Software Project Management (SPM) — Summer 2018

Describe major phases of project management life cycle.

What are the characteristic that make software project different from other project

Describe how cost benefit evaluation techniques can be used to choose the best among competing project proposal

What do you understand by Incremental Delivery approach, also Explain advantages and disadvantages of using this approach..

Discuss the role of cost estimation in software development project. Briefly explain COCOMO model for cost estimation for all categories of project.

Explain with an example how critical path can be identified in the precedence network?

Explain two tools/techniques for Risk Analysis

Describe the smoothing technique of Scheduling Resources, Explain using a histogram.

What are the various techniques used for visualizing progress in software management, explain any two techniques with a neat diagram.

List out the various stages in contract placement and explain each in brief.

Explain Maslow's hierarchy of need and motivation with a neat labelled diagram

Explain 5 basic stages of team formation and explain how to improve group performance?

Explain different types of team structures giving advantages and disadvantages of each

Explain the qualities of a good leader and discuss various leadership styles.

Discuss Capability Maturity Model (CMM) in detail.

Differentiate between Verification and Validation

Explain Stress and its significance in IT projects.