Software Project Management (BOE068) important topics for AKTU – unit-wise
Topics are ranked by how many times AKTU asked them across 3 papers. Finish the "very likely" topics first, then the top topics of each unit.
High-probability Software Project Management topics
- Software Process and Models (Unit 2: Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation) – asked 11 times in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Effort and Cost Estimation (Unit 2: Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation) – asked 9 times in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Activity Planning and Scheduling (Unit 3: Activity Planning and Risk Management) – asked 9 times in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
What to cover inside these topics
- Rapid Application Development (part of Software Process and Models)
- Agile Methods (part of Software Process and Models)
- Extreme Programming (part of Software Process and Models)
- COSMIC Full Function Points (part of Effort and Cost Estimation)
- Basics of Software Estimation (part of Effort and Cost Estimation)
- COCOMO II Model (part of Effort and Cost Estimation)
- Sequencing and Scheduling (part of Activity Planning and Scheduling)
- Network Planning Models (part of Activity Planning and Scheduling)
Most asked Software Project Management topics in each unit
- Unit 1 (Project Evaluation and Project Planning): Software Project Management Intro – 8 times; Cost Benefit Evaluation – 6 times; Management Principles and Control – 3 times
- Unit 2 (Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation): Software Process and Models – 11 times; Effort and Cost Estimation – 9 times
- Unit 3 (Activity Planning and Risk Management): Activity Planning and Scheduling – 9 times; Critical Path Method – 6 times; Risk Management – 4 times
- Unit 4 (Project Management and Control): Earned Value Analysis – 8 times; Change and Configuration Control – 5 times; Monitoring and Control Framework – 4 times
- Unit 5 (Staffing in Software Projects): Organizational Behaviour – 9 times; Managing People – 6 times; Communication and Leadership – 3 times