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Software Project Management (BOE068) AKTU PYQ analysis – unit-wise weightage

We analysed 97 questions from 3 AKTU Software Project Management papers (2023–2025). Here is how marks are spread across units and which topics keep coming back.

Software Project Management unit-wise weightage

  • Unit 1: Project Evaluation and Project Planning – 30% of questions, about 30 marks per paper
  • Unit 2: Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation – 31% of questions, about 31 marks per paper
  • Unit 3: Activity Planning and Risk Management – 32% of questions, about 32 marks per paper
  • Unit 4: Project Management and Control – 30% of questions, about 30 marks per paper
  • Unit 5: Staffing in Software Projects – 30% of questions, about 30 marks per paper

Most repeated Software Project Management topics in AKTU PYQs

  • Software Process and Models
  • Effort and Cost Estimation
  • Activity Planning and Scheduling
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Software Project Management Intro

Unit 1 (Project Evaluation and Project Planning) – top topics

  • Software Project Management Intro – asked 8 times, last in 2025
  • Cost Benefit Evaluation – asked 6 times, last in 2025
  • Management Principles and Control – asked 3 times, last in 2024

Unit 2 (Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation) – top topics

  • Software Process and Models – asked 11 times, last in 2025
  • Effort and Cost Estimation – asked 9 times, last in 2025

Unit 3 (Activity Planning and Risk Management) – top topics

  • Activity Planning and Scheduling – asked 9 times, last in 2025
  • Critical Path Method – asked 6 times, last in 2025
  • Risk Management – asked 4 times, last in 2024

Unit 4 (Project Management and Control) – top topics

  • Earned Value Analysis – asked 8 times, last in 2025
  • Change and Configuration Control – asked 5 times, last in 2024
  • Monitoring and Control Framework – asked 4 times, last in 2025

Unit 5 (Staffing in Software Projects) – top topics

  • Organizational Behaviour – asked 9 times, last in 2025
  • Managing People – asked 6 times, last in 2025
  • Communication and Leadership – asked 3 times, last in 2025