30 Questions
What is the primary focus of software project management in ensuring software delivery?
Meeting the budget and schedule constraints
What is the most time-consuming project management activity?
Project planning
What is one of the reasons why project management is needed in software development?
To ensure software is delivered on time and on schedule
What is one of the management activities involved in project management?
Project planning and scheduling
What is one of the objectives of the lecture on project management?
To explain the main tasks undertaken by project managers
What is the purpose of graphical schedule representations in project management?
To visualize the project schedule
What is the primary focus of the Quality Plan?
Describing quality procedures and standards
What is the purpose of the Configuration Management Plan?
To describe configuration management procedures and structures
What is the purpose of the Maintenance Plan?
To predict the maintenance requirements of the system
What is established in the initial stage of the project planning process?
Project constraints
What is one of the activities performed in the project planning process?
Drawing up the project schedule
What are the three key components of a project plan?
Resources, schedule, and work breakdown
What is the primary focus of risk management?
Minimizing the effects of adverse circumstances
What type of risk is associated with a change of organisational management?
Business risk
What is an example of a project risk?
All of the above
What is the consequence of underestimating the size of a system?
Project delay
What type of risk is associated with a larger number of changes to the requirements?
Product risk
What is the purpose of a bar chart?
To show schedule against calendar time
What is the primary purpose of organizing activities in a project?
To produce tangible outputs for management to judge progress
What is the term for the end-point of a process activity in a project?
Milestone
What is the main advantage of the waterfall process in project scheduling?
It allows for the straightforward definition of progress milestones
What is a common problem in project scheduling, according to the text?
Estimating the difficulty of problems
What is the purpose of contingency in project planning?
To allow for the unexpected
What is the purpose of activity charts in project scheduling?
To show task dependencies and the critical path
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.
What is an example of an organisational risk?
The organisation is restructured during the project.
What is a possible risk related to people involved in the project?
It is impossible to recruit staff with the skills required.
What is a requirements risk?
Changes to requirements that require major design rework are proposed.
What is an estimation risk?
The time required to develop the software is underestimated.
What is a type of risk related to the use of CASE tools?
The code generated by CASE tools is inefficient.
Learn about project scheduling, monitoring and reporting, and organization of activities to produce tangible outputs. Understand milestones, deliverables, and the waterfall process in project management.
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