Stanley College of Engineering &Technology for Women

B.E AI&DS VII-Semester

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Short Answer Questions:
Unit1
1. What do you mean by conventional software management practices?
2. Write 3 important points about The Waterfall Model.
3. What are the necessary improvements for the waterfall model?
4. Discuss the need for software project management.
5. State parameters of Software Economics?
Unit2
6. How do you improve overall software quality?
7. State the importance of reducing software product size.
8. What are the four principles of Modern software management?
9. Explain about the peer inspections
10. Write about staffing principles.
Unit3
1. Explain briefly about the Inception phase and the Elaboration phase.
2. Write 3 important points about The Waterfall Model.
3. Define programmatic artifacts.
4. Write about some Management Set Artifacts.
5. Define Architecture View and different views of Architecture.
6. Write about the essential activities of inception and elaboration phases.
7. Define Architecture View and different views of Architecture.
8. Write the primary activities of the inception and elaboration phases.
Unit4
1. What are the minor milestones in the Lifecycle of an Iteration?
2. State Workflows of the process?
3. What are the checkpoints of a process?
4. State Major Mile Stones?
5. State Minor Mile Stones?
6. State Planning Guidelines?
7. State Work break down structures?
8. Define Project Environment.
Unit5
1. Write about server care Metrics
2. Write about some Barry Boehm's "Industrial Software Metrics”
3. What is an indicator? Define the two indicators.
 4. Define Project Environment.

5. Explain about any two Quality Indicators?

6. Explain about Metrics Automation?
7. State Management Indicators?
8. State Quality Indicators?
Long Answer Questions:
Unit1
1. Explain in detail about the waterfall model with Diagram (In theory and in practise)
2. Explain the three stages of Software Economics.
3. What are the five parameters of Software Cost Model? Explain the relationship
between them.
4. Explain about Conventional Software Management Performance?
Unit2
1. List out various principles of Conventional Software Engineering in detail.
2. How do you improve Automation through Software Environment?
3. List out various principles of Modern Software Management in detail.
4. How do you improve Team Effectiveness by using Boehm Five Staffing Principles.
5. Write about some important Principles of Conventional Software Engineering.
6. Explain various methods of Improving Software Processes.
7. Explain bout improving team effectiveness and improving process automation?
8. Explain about Transitioning to an iterative process?
Unit3
1. What are the different aspects of Software Architecture (Management perspective and
Technical perspective) ?
2. Differentiate between the 2 stages of Life Cycle (The Engineering Stage and The
Production Stage)
3. What are the various Artifact Sets? explain in detail.
4. Explain all the 4 Phases of Life Cycle Process in detail.
5. Explain in detail about Management Set and Engineering set?
6. Explain in detail Management and Engineering Artifacts?
7. Explain about Model Based Software Architecture in Management?
8. Explain in detail Management and Engineering Artifacts?
Unit4
1. Explain the various Workflows of a Process in detail.
2. Illustrate the Conventional and Evolutionary Work breakdown structures.
3. What are Line-of-Business Organizations and their responsibilities?
4. Elaborate on the various Checkpoints of a Process.
5. Discuss about the various Life Cycle Process Phases and elaborate any 2 Phases
6. Write About Major and Minor Milestones?
7. Explain about Automation Building Blocks and Project Environment?
 8. Discuss the Line of Business Organizations and Project Organizations?

Unit5
9. Describe about the three Management Indicators that can be used as core metrics on
software projects and briefly specify the meaning of each.
10. Describe the various important Modern Process Transitions.
11. Illustrate the Seven Core Metrics of Software Project.
12. Write about the various Metrics which effect the performance of Conventional
Software Management.
13. Write about Management indicators and Quality Indicators?
14. Explain about the Project Environment in detail?
15. Write short notes on life cycle expectations pragmatic software Metrics?
16. Explain in detail about CCPDS-R Case study.