1. What is meant by a project? Give two examples for projects.

(3 marks)
2. What is project management? (2 marks)
3. Explain the triple constraints affecting the project management. (6 marks)
4. State the phases/processes of project life cycle. (3 marks)
5. Briefly explain project cost management. (2 marks)
6. Write three attributes of a project. (3 marks)
7. Which knowledge area is focused on processes and the coordination of project
management activities within the Project Management Process Groups? (2 marks)
8. Name four roles within a project. (4 marks)
9. Write three responsibilities of a project manager. (3 marks)
10. What is a Gantt chart? (2 marks)
11. What is known as a milestone? (2 marks)
12. Draw the Gantt chart symbols for summary task, milestone, Activity progress and
task relationship. (2 marks)
13. State whether the following statements are true or false.
a. A decrease in the project time is likely to increase project quality. …………………….
b. An increase in project scope is likely to increase project cost. …………………….
c. A decrease in the project cost is likely to decrease project quality …………………….
(3 marks)
14. What helps Projects to be successful? Explain. (4 marks)

15. A small IT department has been asked to setup an online enquiry database system.
The IT manager has drawn up an initial plan of the work involved.

Activity Weeks Predecessor

A Elicit requirements and draw up specification 3
B Design the underlying database 2 A
C Build and test the data validation software 7 B
D Build and test the enquiry software 5 B
E Build and test the reports software 4 B
F Integration testing 2 C,D,E
G Write the user manuals 3 C,D,E
H System testing by the end users 2 F,G

i) Draw an activity on node network diagram for this project, showing the
earliest and latest start and end dates, float, for each node. (3 marks)
ii) Write down all the paths with their duration (2 marks)
iii) Show the critical path and its duration. (2 marks)
iv) If activity D takes 28 more days to complete, what is its effect on the critical
path. Explain. (2 marks)

(50 marks)