Project Management Fundamentals

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What is the primary focus of software project management in ensuring software delivery?

Designing the user interface

Ensuring the quality of the software

Meeting the budget and schedule constraints (correct)

Selecting the best development methodology

What is the most time-consuming project management activity?

Project planning (correct)

Project monitoring and reviews

Proposal writing

Project costing

What is one of the reasons why project management is needed in software development?

To select the best development methodology

To ensure software is delivered on time and on schedule (correct)

To improve the quality of the software

To reduce the cost of software development

What is one of the management activities involved in project management?

Project planning and scheduling (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the objectives of the lecture on project management?

To explain the main tasks undertaken by project managers (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of graphical schedule representations in project management?

To visualize the project schedule (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the Quality Plan?

Describing quality procedures and standards (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Configuration Management Plan?

To describe configuration management procedures and structures (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Maintenance Plan?

To predict the maintenance requirements of the system (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is established in the initial stage of the project planning process?

Project constraints (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the activities performed in the project planning process?

Drawing up the project schedule (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are the three key components of a project plan?

Resources, schedule, and work breakdown (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of risk management?

Minimizing the effects of adverse circumstances (D) Signup and view all the answers

What type of risk is associated with a change of organisational management?

Business risk (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a project risk?

All of the above (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of underestimating the size of a system?

Project delay (A) Signup and view all the answers

What type of risk is associated with a larger number of changes to the requirements?

Product risk (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a bar chart?

To show schedule against calendar time (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of organizing activities in a project?

To produce tangible outputs for management to judge progress (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the end-point of a process activity in a project?

Milestone (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main advantage of the waterfall process in project scheduling?

It allows for the straightforward definition of progress milestones (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is a common problem in project scheduling, according to the text?

Estimating the difficulty of problems (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of contingency in project planning?

To allow for the unexpected (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of activity charts in project scheduling?

To show task dependencies and the critical path (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a risk related to the technology used in the system?

The database used in the system cannot process as many transactions per second as expected. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of an organisational risk?

The organisation is restructured during the project. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a possible risk related to people involved in the project?

It is impossible to recruit staff with the skills required. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a requirements risk?

Changes to requirements that require major design rework are proposed. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is an estimation risk?

The time required to develop the software is underestimated. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a type of risk related to the use of CASE tools?

The code generated by CASE tools is inefficient. (A) Signup and view all the answers