Time: Three hours Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10x2=20 marks) 1. Write the importance of software development. 2. Define: Late Risk Resolution. 3. What is WBS? 4. Define: Vision document. 5. What is pragmatic planning? 6. Define: Change management. management 7. Write the principles of effective data gathering. 8. Write any four characteristics of software process measures. 9. What is the need for early software cost estimation? 10. Define: Effort adjustment factor. PART B - (5 x 16 = 80) Maximum : 100 marks

11. (a) (i) Explain Boehms top 10 industrial software metrics. (ii) Write the impact of 5 basic project parameters on software economics. Or (b) (i) Explain the five staffing principles of Boehm.

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(ii) Write the comparison of software process quality improvement across conventional vs. modern iterative process. (08)

12. (a) Write the primary objectives, essential activities and evaluation criteria of Inception Phase. Or (b) Explain n the typical business case template with illustrations. 13. (a) Explain the default project organization with responsibility chart. Or (b) Explain the automation and tool components that support project workflows. (16) 14. (a) Illustrate design errors and coding errors with an example. Or (b) (i) Write short note on defect prevention. (ii) Explain the steps in software defect prevention. 15. (a) Explain the COCOMO model of software cost estimation. Or (b) Write in detail of CCPOS-R CCPOS lifecycle overview. (16) (04) (12) (16) (16) (16) (16) (16)

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SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, April/May 2008. Eighth Semester Computer Science and Engineering CS1020 SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
(Common to BE (Part-Time) Time)

Answer ALL questions

PART A (10 x 2 =20 marks) 1.Mention the project parameters that affect the quality of product. 2.Differentiate the terms validity and reliability. 3.Define Cost of quality. 4.Differentiate Bugs, Errors and Defects. 5.Write the formula ormula to compute defect removal efficiency. 6.Mention the criteria for evaluation the reliability model. 7. Give the pictorial view of inspection effort/defect rate when the actual is compared with model. 8.Define cyclomatic complexity. 9.Why quality standards are needed? 10. In which way CMM differs from CMMI? PART B (5 x 16 = 80) 11. (a) Explain briefly about the levels of quality measurement. Or (16)

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(b) Explain the concept of product quality metrics and process quality metrics metri by considering an example on your own. (16) 12. (a) List the constituency and their tasks to conduct software quality assurance. Also enlist the activities conducted by SQA group for attaining a high quality end product. (16) Or (b) Explain how software engineers perform software quality control activity in detail. 13.(a) Write about the basic tools for quality control suggested by Ishikawa. Or (b) Explain briefly about the dynamic software reliability models. (16) 14.(a) Why nonparametric PTR model is used for defect tracking? How is it used? Or (b) Brief the five point satisfaction scale used in customer satisfaction surveys. 15. (a) Write a note on CMMI developed by software engineering institute. Or (b) Narrate a suitable situation for the application of a six six-sigma sigma concepts and ISO 9000 series. (16) (16) (16) (16) (16) (16)