Project Management Fundamentals
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What is a milestone in a project?

  • The approval of a work product
  • A review of a work product
  • A task or group of tasks
  • The accomplishment of one or more work products being reviewed for quality and approved (correct)

What is the primary focus of quality in a production discipline?

  • Meeting project deadlines
  • Meeting budget constraints
  • Meeting customer or user needs or expectations (correct)
  • Meeting specified requirements

Which of the following is a quality factor related to product operation?

  • Reusability
  • Portability
  • Maintainability
  • Correctness (correct)

What is the definition of quality according to IEEE?

<p>The degree to which a system, component, or process meets specified requirements, and customer or user needs or expectations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a quality factor related to product revision?

<p>Flexibility (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the phenomenon where software must adapt to the changing environment?

<p>Law of software evolution (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of maintenance is required due to the changing environment?

<p>Adaptive maintenance (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary activity of maintainers during software maintenance?

<p>Understanding existing software (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the approximate ratio of maintenance cost to development cost?

<p>80:20 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it essential to understand the effects of change during software modification?

<p>To avoid undesired side effects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is included in understanding the software during maintenance?

<p>Both the code and related documents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a benefit of using the Rational Unified Process Model?

<p>Reusing components to reduce time duration (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a drawback of the Rational Unified Process Model?

<p>It requires a team of expert professionals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of Timeboxing?

<p>To define and limit the amount of time allotted for a specific activity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Step 1 in the Timeboxing Model?

<p>To evaluate the amount of time that every sub-activity will take (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another name for 'time units' in Timeboxing?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Timeboxing technique prevent?

<p>Exceeding time limits (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of the maintenance phase in the prototyping model?

<p>To minimize downtime and prevent large-scale failures (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a benefit of the prototyping model in terms of error detection?

<p>Errors can be detected in the initial stage of the software development process (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a disadvantage of the prototyping model?

<p>It encourages excessive change requests (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the advantages of the prototyping model in terms of customer satisfaction?

<p>Customers can feel the product at a very early stage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the prototyping model considered a time-consuming process?

<p>Because it involves multiple iterations of the prototype (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the benefits of the prototyping model in terms of user feedback?

<p>It leads to quicker user feedback (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary phase in terms of project cost and effort?

<p>Project Execution (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of each team member during the Project Execution phase?

<p>To carry out their own assignments within the given deadline (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to track effort and cost during the Project Execution phase?

<p>To determine whether the project is progressing in the right direction (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of controlling project activities during the project life cycle?

<p>To ensure project activities are thorough and validated (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of validation during the project life cycle?

<p>To support controlling project activities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How often may senior management require status updates on the project progress?

<p>Daily or weekly (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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