Software Project Management PYQ 2023-24 AKTU Question Paper

AKTU · BTECH · Semester 6 · Software Project Management · Session 2023-24 · PYQ

AKTU Software Project Management previous year question paper 2023-24 for B.Tech Semester 6. Covers Project Evaluation and Project Planning, Project Life…

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Software Project Management AKTU syllabus

  1. Unit 1: Project Evaluation and Project Planning
  2. Unit 2: Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation
  3. Unit 3: Activity Planning and Risk Management
  4. Unit 4: Project Management and Control
  5. Unit 5: Staffing in Software Projects

Questions in Software Project Management AKTU PYQ 2023-24

  1. Q1a. Define the project with a suitable example. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  2. Q1b. Explain different types of projects. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  3. Q1c. Explain the limitations of the waterfall model. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  4. Q1d. Explain the parametric model for effort estimation. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  5. Q1e. Explain the critical path in software project development. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  6. Q1f. Discuss the structure of the activity node in the activity network. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  7. Q1g. Discuss the activities under software configuration management. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  8. Q1h. Explain the steps to handle the change control process in a software project. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  9. Q1i. Explain job enlargement. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  10. Q1j. Discuss organizational behavior. (2 marks, 2023-24)
  11. Q2a. Explain why the discounted cash flow technique provides better criteria for project selection than net profit or return on investment. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  12. Q2b. Calculate the function point value for a project with the following information domain characteristics: Number of user inputs = 30, Number of user outputs = 42, Number of user enquiries = 08, Number of files = 07, Number of external interfaces = 06. Assume that all complexity adjustment values are… (10 marks, 2023-24)
  13. Q2c. Illustrate project scheduling with the help of various project schedule activities. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  14. Q2d. Discuss Software Configuration Management. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  15. Q2e. Explain the Role of organizational behavior in Software Project Management. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  16. Q3a. The large software project that you are managing is doing very well. Your latest estimates predict that your team will finish the project at the end of June 2003, three months ahead of schedule and 15% under budget. Apply software management principles; which alternative would you choose? (i)… (10 marks, 2023-24)
  17. Q3b. The status of cash flow for four projects is given in the following table. Calculate Net Profit (NP), Payback Period (PP), Return on Investment (ROI) and Net Present Value (NPV). You may assume discount rate to be as 10%. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  18. Q4a. Outline Rapid Application Model for software development. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  19. Q4b. Outline Agile methods for software development. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  20. Q5a. In the application of risk management to software development projects has been strongly advocated. In practice, however, managers are often reluctant to apply the techniques. Derive the reasons you might think for this. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  21. Q5b. Consider the following project specifications with estimated activity durations and precedence requirements. Formulate an activity network using activity-on-node network conventions, carry out forward and backward pass and identify the critical paths. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  22. Q6a. Calculate Estimate At Completion (EAC) and Variance At Completion (VAC) if both SPI and CPI influence the project work when given variables are: BAC = $22,000, EV = $13,000, PV = $14,000, AC = $15,000. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  23. Q6b. You are managing a project that is six months from its execution. Calculate the project's schedule performance index and cost performance index on the review date. AC of Activity A = ₹2,00,000, Activity B = ₹1,00,000. PV of A = ₹1,80,000, B = ₹80,000. Activity A is 100% complete, Activity B is 75%… (10 marks, 2023-24)
  24. Q7a. An organization has detected low job satisfaction in the system testing group, computer applications help desk, and computer batch input. Design a model so that these jobs be redesigned to give more job satisfaction. (10 marks, 2023-24)
  25. Q7b. Three different mental obstacles to good decision-making were identified in the text: Faulty heuristics, escalation of commitment, and information overload. Formulate steps do you think can be taken to reduce the danger of each of these. (10 marks, 2023-24)

AKTU paper codes: BOE068, KOE068

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